Barnaby? Nn Barney?

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Is this cute for a baby and suitable for an adult? Throw me any more baby boy names similar/ classic you can think of please!!

Lovely! I know one who is 5ish. It's great.

Monty?

Sorry... I can't imagine an adult Barnaby/Barney

Here are some suggestions which I think are a similar(ish) vibe:
Theodore nn Theo
Gabriel nn Gabe
Tobias nn Toby
Benjamin nn Ben/Benji
Willoughby nn Will
Montgomery nn Monty
Frederick nn Freddie

I just can't see it as a serious name. It's like a cartoon character's name. Or a dog's. Or an adult like Boris.

It's not a name I love but I can't see what makes Monty and Benji more suitable for an adult than Barney. They seems far more cartoonish to me.

I really like Barnaby. I know one in his 40s. Nice chap.

I really like it. It suits little ones and I have a colleague in his 40's at work and it works just as well on an adult (he's known as Barney to his closer colleagues and Barnaby to the wider business who he doesn't work with so often).

I love it but wouldn't use it as it reminds me of the Simpsons character and Barney Rubble

It’s a great name.

I like Barny but not Barnaby

I really wanted to call DS2 Barney but DH vetoed. DS2 says he will be forever grateful that I was stopped

I quite like it! I know a couple of adult Barneys and have never met a child called it, so it doesn’t have particularly childish associations to me.

I wanted to call DS2 Barney but was vetoed. I have a feeling he might be grateful when he is older.

i like Barnaby! not Barney though

@Bloomsdale

i like Barnaby! not Barney though

Agreed, Barnaby is nice enough/quite cute but I find Barney is more comical - like Barney in the Flintstones or the Simpsons, I struggle to take it seriously.

Henry (Harry)
Edward/Edmund/Edgar (Teddy/Bear)
Arthur (Artie)
Tobias (Toby)
Charles (Charlie)
Robert (Bertie)
Alfred (Alfie/Freddie)
Wilfred (Wilf/Wolfie)
Phillip (Pip/Flip)
James (Jamie)
John (Johnny)
Jonathan (Jonty)
Samuel (Sammy)
Daniel (Danny)
Hugh (Hughie/Huggy)
Michael (Micky)

Barnaby

Thumbs up from me to Barnaby, nicknamed Barney.

Other options:
Christopher / Kit
Adrian
Nathaniel
Harrison

It’s a nice name, but are you aware it’s slang for an argument?

“Just heard the neighbours having a massive barney”, or similar (it’s usually a massive barney. Or occasionally a bit of a barney). That would put me off.

Love it, but it sounds a bit silly with our surname so I have a Tobias instead.

It's a dogs name.

I really like it, a friend of ours is a Barnaby (Barney) he's a surgeon, I imagine his patients take him seriously.

Nothing wrong with Barnaby nn Barney, though personally I prefer Barnabas...

Stanley, Sidney, Diggory, Tobias, Nathaniel, Christopher/Kester nn Kit or Christy, Augustus nn Gus, Benedict, Alexander nn Sandy, Silas, Rufus, Miles

Love it. I know two adult Barnaby and no children so is a completely acceptable adult name to me. You know names like Albie Sonny and Teddy are all popular regular names now but I bet 20 years ago people would think you couldn't use these names

Nathaniel
Laurence
Tristan
Jasper
Blake
Wilfred
Vincent

All I can think of is a big, purple dinosaur, that sings "I love you!" Sorry.

I have a Barnaby (almost always called Barney) He's a teenager now. He likes his name. It's a lovely name.

Only 2 people have ever mentioned the purple dinosaur, one of them gave him a soft toy Barney. He thinks it's cool!

My bosses boss is called Barnaby, doesn’t appear to have held him back careerwise. Lovely name.