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Realistically, I'd probably use Balthazar over Beowulf, but for now I'll go with Beowulf, because I like the meaning more.
...also, that way I can name my imaginary kid Beowulf Ebenezer.

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I have difficulty taking Barnaby seriously, despite it being the most ordinary one. Oh well.

This message was edited 7/13/2019, 4:20 PM

I would go with Balthazar. Barnaby sounds like a fusty old-man in a comedy who is the butt of half the jokes. Beowulf is cool and might work as a middle name, but for a first name Be-O might be an unpleasant nickname.

Balthazar sounds sort of cool. Beowulf gives me flashbacks to English lit classes and Barnaby is a 19th century dandy's name.

Balthazar because Beowulf is ridiculous and I hate Barnaby, and also I hate the nickname Barney. Balthazar is kind of cool, although a mouthful to say every time. I guess he'd end up being called Balt. It's better than Barney.

Difficult choice!

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I love all three. At the moment, I’d choose Balthazar—“th” and “z” are two of my favorite sounds in a name—but I’m tempted by Beowulf because I love “-wulf”/“Wulf-” names. I prefer Barnabas to Barnaby.

Those are some bold choices!

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Barnaby because it's the most usable. It screams old southern money to me, like a man who never leaves the house without a suit and bow tie and exclusively drinks expensive whiskey and mint juleps. I'm not mad about it.

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Balthazar is too out there and heavily religious, and Beowulf is cool in theory but the literary reference is just too much.

Balthazar is out. And so would Belshazzar have been. Just getting your name in someone else's religious text is no reason for it to be used, umpteen centuries later. It needs charm, modernity and a good story, at least!

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Beowulf has the charm and the story; not sure about modernity, but a Bee + Wolf combo does suggest genetic modification! I'd enjoy seeing it used as a mn, but I'm afraid it would prove a burden to its owner.

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Barnaby, I can endorse with no qualms. So much neater and tidier than Barnabas, and Barny or preferably Barney would be a perfectly OK nickname. I'd consider Barnaby myself IRL, given enough sons.

Beowulf!

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Because it's way cooler than Balthazar and Barnaby.

This one is hard, because I love all three. I'd have to go with Balthazar.
I prefer Barnabas over Barnaby.
Beowulf is hardest to pronounce.

Barnaby! I already love the name (thanks to Tiger & Bunny), but only if I can use the nickname Barnes, never ever Barnie *shudders*. Balthazar and Beowulf are on the same level for me, I'm intrigued by both but don't think they actually work in real life, but if I had to pick one over the other I think Balthazar seems relatively more usable.

Oh, well, um....
(Thinking for a few minutes)...
Geez, I literally can’t decide. They’re all awful to me.

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I suppose I’d go with Balthazar. He could at least go by, like, Zar and shorten it to Z or something.

Eh, I guess Balthazar then. I think it's the least worst.

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I don't like Barnaby (Barnabus included) as it just sounds stuffy and super unappealing and Beowulf is strange. A name more fitting for a dog, or wolf character.

Man, already I can tell I don't like your boys' lists as well as I did your girls' names. lol

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Balthazar, at the point of a gun. As long as I know the gun is actually loaded and the operator is willing to kill. lol Beowulf is a one-off, adn Barnaby sounds like a dog.