As an English person, born and raised, it's quite obvious why Anglo Americans would use surnames connected to their ancestral roots. Why on earth would you have a problem with that? It's a totally reasonable thing to do. No need to be petty.
― Anonymous User 12/3/2022
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Barclays bank. Nice for a surname. I'm in England and there was a boy in my class with this as a surname. I think it may appeal to American citizens as a first name as they do that with a lot of surnames (give their offspring British surnames as first names) even if they have no connection to the name strangely.
― Anonymous User 5/4/2022
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Cool meaning.
― Anonymous User 5/2/2021
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Barclays plc is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company, headquartered in London. Apart from investment banking, Barclays is organised into four core businesses: personal banking, corporate banking, wealth management, and investment management. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays) This is all I can think of when I hear this name
― Anonymous User 2/28/2020
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How funny I'm not even the first person to be mentioning McElroy content in these comments, but in The Adventure Zone: Amnesty, someone named Barclay is literally bigfoot (brought to you by the McElroy bros, aka the same people who produce My Brother, My Brother and Me)
I really like this name for a man. No nicknames needed. But you could use Clay if necessary. I didn't like hearing someone named their dog Barclay. Sad use for a great name.
― Anonymous User 9/12/2018
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LOL I am reading posts about dogs named Barkley and cute name for a dog- lol MY 15 year old dog is named Barkley! No, I would never consider Barkley or Barclay (I hate that spelling) for a girl - it is definitely a boys' name.
Cute name for a dog. I like the spelling Barkley a lot, that's adorable (for a dog of course). I'm horrified to see that this name is actually used on girls. What are those parents thinking? Imagine a 40 year old woman named Barclay. Heck, imagine a girl of any age with the name! It doesn't sound right at all. It seems as if every masculine name is becoming feminized these days...
― Anonymous User 8/6/2013
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Sounds like a snobby British name to me, like Benedict or Archibald.
― Anonymous User 1/29/2013
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Barclay was a slave and the first ever person to build a cotton gin in Mississippi, after seeing Eli Whitney's notes.