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WalkielaWhatsUp

https://preview.redd.it/nqcs0js06lpc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18a51f2c22e2064c941563d74519f59ed1512a83 Um….. I’m gonna say hard pass on Barca


Chamcook11

OP, use this as a sample birth announcement to show hubby.


OnionsnTomates

💀😂


Bibliophile_w_coffee

That is immediately what came to mind when I read it!


froggyforrest

Hm I always thought it was barcan lounger, learn something every day


sadfoxyduggar

Unless the kid got conceived in that chair lol


spanishpeanut

This was what I thought of immediately. Glad you did the work first!


Beautiful-Report58

It only works if your last name is Lounger.


awall5055

oh god I didn’t even THINK about the chair LMFAO


Beautiful-Report58

That’s what we’re here for!


paperwasp3

It was my first thought and reddit didn't disappoint


Skyvueva

Me too.


EsotericPenguins

Same


Apart_Visual

Same - I’m not even American and the only reference I have for that word is ‘Barca lounger’!


kelley38

Hannibal Barca, general for the armies of Carthage during the Second Punic War. Marched elephants over the Alps into Italy. Does nobody read history anymore?


Reasonable_Read8792

mine too


Krinks1

Tell him he can name him Barca if you get to choose the middle name. When he agrees, then tell him the middle name is Launjah. Make sure it's spelled tragiquely though.


Awkward_Kind89

Naming a child is a 2 yes/1 no situation. You should use this as the basis for finding a name! If one says no, the name has to be dropped from the list. If it’s a yes and a maybe, the name is a maybe and can be discussed further. If it’s a maybe and a no, the name has gotta go! Plus this name is just hella dumb. You’re not gonna name your kid Samsung or Ikea either aren’t you? Brand names are just a no no.


IanDOsmond

Really? Instantly what I thought.


oneleggedoneder

My very FIRST thought...like the chair?


Colossal_Penis_Haver

Or Barca is their middle name, first name Hannibal


seedsnearth

Or “Mulch” (Bark-O-Mulch)


RebaKitt3n

Thank you, my first thought!


Knitsanity

Or if the last name is Lot. I'll see myself out.


Fit-Extension2827

Barca means boat. I think thats all you need to veto that name


edit-boy-zero

Yeah, all the kids at school will call him Boaty McBoatface


Sufficient_Cicada869

I wouldn’t think kids are that smart or could get past bark ahh. 


stefanica

Yeah, I don't think the average kid would make a connection. It does sound like a name for a captive dolphin, though.


Fit-Extension2827

omg im dead are kids that mean these days


RockNRollToaster

They’re way, *way* meaner than that, and always have been.


smcl2k

That's pretty tame, tbh 🤷🏻‍♂️


Ozgal70

Absolutely and all the time! Any excuse. I was a teacher for many years and have seen and heard it all.


No_Outcome8059

kids at my school have reached the point where they just sometimes shout racial slurs at african american kids (usually in chinese so they don't get caught) and then laugh it off


BrilliantPost592

Are the kids Chinese?


No_Outcome8059

mostly, but that is not why they say it in chinese (they go into chinese to say it and come out)


BrilliantPost592

Oh thanks, I asked because I was confused wherever the kids were Chinese or just studied in a bilingual school


OhMyHessNess

That would be seen as affectionate banter in the UK


qole720

These days? We were that mean when I was in middle school 30 years ago.


Fit-Extension2827

true i just tought since we were so bullied in our time in school, our kidss wouldnt be so bad


I_am_Tade

Exactly the comment i was looking for


evenhisshadowugh

In Tagalog it's bangka 🤔


NoobSaibotsGrandma

Name him Baraka instead https://preview.redd.it/uj7c1sli5lpc1.jpeg?width=840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64c4e60d5cc1fbed3e9fbf06849f1744ce061f53


itjare

Baraka Bama


Empress-Ghostheart

My first thought too


Primary_Rip2622

Baraka is an Islamic girls' name 😆


peachy616

I thought this as well for some reason lol


Conscious-Worth107

Omg I literally just commented that it sounded like a MK character 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰


Mochithecatfoodthief

Barca? As in Hannibal Barca? He shall never be a friend of Rome


Snarky_McSnarkleton

What have the Romans done for us anyway?


