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Julian

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SomfyCofa · 04/01/2018 18:35

Honest opinions on the name Julian please.

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greatpotential · 06/01/2018 06:12

Julian is a great name. Not massively of any particular period and not obviously posh/not posh in imo.

TatianaLarina · 06/01/2018 01:05

we are dreadfully common

Grin I love you a little bit

damekindness · 06/01/2018 00:52

I have a large adult son called Julian (we call him Jools) very ordinary non posh went to bog standard comp....we are dreadfully common

Anyway - he tells me likes his name because round our way it's unusual

squoosh · 06/01/2018 00:52

Oh, she's there!

I couldn't see her earlier. (I blame Julian from the F5)

squoosh · 06/01/2018 00:51

^^

There was meant to be a confused Regina George gif with that. Grin

squoosh · 06/01/2018 00:49

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MollyHuaCha · 06/01/2018 00:41

Love this name - to me, Julian is tall, strong, masculine, intelligent, creative, a leader. Go for it. Smile

TatianaLarina · 06/01/2018 00:30

No-one in this country doesn’t know what a posh name is.

We have a go to Royal family.

HuskyMcClusky · 06/01/2018 00:27

The point is that they don’t know what an actual posh name is.

Mrsknackered · 06/01/2018 00:27

King Julian and Julian Clary. Sorry OP, it's a no from me!

TatianaLarina · 06/01/2018 00:27

If people wannabe posh surely they’d chose a posh name as that’s what they wannabe.

Not a not particularly posh name...

HuskyMcClusky · 06/01/2018 00:23

Julian isn’t even a particularly posh name. Goes on the same shelf as ‘try hard’.

That’s why it’s ‘wannabe’. Wink

For people who wannabe what they’re not.

squoosh · 06/01/2018 00:09

It's desperately dweeby.

Snivelly men children like Julian Assange (vomits until eternity) and that patronising twat of a Julian from the Famous Five. Anne should have booted you up the hole.

TatianaLarina · 05/01/2018 23:54

Oh God the ‘wannabe posh’ brigade. Julian isn’t even a particularly posh name. Goes on the same shelf as ‘try hard’.

NewYearNiki · 05/01/2018 23:39

Absolutely love it.

HuskyMcClusky · 05/01/2018 23:38

Everything is 'wannabe posh' for some people that's not actually Kayden

Yes, that’s right. My children are called Kayden, Jayden, Kai and Jaxon. That’s why I find Julian ‘wannabe posh’.

NinonDeLenclos · 05/01/2018 20:28

Is this man wet?

Julian
NinonDeLenclos · 05/01/2018 20:25

Julian is cool. I like it. Classic, not overused.

Everything is 'wannabe posh' for some people that's not actually Kayden.

MyBeloved · 05/01/2018 18:43

I hate the name Julian, sorry. I've known a few and they've not been nice people. It also sounds incredibly 'wet.

MikeUniformMike · 05/01/2018 18:40

Jolyon is quite nice.

PemberleyP · 05/01/2018 18:38

I really like it. It’s popular overseas too, very international without being super short, simple and indistinctive (?) as names that travel well often are.

TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 05/01/2018 18:22

I prefer Jolyon. I think it’s the jules sound I’m not keen on.

EvaTheOptimist · 05/01/2018 11:44

I have a friend with this name and he doesn't like it - was teased at school for having a "girl's name" (Julie-Ann).

So I'd say No (or a middle name)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/01/2018 11:40

I would use it as a middle name.

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SomfyCofa · 05/01/2018 07:38

Thank you. It's a family name, but I'm thinking it might be more of a middle name. I've always thought it was a bit weak sounding, although the 2 men I know called Julian are both amazing and not at all weak.

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