Thoughts on Buddy?

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Hi everyone! Hubby and I found out a few weeks ago we're having a baby boy. We have always both loved the name Buddy. My only concern is what would other people think? I know I shouldn't but I can't help but ponder what people's perceptions will be of him as it's quite unusual and we've had quite extreme reactions from some family x

There were 140 babies last year named Buddy and the name is on the up.

That's a lot! I bet there were also lots of similar cutesy names, like Teddy.

Elf

@AudacityOfHope

I agree Sonny is also pretty dire.... but atleast the child would have the option of harriSON or a grown up name when they got older. It kinda bridges the gap between wanting a cute name for a baby but the fall back of an adult name when older...

Actually yes I’d agree it’s cute but think of when he’s older
Bud? That’s an alcoholic drink tho.
Call him a name beginning with B such as
Blake
Benjamin
Blaine
Sorry that is all I can think of ATM!
And use Buddy as a kid name when actually his really name, is well, as a previous poster suggests, a real name.
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Absolutely awful.

Imagine a poor adult being saddled with that silly name because his feckless parents thought it cute.

Instead, how about thinking of other abbreviations you like, (such as Buddy), but put a proper, longer name on their birth certificate that they will be able to use in later life (when they want to be prime-minister (although that's probably a bad example looking at the current PM - I think you could get that job even if you were called 'Dafty-the-Dim-Witted-Dim-Bat').

So, you could use Buddy as his everyday name, but put Bernard on his birth certificate?

Or, if you don't like Bernard, here are some other similar-sounding suggestions -

Barney, short for Barnabas?
Or Teddy, short for Edward?
Or Bertie, short for Albert?
Or Bertie, short for Cuthbert?
Or Ernie short for Ernest?

Elf or dog
Poor child doesn't stand a chance

I've never heard of Buddy the Elf.

Why don't you just go for a real name, and call your DS "Buddy" as an affectionate name, in the way that people might use "sweetheart" or other terms of endearment? (Not as a nickname, just as a pet name).

Buddy the elf....dont do it!

If Buddy is a name that you and your husband have always loved then use it! Who cares what others think they've got their opinions but it's up to you!
Imagine if in a few years time there are a few Buddys at your son's school, will you be gutted you didn't have the guts to use it??

It's a nickname.

Or a pet's name.

Horrid.

Elf

I met a child on holiday once- they were a lovely family who chatted to everyone they met. The first thing they said to everyone was "Buddy is his name, not his nickname. You can call him Buddy too." I got the distinct impression they wished they had just used it as a nickname. Hope that helps.

It's awful. It's like not bothering to give him an actual name

This is one of those threads where I think if the OP loves it so much perhaps they should change their name to it, and see how that goes.

Buddy is a dogs name.

Twee.

I get that there is a strong trend at the moment to use nickname style names as the full name, and some I like much more than others. Buddy as a name is one I don't like. I sometimes call my grandson Buddy, but he has a name as well. Pick any name for him and use Buddy as a nickname.

OP, in defence of Buddy which is getting a lot of flack... I happen to know two baby Buddy's! One of which is my godson - at first I wasn't sure but it now really suits them both and it just seems normal. If you love the name go for it. A grown up Buddy of the future will have friends called all sorts of weird and wonderful names as our generation is choosing so many unusual ones nowadays - I really don't see the big deal! X

Imagine as an adult introducing himself in a professional/corporate environment as Buddy. I definitely wouldn't, use it as a nickname. Mine is affectionately Known as Bear to me and answers to it.

I feel the same way about this as I feel about my (French) DP's suggestion to name a baby boy Guy. It may very well have a noble pedigree and work in certain times and places, but maybe not so well in 2020+ UK/world.

Buddy can be a nickname for almost anything. Pick a real name, and call your little guy Buddy if you like.

Silly