Boy name - Baz - thoughts?

[BeKindBeYou]

We would love to pay tribute to someone who is no longer with us by naming our son after him. His name was Barry, but everybody called him Baz. Barry never liked his name, so we would never want to call our son Barry, but we are liking ‘Baz’ and makes us smile every time we think of it, but worried what everyone else might think!

[AwkwardPaws27]

Baz could be short for Balonz?

[D0lphine]

Could you find a longer name starting with "B" and have Baz as a nickname?

I wouldn't have just Baz as a first name...

[ladygindiva]

Basil nn Baz? I like Basil.

[Traumdeuter]

No.

[ISpyCobraKai]

I know one, short for Barry, and he's very lovely but tbh I don't think it's a great name.

[orangeisthenewpuce]

I think Baz or Bazza is short for Barry.

[oohmamama]

Balthazar?

[sunlovingcriminal]

If my parents had named me "Baz" on my birth certificate, I think I'd choose (once verbal) never, ever to converse with them ever again.

Maybe as a nickname. At a push.

[PukkaP]

It’s not a great name to be honest. I wouldn’t do it. Maybe you could find three first names you like with the initials B, A and Z?

[RandomNumb3rs]

I also assumed Balthazar.

[HomeHomeInTheRange]

No.

Can you not ‘honour’ this special person other than offering up your first born?

Change one of your own names to Baz. Why do children have to be the bearer of other people’s memorials?

[PurBal]

I know a Baz short for Basil. Love it.

[carefullycourageous]

Change one of your own names to Baz. Why do children have to be the bearer of other people’s memorials? Haha, this is a good point!

On the name itself, it is a no from me, it is a nickname I associate with Baz, Daz, Gaz, Shaz and Kaz from school days.

[MrsRobinsonsHandprints]

@AwkwardPaws27

Baz could be short for Balonz?

Pleeeeeeassse do this.

I do think it's best as a nn, Barney maybe

[marshmallowhearts]

Bastian?

[ImprobablePuffin]

I know a young Basil, I think that's a great choice and a nod to your friend with Baz as a nickname

[emmathedilemma]

Baz is a middle aged man with a beer belly who is only ever seen wearing an England football top and most likely to be found in the local pub most evenings. His idea of exercise is playing darts once a week.

[Twizbe]

One of the Teen Mom women's nephews is called Baz. They pronounce it Bars though.

I went to college with a Barry, he was really nice so to me it isn't a terrible name.

[Joystir59]

Baz is horrid. Give the baby its own name not someone else's nickname.

[Holly60]

Personally I really dislike it, I’m afraid.

[mistermagpie]

@HomeHomeInTheRange

No.

Can you not ‘honour’ this special person other than offering up your first born?

Change one of your own names to Baz. Why do children have to be the bearer of other people’s memorials?

A million times this. If you must, go with Barry/Baz as a middle name, and then the child can just opt to ignore it if they don't like it or use it if they do.

[DockOTheBay]

@AwkwardPaws27

Baz could be short for Balonz?

Beat me to it

[yourestandingonmyneck]

I agree it's not a great name.

But what stood out to me from your post was that it made you both smile, and you are worried what other people think of it.

If you were strong enough to crack on and not care what others thought, I'd say go for it.

Are there a lot of people around you who also knew Baz? Or is it just you two? If it's just you, I'd be reluctant as it's then just "a bit of a crap name" as opposed to if there's a lot of people in on it, which might give it a bit more context and make it a bit more of a "thing".

But, on balance, I think you should possibly do something else to honour him, rather than your baby son shouldering it for the rest of his life.

[DockOTheBay]

I know a Bas, short for Sebastian. Much nicer than Bas IMO

[jay55]

Surely Baz, Gaz and Daz have been pushed into room 101 for a reason.