Barnaby or Sebastian?

[LittleMrsMama]

DS arriving next month, I quite like Barnaby with nn Barnes or Bee (Barney reminds me a little of a dog name), and DH likes Sebastian with nn Seb, Bas or Bastian.

Our surname begins with a B and we quite like the alliteration too.

Honest thoughts please! or any other similar-ish names?

Sebastian.

Not against alliteration but Barnaby with a B surname is a bit much.

Sebastian nn Seb is cool. All Barnaby's I know are Barney, which I find a bit wet to be honest.

Sebastian for me, love that. Full Barnaby let alone Barney, still sounds like a dog or teddy name, to me.

Sebastian definitely!

Or how about Theodore or Dominic as alternatives?

Or Benjamin if you want alliteration?

Sebastian

Sebastian. If you don’t like Barney then I wouldn’t use Barnaby as it’s by far the most popular diminutive. You might not use it with him, but as he grows up he may well prefer it. Barnaby also feels a bit childish as a name.

Sebastian

Sebastian

what about
Benedict
Benjamin
Blake
Beau
for B names if you want the alliteration

Sebastian every time

Sebastian is a beautiful name. Bastian for short? To go with your B surname?

I am not sure you want alliteration with Bas, Bastian or Barney, they are all quite characterful so it might be a Bit Much.

I like Barnaby (or better Barnabas), but if you don’t like Barney don’t use it, because you can’t control nns and mostly it does get shortened to that. Sebastian is nice enough.

Some similar names -

Cassian
Lucian
Fabian
Tobias
Dashiell
Darius
Nathaniel
Alistair
Phineas
Caspian
Ignatius
Dominic
Gideon
Josiah
Matthias
Joshua
Jonathan
Christian
Nicholas (Nico)
Lysander
Augustus
Alberic
Julius
Rufus
Miles
Kester
Patrick
Laurence
Francis
Hector
Justin
Corin

I'm not keen on either, but it I had to choose it'd be Sebastian.

For long boys' names I prefer Dominic, Nathaniel, Alexander or Christopher as I like the short versions. Short, neat names are more my thing, tbh.

I love them both

Two of my favourite names.

Thanks for all the comments and support. DH is over the moon that Sebastian seems to be the favourite. I’m coming around to it too and now thinking the alliteration with B surname for Barnaby would be too much after a few of you have said it.

Now to try and keep it for the next month, I’m forever changing my mind! I loved Hugo for a while but gone off it now

These names are all gorgeous! Totally nailed the type of names I like - thank you!!

Thanks for the name suggestions! I love Beau but I’m now going to sound like a terrible mum… DD is so lovely and has the best personality and beautiful in her own way but not conventionally good looking. I’d worry about having an ugly boy called Beau. I know I sound terrible, to me my daughter is the most beautiful girl in the world but I know most would disagree

I can't get past the Barnaby Bear song. Sorry.

Sebastian a million times rather than Barnaby.

Barnaby, I don't like Sebastian. Bastian is too close to bast**d, seb reminds me of seborrhoea. Seb Bunton will sound like Sebunton (substitute your surname)

I love alliteration! I would have chosen an alliterative first name if I found a nice enough one (I settled for a middle name). Having said that I love the name Sebastian.

I have a Barnaby and a Sebastian. The names are standing the test of time - they are young adults.

So my recommendation would be to use both - one as a first name and one as a second name.

Sebastian is a lovely name but everyone seems to be using it.