I love
Barnaby, but for some inexplicable reason
Barnabas just doesn't do it for me the way that
Barnaby does. It makes absolutely no sense, but there it is.
Barnabas isn't bad, though, and I would be happy to see a young
Barnabas.
I think it would be very hard to avoid having it shortened to
Barney (same with
Barnaby), and I agree that I'm not especially fond of
Barney. I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone can think of a good alternative nickname that could stave off
Barney, because I've been trying and I haven't come up with one yet.
EDIT: What about Baz, like is sometimes used for
Basil or
Sebastian?
This message was edited 11/15/2011, 11:59 AM