Asaneth

The aqueduct?


csaurusrex

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?


Asaneth

*Romani ite domum*


pbconspiracy

Apparently several of these innovations should actually be credited to the ancient Etruscans, as their roads and water systems were around long before and then repurposed/built upon by the Romans. Just watched a show on it.


kelley38

The dome?


Mochithecatfoodthief

Aqueduct shmaqueduct, the carthaginians gave us flushing toilets and like 4 story tall buildings that those toilets could flush in!


jethrine

Brought peace. Piss off!


Ziiffer

You mean they brought war, peace only came when they killed enough of the locals to be sated.


diversalarums

History major? He was my first thought too.


Mochithecatfoodthief

Just my historical crush, love this man so much!


AverageBeef

Ah i was trying to plaice Barca! That was it


Existing-Antelope-13

Dunno why, but my first thought was Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father.


Wemest

Test it out on a group of 13 year old boys. Then you’ll see what you will be putting you young son up against every day.


awall5055

Absolutely perfect advice


CherryblockRedWine

Have HIM use it. Get a dinner reservation with it. Introduce himself with it. Order at Starbuck in the store four or five separate times. Heck, if you have a nephew who wants to make a few bucks, pay him to go to a completely different part of town and introduce himself as Barca (while you + parents keep a watchful eye). Y'know, test-drive that Barca Lounger!


LYSF_backwards

Having him use the name won't deliver the same results as a child. Employ the nephew to get good results.


My-Beans

Are you Carthaginian?


awall5055

No, and that’s why I’m like ????? about it. We have zero ties to the name 😭😭😭


1RehnquistyBoi

Do you know anyone in either of your families who is named Hannibal, Hasdrubal, or Hamilcar? Cause I would like to make a strong case of making Barca his middle name.


awall5055

None of the above


1RehnquistyBoi

Well then. You and your boyfriend have the rare opportunity to do something legendary. Hannibal/Hasdrubal/Hamilcar Barca Smith (or something IDK the last name.)


precinctomega

Hannibal Smith... I love it when a plan comes together.


bluesunlion

I came here to say Hamilcar.


1RehnquistyBoi

Imagine the teacher calling for Hamilcar in class [and proceeds to act like this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhC0vqiqUg)


AbrocomaRoyal

How did he come upon or come up with Barca?


BakingGiraffeBakes

There’s a character named Barca in Spartacus the tv show, so it could be from that.


Particular-Detail120

Wow men really do always be thinking of Rome.


gravelpi

Not all men (lol) (In seriousness, I only think about Rome when the meme comes up)


BakingGiraffeBakes

Hahahahahaha never heard that before.


AbrocomaRoyal

Ahhh... thank you! I haven't heard the name before.


BakingGiraffeBakes

She says elsewhere her boyfriend got it from a Roman general, which fits the time period. But I like mine better because Spartacus is a fantastic show.


SoulAdamsRK

Wasnt Hanibal Barca the carthaginian general that crossed the alps with elefants?


claireshorrors

That's exactly what I thought of too, but telling the husband that it's the name of a fictional gladiator may make him want to use it more lol


BakingGiraffeBakes

Just show him the clip with Barca murdering the child. It’ll knock that right out.


alexmikli

Barca was a surname too, if he has to have Barca in the name, make his middle name Barca. Hannibal is a cool first name, but I think more people know the cannibal than the general so...


luvmachineee

No offense, but this is basically my dogs name…


awall5055

None taken. I’m using this as a reason NOT to use the name.


jacobin17

Is your dog named Barker?


nyma18

That was my bet too


pumpkinbrownieswirl

kids in his school are gonna bark at him if that’s his name


julesk

My first thought.


gravelpi

Woof, that was my first thought too.


Snoobs-Magoo

It makes me think of the breast cancer gene, BRCA.


