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Baby names yet again! What do you think of

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cupcakesgalore · 28/06/2007 14:40

Barnaby (Barney) or Benedict
Elizabeth (Beth) or Charlotte (Lottie)
These are the only names DH and I can find common ground on. My sil thought Barney was like a black lab's name but I really like it.

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ChippyMinton · 28/06/2007 14:44

Barney is a big purple dinosaur
The other three are lovely.

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Spider · 28/06/2007 14:46

Barney is great.

You can't move for girls called Beth and Charlotte. The names are nice enough though if you don't mind them being a few of them around.

I have a really common name and it bugs me when I phone someone and say, 'Hi. It's Spider' and they say, 'Sorry, which Spider? I know about five Spiders.'

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cupcakesgalore · 28/06/2007 14:47

Yes, that had crossed my mind too, along with Barney Rubble and Barney bear.....DH's middle name is Benedict and he really would like to call a DS Benedict simply cos he loves the name. Part of me feels I got my way with the other 3 so i might oblige this time!

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rosealbie · 28/06/2007 14:48

sorry not keen on Barney , don't mind Benedict although prefer Ben.

The girls names are nice but prefer just Lottie.

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Lizzylou · 28/06/2007 14:49

I have a Benedict and love the name (duh, obviously!), we call him Benny a lot (DS1 calls him Bennyboy).

Like both Elizabeth and Charlotte, very pretty names and shortened versions are lovely too.

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RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:50

I love Barnaby (also Barnabus)!
I have a Benedict so I obviously think it's lovely .
Elizabeth is lovely too (probably would have been Benedict's name if he was a girl )

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RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:51

lol Lizzylou our Benedict is also often known as Bennyboy!

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MrsPuddleduck · 28/06/2007 14:52

What about Bessie short for Elizabeth?

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scorpio1 · 28/06/2007 14:53

Lottie, for me.

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RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:53

I LOVE Bessie, or Bess - my main reason for liking Elizabeth really. Bess is the tragic heroine from my favourite poem, The Highwayman

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RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:54

not that I'd want my daughter to be a tragic heroine, of course . Its just a name I've loved since I was a child

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expatinscotland · 28/06/2007 14:55

I had a great uncle called Barney.

He would have been about 105 now, but he's dead.

Of dementia.

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Lizzylou · 28/06/2007 14:56

Lol RNBee!
It just really suits him.
Sometimes I do worry about Benny from Crossroads comparisons!

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cupcakesgalore · 28/06/2007 14:56

Hmm, you're selling Bessie quite effectively as a shortening.DH and I are people who have to give our children full length names and then shorten them.

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PestoMonster · 28/06/2007 14:57

I like all of them. Especially Barney, cute!

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MrsPuddleduck · 28/06/2007 15:00

I think the best names are the ones you can shorten as you effectively have two names. I have a Will (William) and an Oli (Oliver).

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gegs73 · 28/06/2007 15:01

I know a Barney (a grown up one) and its a nice name. I also like both Elizabeth and Charlotte, probably prefer Elizabeth as they are more abbreviations.

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FLIER · 28/06/2007 15:09

barney is a purple dinosaur. Benedict will be shortened to Benny or dickie. girls names are gorgeous.

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FluffyMummy123 · 28/06/2007 15:10

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Nbg · 28/06/2007 15:11

Benedict makes me think of a strange boy I went to school with and his surname was Coffin.

I love Barney.
My great great grandad was called Barnabus Christmas Fisher
Always has a soft spot.

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theprecious · 28/06/2007 15:12

I think they are cool names. I like the idea of a long name that can be shortened. Mine can't and I have always been jealous of people with lots of nicknames.

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theprecious · 28/06/2007 15:12

Baranbas Christmas Fisher is a fab name!

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FLIER · 28/06/2007 15:12

nbg what a lovely name! wouldn't like it for my ds, mind you

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fanella · 28/06/2007 15:16

Benedict and Lottie are lovely. Elizabeth is very nice too. Barney is, as I'm sure has been mentioned, a big annoying purple dinosaur.

Barnabus Christmas Fisher - just fantastic!

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Nbg · 28/06/2007 15:16

No quite a mouthful

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