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!

Your friend hated his name. Don't lumber your child with a name they'll also hate.

I went out with a Barry once, he hated Barry, Baz and all the various alternates.

It's a very dated, niche name.

No one could take someone called 'Baz' seriously surely, Sebastian is a good compromise with Baz as nn.

The Finbar suggestion is good as a formal fist name, strangely cool too.

@AwkwardPaws27

Baz could be short for Balonz?

😂😂😂

Finbar Saunders

Awful!!!! Don't do it

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

My thoughts exactly. Along with Shaz and Kaz.

I like a pp suggestion of initials so for example
Benjamin Alex Zachary or
Billy Albert Zayne.

To me Baz = Barry and Barry = Eastenders.

I imagine they’ll think you’re pretty awful parents.

Your child isn’t a walking memorial stone for someone they’ll never know. They aren’t a pet either - giving them a name that ‘makes you smile’ shouldn’t be your priority. You are giving your child a name they will carry for life.

Middle names are how you pay tribute to people so use it there.

Sebastian or Basil. Or a name of his own that’s not a monument to his parents friend.

Sebastian maybe. Or Barney. Or Beau Arthur Zachary (or any other initial combo!) But definitely not just Baz!

Congratulations! It's a mechanic!

@Mysterian

Congratulations! It's a mechanic!

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@Obelisk

Finbar Saunders

Precisely !!

I think of Basildon (the not very nice Essex town). There's a place called Baz Vegas which doesn't have good connotations. I like Basil.

@Obelisk

Finbar Saunders

or biffa bacon's mate

@emmathedilemma has nailed the description of baz!
He probably also has a bulldog tattoo on his arm along with mum and dad tattooed on each hand

Please think about naming after a relative, my ds hated his family inspired middle name for years and that’s is a classic name of centuries including kings.

@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?

I agree with this.

Not just Baz.

@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.

Loves a curry and a punt on the horses, too.

I was coming on to say Balonz too

However Sebastian is lovely.

I used to work with someone who has been in the news a lot lately, not for good reasons. His nickname was Baz and his actual name was completely different. It’s not a good association for me.

I know of a Sebastian who was known as Baz if that's of any help

Its like a name from an old Beano or Dandy comic. Awful.

Sebastian is a lovely name.