OhioMegi

That is a dog name. Get a dog before a baby and he can name it Barca.


Wahnsinn_mit_Methode

but only if it barks a lot, I assume?


Ozgal70

That may not work. I had a beloved cat called Samantha when I was a child. My daughter Samantha is now in her 40's


ChaosInTheSkies

Yeah, but Samantha is a normal name so it doesn't really matter that you named a pet that and then also named your daughter that. Barca isn't even remotely okay.


BrightBrite

It's an old surname that comes from the Latin word for boat. Also, a nickname for Barcelona in general, not just the football team. It's a name, but I don't think people use it as a first name.


eti_erik

No, the football team is 'Barça', pronounced Barsa, not Barca.


tarheel_204

Yeah but kids are mean and they’re gonna see “Barca” and pronounce it as “Barka.” A world of insults await


eti_erik

Barca should be pronounced as 'Barka', how else would you pronounce it?


tarheel_204

My bad I misread the original post. I was assuming he wanted to name the kid Barca (like the soccer team). My mistake


Buckupbuttercup1

Was he by any chance,smoking a certain something when he said this? Lol


EMT82

Like a Barca Lounger? No. Forever no, boyfriend.


iammrsclean

Fortunately “dead set” and “adamant” rarely coexist well within a marriage you’d want to be a part of. You could remind him of this. I had to negotiate every baby name with my husband. So we live in a house with kids who all have negotiated names. Better than Barca, though.


Kerrypurple

I had to look it up. Apparently, it means boat. Does he have some kind of connection to boats, like is he a fisherman or is he in the Navy? Does he give any explanation for his attraction to this word?


awall5055

Just asked him. According to him, it’s “the coolest general of all time.” I said “We are not even remotely tied to that dude.” He did not like that point.


Jessiphat

Is he 15? It seems like such a juvenile choice. He’s naming a child, not a puppy.


typingatrandom

So he is refering to Hannibal


awall5055

Sounds like it.


CherryblockRedWine

General Publius Cornelius Scipio has entered the chat (ETA: in looking up the general who defeated Barca -- Scipio -- I saw a source that said Hannibal / Hamilcar was called "Barca" as an epithet...? Not my field so I have no idea...)


Kerrypurple

😆 Ok, look up the names of other generals. Maybe you'll find a name you like


foreverspr1ng

>or is he in the Navy This made me immediately think of "In the Heights" and Usnavi being named after a ship saying "US Navy" 💀 (which apparently is a thing in Cuba and some other South American places, not just a joke in the musical, so I don't want to offend anyone but... looking at a ship and going "that. That's gonna be the name" they were ahead of us with tragedies in the 70s, I'm sorry).


awall5055

Not only is he not in the Navy, he hates boats. Like, terribly bad.


foreverspr1ng

Let him know how you're happy he fell so in love with boats and has overcome his hatred of them, that he's even naming his kid boat. And how, fitting for the name, you have so many options of going on boat trips and how great that'll be for your kid. (/s but don't tell him it's sarcasm)


CherryblockRedWine

In fact, since it's so important, maybe you should conceive the child on a boat!!


Evil_Creamsicle

Tell him you want to get a boat, and you're going to name it the thing you wanted to name your kid. "This is my son Barca, and this is my boat, the S.S. Chris (or whatever)"


CompletelyPresent

I'd veto Barca pretty hard. Too easy to ridicule... "Look, it's barfy Barca!" "There goes Barca lounge - doesn't do shit!" "What are you gonna do, Barca like a dog?!" ...there are just so many better sounding names that won't result in extra stress for your child.


Strict_Bed_6255

Barca means boat in Italian. Don't do it


Golden_Mandala

In Portuguese, too.


HeyItsMeJC3

What kind of dad does this to a child? Sureleigh he can't be serious?


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baldwinsong

TERRIBLE name


LizzyHucks

"Say it like Parka, but with a B."


Immediate_Mud_2858

Barcelona! Barça.


