everyone does the cats bum face when I say Barbara...

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Name changed for this as will definitely out myself. Announced baby's name as Barbara to honour relative but have got lots of . One person says dd will get bullied.

AIBU to call her this? I think it sounds lovely!

Some of my favourite women are called Barbara:
Barbara Castle
Miss Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Woodhouse
Ah ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann.

It's a very old name that has stood the test of time.

I predict there will definitely be a trend for what I always think of as "Auntie names" in a few years time - Barbara, Joyce, Christine, Dianne. Cant see the same thing happening for the "Uncle names" - Alan, Barry or Derek?!

I have a friend called Barbara, early 30's and loves that her name is 'unusual' but in a usual way iyswim.

I have to say that I personally love the name and all the people saying use it as a middle name are rude.

Has Barbara been born yet or is she still growing? Being nosey more than anything

Cant see the same thing happening for the "Uncle names" - Alan, Barry or Derek?!

I bet people said the same about Archie, Wilf, and Stan. They all come back!

I like it :) would shorten it to barbie or bunny though I think.
I wanted to name my dd blue or kitty or lux though so I'm probably not best qualified to judge. Dh won a coin toss though so dd has an ordinary name the bastard

Ok I am in London but certainly not trendy or hipster, squoosh

Just think it's a nice classic name, unusual but not wacky, and I think Barbara stanwyck, good life etc are not bad acts to follow! (actually love the name margot too!)

If you like it, go for it.

We called DS Stanley a few years before it had it comeback, and we got catsbumface from absolutely everyone. We haven't regretted it once (and nor has he).

My names isn't Barbara but it is one of the other names mentioned on this thread.
I have never met anybody younger than my parents with my name but it's extremely common in the 60+ age group (I'm in my twenties).
I have never been bullied for it, nobody has ever commented on my name. It's not like it's unusual, just not common in a particular age group and I was the only one in my school with my name. My siblings had similar common but "dated" names, nobody else in the school with those names but so common in older age group that they weren't considered unusual or comment worthy.
If you like the name Barbara, call your child Barbara. I don't think she'd get bullied.

I would assume you were joking to be honest, but it's certainly not a horrible name, and it's quite easy to spell.

As a Flight of the Conchords fan I would find it very hard not to call her 'Brahbrah'

I don't see the problem. Time was when names like Alfred and Arthur and Maisie were seen as terribly old fashioned, but they're coming back.

Thanks guys!

I feel reassured that a couple of Barbaras like their name.

Knew a Barbara who was always known as BB (Beebee or BiBi would work too)

Then there's Barbara Hulanicki - v cool and trendy '60s designer, known as Biba.

Barbara does seem quite an old name to me too, but then I had an elderly aunt called Barbara. Nothing wrong with the name though, and if you like it go for it.

I always liked Stephanie and Farrah, always seemed such cool names when I was a kid, think it was because of Stephanie Powers and Farrah Fawcett wafting round in their huge hats and massive hair....possibly a good job I had my boy!!!

I met a lovely Barbara today, probably in her 30s and my mum had a friend Barbara (she's in her 80s) known as Barrie which I really liked!

I think it's great. I was just thinking recently it's due a revival!

Yes I live in north London

NCed as this will out me. My mum was Barbara, nickname Barbie, and hated it. In her mid 30s she upped and changed her name by deed poll (to Anna, which suits her enormously.) Perhaps you might consider that OP?

In all seriousness, if you love the name, keep it. It is a name after all, you'll hardly called her Kryptonite or Zebra or, I dunno, Table.

I have one of the old fashioned names on this thread. I fucking hate it. All my life people have taken the piss. I just shorten it to the first letter.

I would change it, but it would seem disrespectful to my parents.

I would try my hardest not to cats bum face about Barbara, but I can't guarantee I would be able to pull it off...(I would be mortified if I let on to the other person though).

Nothing wrong with Barbara.
It really surprises me that people think a name they associate with older people is something to be avoided. To me, that makes a name more appealing.
Anyway most people my age would think of Barbara Palvin, the Victoria's Secret model (she's 21)

My late Mum was a Barbara and didn't like it but I predict that her parents were ahead of their time when choosing it as my Mum would have been in her 80's now.

DD is expecting and I wouldn't have expected, or probably wanted her to call her own dd that, as my Mum didn't like it for herself.

Certainly wouldn't expect a child to be teased bearing in mind the profusion of different names from all over the world, so if you like it, then I think you should go for it.

GASP

just saw ds' name listed as trendy. I thought we were so off beat and kooky!

hangs head in hipster shame