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!

Absolutely god awful.

Side note: baz is how 'balls' is pronounced by a lot of Scottish people...

Maybe get a pet and call them Baz. Sebastian is a great name.

I know a Sebastian nicknamed Baz.

Baz no way. Basil is a great name though.

Middle names Woz 'Ere.

Poor child - no. Make it a middle name?

Baz is not nice.

Basil is a nice name

Maybe Bastian? Baz is too much of a nickname for me on its own!

I love Barry.
Barry is a distinguished, gentlemanly name that is well known but not too common. aka Baz, Bazza
Your friend was not harmed by his name, Barry, and if your child preferred Baz then he would be in good company too.

Barry/Baz can be short for Bartholomew too.

I don't like Bastian.
Sebastian is beautiful but how you'd want to then have Baz, is beyond me !
The best idea is the combo.
Benjamin Alexander Zachary.

Baz sounds like a drug dealer sorry. Barry is of my parents generation.
Ben?

Sebastian is often shortened to Baz in Australia.

Would that work?

Yeah, no.

@DockOTheBay

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

This would be the only way. Please not Baz, Bazza, or even Basil which is utterly limp

So the way to honour this special person who hated his name is to give your child this name?

I don't get it. I also don't like Baz. It's very dated.

Barack?

Obama was nicknamed Barry as a boy

Sebastian maybe?

@Mysterian

Congratulations! It's a mechanic!

Brilliant comment 😆 please don't call your child Baz. Either use Sebastian as a first name and Baz as a nickname that he can drop if he wishes, or have Baz as a middle name if you must.

Poor kid will spend all his time explaining that baz isn’t short for anything

Well everyone else does not think the same thing so it's pointless worrying about that.

@mrziggycoco

Well everyone else does not think the same thing so it's pointless worrying about that.

🤔 pretty unanimous group think on this thread

One of my husband's middle names is Barry, after his grandfather. It works well as a middle name but I wouldn't use it (or Baz) as a first name.