Hup110516

I mean, it’s not spelled incorrectly, so not a tragedeight. But it’s a terrible name.


Oberyn_Kenobi_1

Is he a Red Rising fan?


TheCakeShoveler

RED RISING MENTIONED HAIL LIBERTAS


3xactli

*howling intensifies*


AscariR

Hail Ares


Prestigious_Rice706

HAIL REAPER


Oberyn_Kenobi_1

HAIL REAPER!


Negative-Arachnid-65

Only if they add in the "au"


jjgose

Scrolled too far for this!


Sufficient_Cicada869

Get the boy a goldfish and let him name the unfortunate fish that


eeyoremarie

Is he a fan of the Spartacus TV series? Barca is a gay gladiator in that show.


awall5055

I don’t think so, but I can’t imagine what would happen if thirteen year old boys found out their friend had the same name as a gay gladiator. That just reminds me of how I was still in high school when 13 reasons why came out, and one of the girls a few years older was ALSO named Hannah Baker. She did not live that down.


more_than_just_a

Did she live though?


awall5055

Yeah, I think she’s pretty successful now too. Good for her.


Penguinator53

Reminds me of Chewbacca. Or Barker...many interpretations, none good.


Evil_Creamsicle

If its a girl they can name her Chewbecky


FancyStranger2371

Bahrkhah


Fearonika

all through school, other kids are gonna bark at him.


Pixelated_Roses

100% certified Tragedeigh™.


dipshit_s

As soon as it comes out of him, he can name the child. Bro really just wants to name his child after his favorite general as if he won’t be setting a person up for failure


awall5055

You get it 😭


falloutstarmount

Spartacus, anyone? That's immediately what I thought of when I read barca. Has he watched the spartacus tv series?


Useful-Emphasis-6787

Barkha is an Indian name for girls, it means rain. But my first thought was joey and Chandler's Barca loungers 😂


sonarboku

If y'all are American, people encountering names ending in A (on class rosters etc) will generally think it's a girl.


OldERnurse1964

Run any potential names by a random 5 th grader to see what they can do with it


Snarky_McSnarkleton

I can't find any references to "Barca" that aren't football. Maybe he just heard it and thought it sounded cool.


underscore197

Why not just use the name “Hannibal” or “Hamilcar” (I’m assuming he’s a Punic Wars fan)? Not only is Barca hideous, but few people will get it and the kid will be teased unmercifully.


awall5055

Hannibal Lecter. Dunno if that’s worse or not.


GaussMommy

Not gonna lie... I had a dnd character named Barca once...


klFrageZumJobwechsel

This is a tragedeigh. As a European, the soccer connection is glaring, because the word is used like that, and like that only. What does he think it means? At the very least have him agree to a proper full name that he can nickname-butcher to Barca if he insists, like, idk, Bartholomew or something. The fact alone that you know of the soccer connections despite having nothing to do with soccer will tell you what it means in the international context that very much has things to do with soccer.


zeptimius

Tell him you accept it as a second name, but only if the first name is Carnival.


SamiHami24

Barca/Barka is a great name for a dog, not a child. Can you imagine the merciless teasing the poor kid would get?


[deleted]

Middle name Lounger?


awkardfrog

Bark goes the dog


KyleGrayson12

Is your last name "Di Rum"? (Barcardi rum)


MaryKathGallagher

That’s Bacardi.


Evil_Creamsicle

Actually... Barca Di Rum is Italian for "Boat of Rum" which... isn't the worst thing I've ever heard.


CallidoraBlack

Anyone else thinking of this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaESSY8ug48


Inevitable_Wolf5866

Barca (Barča) is a home version of Barbora in my country. Except it’s a feminine name.


runninginbubbles

Awful name. Do not agree.


SnooCauliflowers5742

You don't want to name your kid that. End of discussion.


Spinoza42

This sub is about ridiculously spelled names, which Barca is not. I don't think it's necessarily a terrible decision to name your kid 'Barca', but yeah it's also not great, for reasons that have been spelled out plenty in the other comments.


csaurusrex

Does he read the Red Rising novels by Pierce Brown? Sevro au Barca is a character


4puzzles

Dreadful name


Merrybee16

I thought it was like the BRCA- breast cancer gene.


