Basil – brutally honest opinions needed

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My adored grandfather’s name is Basil. He is a very intelligent and very cheeky old man and even though we have lived on opposite sides of the world for my whole life (he’s in the UK) I feel a real connection to him.

DH and I both love the name Basil and love even more the nickname Baz. Both Basil and Baz go really well with our surname, it has a great ring to it, it kind of sounds like Baz Luhrmann (but a bit different, and yeah I know Baz is not his real name).

Basil/Baz was kicking around on our short list for DS but we chickened out.

We could never name a child straight out Baz, it would have to be officially Basil with Baz as a nickname.

I just really want to know.

1) Did you even know that Basil was a man’s name, or do you just think of it as a garden herb that’s good with tomatoes.
2) Do you go straight to thoughts of Basil Fawlty and hear Sybil calling Basil!
3) Could YOU name a child Basil? Really?