Buzz

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Name for potential DS

Don't hold back, but try to be constructive please. If you don't like, can you explain exactly why?

I really don’t like it, sorry.

It strikes me as way too self-consciously cool/different, and more than a little bit celebrity wannabe (Tom and Giovanna Fletcher from McFly and something have one).

It’s not a name I’d want for myself, nor is it a particularly versatile one in my opinion. I can’t see it suiting anything other than a popular, sporty, energetic, extroverted 6-12 year old. That’s a pretty small time and personality window!

This, to me, is one of those names picked for the parents and not for the child.

No I wouldn't. Giovanna and Tom Fletcher can get away with it because they are famous and probably mix in circles with all kinds of weirdo names. But for a normal person in society a name like Buzz could be a recipe for disaster.

I know a 3-year-old Buzz (full first name) and I have always thought it was ridiculous. He is a sweet little boy but I feel bad for him not having anything with a bit more gravitas to fall back on.

I personally think it's a bit of a celebrity name, as I know Tom and Giovanna fletcher have a son called that.

I dont hate it but I do think it's a brave choice. It's quite a "hipster" name if you know what I mean?

I think the "not a grown up name" argument isnt a reason not too, as there is a greater variety of names to choose from now so of his generation Buzz might be quite normal to his peers. I know a 50 year old female Merlin! Also when my cousin named her son Phoenix 20 years ago there were a lot of raised eyebrows, he is the nicest young man and now nobody bats and eyeball.
If you can imagine yourself saying it out loud when he is throwing a tantrum in tesco without embarrasment than I say go for it !

Just no

MollyYouInDangerGirl

I personally think it's a bit of a celebrity name, as I know Tom and Giovanna fletcher have a son called that”

Who are they?

Frank Skinner’s son is called Buzz. He’s maybe 6 years old now and is the only Buzz I’ve heard of as a Christian name, rather than as a nickname.

Nice as a nickname, but I think
It would be a rough name in some situations. I know you can grow your own gravitas, but you’d have to cultivate a lot to counteract Buzz at a job interview.

It’s ridiculous. Please give your child a proper name.

I love it. Buzz Aldrin.

Edwin is okay.
Buzz is a noise bees 🐝 make.

@Mrssnowflake I bet people are secretly raising eyebrows when he is introduced to them.

Buzz Aldrin wasn’t called Buzz

If you really want to do it, could you use it as a nickname to give him the ability to change it if he wants to when older? Benjamin Zack = Buzz something like that?

It's a nickname that irrationally raises my heckles, so I don't like it as a name, personally, and I usually like fairly 'out-there' names.

I think it's because it's a word/sound that I associate with being annoying.
As a word, 'buzz' doesn't have hugely pleasant connotations.

It's also a big name to live up to, isn't it? I mean, to pull it off I think you'd have to be a pretty big character, particularly as a young adult starting out. I can imagine it being rather a burden to a shy, quiet type of chap.

Plus it does feel like a celebrity copy-cat type of name.

What is it that you like about the name?

I looked up names with B & Z in them & found Bernez which is apparently a variant of Bernard - I’ve never heard of it but even that would be easier to pull off than being named just Buzz & naturally nicknames to Buzz?

Or how about Balonz?

Tbh I think celebrity names are ok for minted celebrities because their kids don’t need to worry about being taken seriously at job interviews etc. If you’re a millionaire then I’m sure Buzz or Adam or Tristan or Eyore will all do fine in life - but if you’re not I think it’s risking making your child’s life harder than it needs to be so you can feel unique.

@HopeMatters I know what you are saying, despite what I said I really can't get on with the name Buddy, which is a name of another son of Tom & Giovanna!

I think you do have to be brave, if you're** not embarrassed, the kids won't be either?
Also just to add, if you go on to have another child, you then can't pair it with a George or John etc and would have to continue the braver choice of name. I guess none of this is helping you op?

I know a few ponies called Buzz !

@ifigoup That only works if he's from Surrey

I think it is a lovely nickname.

Don't think it would be fair to give as a first name though.

How about Benedict, Zachariah or Balthazar with Buzz for short.

Hooray for this thread giving someone a legitimate reason to bring up Balonz

If I met a child called Buzz I would try to keep an open mind but in all honesty, I’d half expect his parents to be tedious attention-seekers. So my first reaction would probably be to feel sorry for him - not because being called Buzz is inherently so terrible, but because names like that seem intended more as a way to signal the parents’ “creativity” or coolness than anything else.

Good old Frensham Ponds!