Barnaby, Otto or Gus

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What 'feel' do each of these names give you? These would be names on BC, no lengthened versions.

I have a Barnaby (Barney) and we are very far from being posh. I'm not sure what try hard means either. I chose the name because I loved it, not because I was trying hard to be cool or posh or anything.

He's nearly an adult and it suits him just as much as when he was a cute baby and toddler. I know a few adult Barneys and I they're getting on fine in life. Also know a few toddlers, and some dogs and cats!

Obviously I'm biased and think it's the best name. Though I do love Gus, or Angus or Fergus.

Unless you're Vogue Williams 😏 I'm in Ireland too but I actually like Gus!

My nephew is Otto. Not just a German name. We are Polish. It's a great name and really suits him.

Not keen on any of them. Fergus, Angus, Alex all smart and similar.

barnaby is awful imo, otto isn't as bad but i'm not keen on it
gus is okay but i think august, augustus, or angus would be better as a "real" name and gus as a nickname

I like Barnaby, but it would likely become Barney. I don’t think of it as particularly posh like some are saying.

I keep hearing Otto everywhere but it wouldn’t be my choice. That’s entirely personal opinion though as it’s just not to my taste, nothing wrong with the name at all.

Gus isn’t one I’d have thought of, I quite like it though.

All a bit pretentious especially Barnaby unless shorted to Barnie which is not quite as bad.

All of those names are horrible -

Otto = a Dachshund
Barnaby = posh
Gus = a nickname

Barnaby - old-fashioned, bear
Otto - German ancestry
Gus - shortening of Fergus/the fault is in our stars/gusset

Not keen on any of them tbh
Prefer Barney/Oskar/Angus/Guy

Sorry I hate all of them 🙈

Otto is the only one I like.
Gus sounds like an old man's nickname. Barnaby just sounds kind of foolish in my opinion