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Barry or Bernard?

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fishfingersandtoes · 04/10/2023 21:56

DS4 and I'm thinking Barry or Bernard. I already have Dennis, Doreen and Benedict.
I like unusual old fashioned names.

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Thismummyrunstheshow · 04/10/2023 22:58

Came for the comments, they did not disappoint

Sudename · 04/10/2023 22:56

Remember "I'm Barry Scott of Cillit Bang fame?

RedToothBrush · 04/10/2023 22:55

bluesatin · 04/10/2023 22:52

That sort of thing is very short lived. I expect in 10 years time nobody will remember who "Kylie" was.

Barry from EastEnders died in 2004.

RIP Bazza. It's the twentieth anniversary next year.

And Barry remains a shit name with or without his memory ingrained on our brains.

IWasFunBeforeMum · 04/10/2023 22:54

🤣🤣🤣 course you are babe

DelightfullyDotty · 04/10/2023 22:53

Nedmund

bluesatin · 04/10/2023 22:52

That sort of thing is very short lived. I expect in 10 years time nobody will remember who "Kylie" was.

Hohofortherobbers · 04/10/2023 22:51

Confused Is this a zombie thread from 70 years ago?

RedToothBrush · 04/10/2023 22:49

This is the image that what everyone else will think your child will grow up to look like when you show them your beautiful baby Bazza.

Barry or Bernard?
bluesatin · 04/10/2023 22:49

My father's first names were Brian Bernard. Unusual for his generation and now unusual again. (His surname began with "B" as well).

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fishfingersandtoes · 04/10/2023 22:48

Doreen is my daughter not son, should probably have said DS3

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Hooplahooping · 04/10/2023 22:45

wizzywig · 04/10/2023 22:38

Actually Barry is short for Barry from Eastenders

This is correct. Either with or without hyphens.

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 04/10/2023 22:44

They are all dreadful IMO! Shock

RedToothBrush · 04/10/2023 22:44

Hooplahooping · 04/10/2023 22:34

Agree with everyone saying Bernard. Also rather like Roland as a PP suggested

As I say Grange Hill in the 70/80s vibes. Roland at least wasn't a bit part extra.

Bruisername · 04/10/2023 22:44

wizzywig · 04/10/2023 22:38

Actually Barry is short for Barry from Eastenders

The name came first and then the character was written around it. He is the personification of a Barry

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fishfingersandtoes · 04/10/2023 22:44

Ooh! I do like Derrick!

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RedToothBrush · 04/10/2023 22:43

wizzywig · 04/10/2023 22:38

Actually Barry is short for Barry from Eastenders

Isn't it just! 😂

Idonotthinkso · 04/10/2023 22:40

Bernard. Like Bernard Butler.

wizzywig · 04/10/2023 22:38

Actually Barry is short for Barry from Eastenders

Hooplahooping · 04/10/2023 22:34

Agree with everyone saying Bernard. Also rather like Roland as a PP suggested

getfreddynow · 04/10/2023 22:34

Will you pronounce it Bernard or Berr-nahd?

Hooplahooping · 04/10/2023 22:33

FortunataTagnips · 04/10/2023 22:04

Would Barry be short for Barrence
or Barrold?

clearly is an abbreviation of embarrassed. “I was well Barry because everyone was staring at me when miss did the register’

Bruisername · 04/10/2023 22:31

If you have an french family then Ian is top trolling

IDontLoveTheWayYouLie · 04/10/2023 22:30

intergalacticplanetary · 04/10/2023 22:21

Don't do this to your child.

Reminds me of a similarly awful name I heard a couple of years back at a baby group ... baby Boris.

I heard a baby Ian at playgroup once, couldn't help but think he was secretly 60.

Whattodo112222 · 04/10/2023 22:26

Pushkinini · 04/10/2023 22:14

Don't call him Barry. I remember a Barry at school and he always smelt of snot. Bogey Barry.

Sorry but this made me howl.

Also can't imagine "aww, look how cute baby Barry is"..