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in reply to a message by Lily8
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Barney's the name of a character on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, played by Neil Patrick Harris (of Doogie Howser fame). Barney Stinson is a total womanizer, but because NPH is so freakin' awesome the character comes across as totally lovable.
But of course, since nobody watches that show >:(, most people will just think of the dinosaur, probably, and I think for that reason it's hard to judge how usable it is. Teasing seems like it would be inevitable, if only because it is the sort of material that would actually occur to kids on the playground, y'know? (Blah blah kids get teased for everything, definitely true, but with some of the rather horrible songs about Barney out there being repeated by those first graders, the kid might really have to have a tough spirit in order to pull the name off.) I still think it's a good name, though, if not for a real person then at least for a long list of names/GPs.
Incidentally, I like Barney as a NN for Barnabas or Barnaby. The jury's out on whether or not those names are any better.
Barney's the name of a character on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, played by Neil Patrick Harris (of Doogie Howser fame). Barney Stinson is a total womanizer, but because NPH is so freakin' awesome the character comes across as totally lovable.
But of course, since nobody watches that show >:(, most people will just think of the dinosaur, probably, and I think for that reason it's hard to judge how usable it is. Teasing seems like it would be inevitable, if only because it is the sort of material that would actually occur to kids on the playground, y'know? (Blah blah kids get teased for everything, definitely true, but with some of the rather horrible songs about Barney out there being repeated by those first graders, the kid might really have to have a tough spirit in order to pull the name off.) I still think it's a good name, though, if not for a real person then at least for a long list of names/GPs.
Incidentally, I like Barney as a NN for Barnabas or Barnaby. The jury's out on whether or not those names are any better.
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