Percy and Barnaby

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We absolutely love Barnaby and Percy for our son due in December. We are leaning towards Barnaby but does anyone have any other similar name suggestions we could consider?

TIA

Percy - what do you like about it? It makes me think of pissy.
Barnaby - it’s ok, a robust name even if the short version it is a purple Dinosaur in my imagination

I love Barnaby. Great name and Barney is such a cute nn

I love Percy and have asked this question in here before OP for my baby due in a couple of weeks. Safe to say Percy provokes strong opinions!

Hmmm I have to agree they sound like teddy bear / children's book characters from the 1930s names.

Bertie

Alfred
Monty
Rafferty
Jacob
Rufus
Edmund
Harold
Ivor

Percy seems to be on the cusp of making a come back, although it’s beyond me why.

Out of the two, I’d pick Barnaby

Cecil can be a favourite, Reginald or Cyril. All as bad as Percy (Percy Pigs) terrible.

@AllPlayedOut my thoughts precisely.

Peregrine of course.

Is it very important to you to sign post you’re middle class? Both of those names smack of trying very hard to present a certain image.

Percy - autocorrects to pervy which is off putting in itself

Barnaby - it’s just makes me imagine a fat child. Well, not a child really, a bear. Barnaby is a fat bear from a children’s storybook.

I know you're not asking for opinions but I love love love both names. Both on my list.

If not how about:
Laurence
Tristan

Barnaby is lovely, also Barney for short.

Both are Ok, similar names you could consider are:

Pongo
Hugo
Bernard
Peter
Barrington
Julian
Peterkin

I love both, especially Barnaby. My OH can’t be swayed on it though 😬

Barnaby is very nice.

Digby
Digory
Barnabas
Percival
Peregrine (Perry for short)
Jasper
Harley
Henry

I love both!

Barnaby I know of one recently actually whereas Percy I think you’d have to be braver to use .. but I do love it.

(And for the Teddy Bear comment ... not sure that’s fair since there are lots of poor babies actually carrying the name “Teddy” these days)

I don't like Percy, it feels wet and insipid.

Barnaby is much better - I know one who is nicknames Barnes.

How about Basil, Thaddeus (Teddy) or Sidney

Love Barnaby!

Some other ideas...
Basil
Leonard (Lenny)
Digby
Humphrey
Gregory
Sylvester

Love both Barnaby and Percy and think you should use one of those so don't want to suggest any more names really as they're great.

Barnaby is the best name, choose that!

Aw, I like Barnaby. I think Samuel would go well with it.

I love Barnaby but my OH is not a fan 😢😢😢

Equally I don't think Percy is terrible

Congratulations

I like Barney or Barnaby if you're really eccentric and have an antiques shop, but Percy is just ridiculous
How does anybody ''like'' the name Percy? It's so silly sounding.

@zigaziga fair point. I assume people who have children with the given name Teddy (or Bear) are fairly stupid though. Rises to extremely stupid if the baby name Teddy is in fact, female.

Whilst Barnaby reminds me of a teddy bear, I’d assume the parents were relatively intelligent, in the first instance.