Honor name for Barbara

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not use Barbara? It’s a beautiful name! The Barbara in my life used the nickname Bob and Barb.

It's NOT a beautiful name.

[Anonymous]

Aubrey has many of the same letters and sounds sort of similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I saw the name Beryl, I wouldn’t think anything of it, but it sounds like “barrel,” so if someone introduced herself to me as Beryl, I might temporarily be confused and wonder if her name was “Barrel.”[/quote

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This shows your ignorance. Beryl is not an unusual name.

It is not a common name.

[Anonymous]

Blanche for the B.

Anne because all the Barbara's I know are double named Barbara Ann.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blanche for the B.

Anne because all the Barbara's I know are double named Barbara Ann.

I was thinking the same thing. Barb Barb Barb Barb Barbara Ann

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not use Barbara? It’s a beautiful name! The Barbara in my life used the nickname Bob and Barb.

It's NOT a beautiful name.

agree

I never say, that name is awful. But that name is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aubrey has many of the same letters and sounds sort of similar.

Not a bad idea. We did something similar - couldn't stand the honoree's name or any name starting with that letter, so used a similar-sounding name and gave the same Hebrew name.

[Anonymous]

My friend is Barbara and she goes by Bonnie. Her mother went by Barbara, Her daughter is Barbara Chole and she goes by Chloe.

[Anonymous]

If OP is still reading:

I am Jewish, and in my family we tend to follow this tradition. I tend to think Barbara is a fine name, and I also like Babette as a nickname or a given name that is very close.

But if you don't like Barbara or Babette, I would recommend giving the same Hebrew name, and then coming up with an English name that works for that Hebrew name, which could be connected by meaning or by first letter. If you give the Hebrew name, you might get some good ideas that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aubrey has many of the same letters and sounds sort of similar.

+1 I think you can get creative and don't have to stick to a "B"

For instance you know how in some languages there is a different letter or sound than in English (like, Eugenia pronounced U-hen-ia in Spanish)...so there's Varvara, for example. Okay so if you don't want Varvara, is there something with a "V" that you like?

[Anonymous]

Baibré and you could nn Bree.

[Anonymous]

Some of the B names I considered and still love are:
Blair
Bryony
Briar
Bridget

[Anonymous]

Briella
Bianca
Britta
Beata

[Anonymous]

My five year old is Barbara named after my mother. I am greek and we often name our children after our parents( living or passed on) so names recycle in families . There is not the generational name trends you see in larger us society. We just see names repeated throughout families .

In some cultures like Greek, “Barbara” is not as ugly , dated or clunky as some pp s mention.

I also tried to think of a nickname before she was born and ended up just calling her Barbara. It’s great!

So If you think of a good nickname or not Barbara is still a ok!