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What do we think of Bayard?

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 15:53

Hello ladies

I quite fancy the name Bayard for a boy. I like it, DH likes it, but I fear it will be a name met with raised eyebrows.

Thoughts?

I like it can be abbreviated to 'Bay'.

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TheFifthApe · 21/08/2008 21:16

as in Fort Bayard?

shit tv thing with Melissa Messenger iirc

Bay lovely

no to bayard

preggersplayspop · 21/08/2008 21:14

I was thinking Wellard too!

I like Bay though.

Heated · 21/08/2008 21:11

Sounds like Wellard the dog, mournful sniff.

bikerunski · 21/08/2008 21:09

A lot like barnyard!

piratecat · 21/08/2008 19:05

it's a Cove near Dartmouth, south Devon.

travellingwilbury · 21/08/2008 19:04

I don't see the point if you are going to shorten it to Bay

Just call it Bay

lottiejenkins · 21/08/2008 18:58

I know a Bayard.......... hes the same age as me i think 39ish!

Weegiemum · 21/08/2008 18:19

It put me in mind of 'Bare' or ever 'Bare-arse' - so I would say no!

Shitehawk · 21/08/2008 17:43

Awful. Sorry.

TheProvincialLady · 21/08/2008 17:37

Dreadful.

Is there ever going to be a name thread where I don't want to shake the parent by the shoulders shouting "It is a real live child not a bleeding cheap novel"?

(That was not aimed at you specifically BTW)

cyteen · 21/08/2008 17:30

Multinational drugs conglomerate.

brimfull · 21/08/2008 17:29

awful name
sorry

pagwatch · 21/08/2008 17:28

isn't baird a shaggy breed of dog.

it is really really bay-aad

SoupDragon · 21/08/2008 17:26

It will be pronounced Bay-ard all his life and he'll spend the whole time going "No, Bay-erd" Not that this is a problem per se but it is a PITA.

Even apart from that, I don't like the name much anyway. Sorry!

wheresthehamster · 21/08/2008 17:25

He will have a lifetime of 'Sorry?' and having to spell it....

MaryAnnSingleton · 21/08/2008 17:25

there's a journalist/writer isn't there, called Bay Garnett, a woman..or maybe she's an interior designer - I forget, but she's female.

MaryAnnSingleton · 21/08/2008 17:24

No ! but Bay is nice.

Pinkjenny · 21/08/2008 17:24

Bay - isn't that what Kirstie Allsopp's little boy is called. Bayerd - never heard of it.

moondog · 21/08/2008 17:23

Aye.
Bloody awgful.

TheFallenMadonna · 21/08/2008 17:22

I think it's Trying Too Hard...

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mrsfossil · 21/08/2008 17:21

My ds has a bit of an unusual name i do like names that are a bit different but i'm with captian the first time i saw bayard i thought it looked like bastard.

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 16:00

yes yes also the magical bay horse

I have a son with an unusual name (not robbie I am 'hiding') and I really like the uniqueness of it.

I am looking for something v old fashioned but that can be modern, ie, the 'bay' bit of bayard.

I am grateful for all opinions, good or bad!

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onceinalifetime · 21/08/2008 16:00

Like Bay, but not Bayard.