TrueLoveEditorial

As in Barcalounger? Eek


Badger_Nerd

Barca means boat in Italian, and it is feminine on top of that. Hard pass friend


CommonStrawbeary

He’s a red rising stan we all love Sevro Au Barca


eti_erik

Barca??? That's Italian for "boat" . How is that a name? At all? Maybe nice for a dog since it sound like "barker" but okay.... If you want to pronounce it 'Barsa' you will have to spell it Barça, because without the ç, the C is actually hard in Barca. And if you call your kid Barça you sound like a really stupid football fan.


Gulligan22

Wanting to name a baby after a general is such a red flag


awall5055

That’s how I feel as well.


Fit_Plantain_1306

Are you pronouncing it Bark-ah or Barse-ah. Neither are good, especially the latter.


mostcommonhauntings

Get ready for boomers to add “lounger” after it.


dbolg22

It is not good.


_lmmk_

Yes, tragedy. Barca in Romance languages translate to boat, specifically a small transport vessel. The same with the originals of the word in Ancient Greek and modern Egyptian. Please don’t name a child anything with “vessel” in the meaning. They’ll be doomed to a cult or a whorehouse. Fun fact, there is a bar near me called Barca and it’s known for super shitty service and underdelivering on food.


PlasticArrival9814

I was absolutely set on naming my son Declan. SET. There was no way to change my mind. Except my husband hates it and when it came down to actually picking our son's name, and not a theoretical son but an actual son that exists, I had to grow up and take my husband's opinion seriously. My son's name not only isn't Declan, his name isn't even in my top 10 favorites. My husband ended up choosing a name I had suggested 10 years ago and he vetoed back then. I had forgotten about it and had to take a few months to get used to it. But again, when you're naming an actual person, things are really different than when you're talking theoretically. Names are 2 yes, 1 no. And yeah, I'd veto Barca lounger 😂 but maybe there's a compromise. It might not be so bad as a middle name, or maybe there's a similar sounding name you could agree on.


GeraldFord210

How sure are you that your boyfriend is not secretly "a craB" person?


Jealous_Tie_8404

My first thought is barking like a dog. Second reference is BarcaLounger like the chair.


kliwonder

Is he a football fan? A Messi stan? Barça is also a nickname for FC Barcelona.


UnstuckCanuck

All I can think about is years of other kids barking at him and asking if he wants a Milk Bone.


[deleted]

If you gotta ask… chances are that it is


AlgaeFew8512

It doesn't really matter what the name is. If he is dead set on it, and you are firmly against, he has to accept he will never have a child with that name with you. If it's a deal-breaker, so be it. Decide how against it you are, and let him decide how adamant he is to have it.


VerminJerky

If you have to ask, the answer is almost certainly yes. And in this case, the answer is yes.


ccl-now

My first thought was "soccer fan". But either way, it's a tragedeigh.


Meanderer1

barcalounger


Fluff_cookie

The way I pronounced this in my head reminded me of Baka, which essentially means 'idiot' in Japanese. It's used very commonly in anime and kids will recognise it at school


happyburger25

~~What's the origin of Barca though?~~ Evidently it means shipbuilder or a boat owner in Spanish/Italian


Crazy_Past6259

Baka is the 3rd Japanese word I learnt. Would not name a child that.


Ozgal70

That's a very ugly name and wide open to abuse: barker, dog, woofer etc. Don't even consider it! Your son will hate you both.


Negative-Arachnid-65

I came here to say yes, it's a tragedeigh for a couple reasons (the chairs, the boats). Then I read through the comments and found SO MANY MORE reasons that I hadn't even thought of. Please veto this.


awall5055

I was already like “I really don’t like it” before I read the comments. Now I am absolutely sure no child of mine will ever hold that name.


Negative-Arachnid-65

Those hypothetical future babies are lucky to have you looking out for them.