Not sure I love my baby's name anymore

I totally love Sebastian.

I felt similarly about the name we chose for our youngest. I realised after a few weeks that the full version is a bit 'big' for him while he's a baby , we shortened the name and it suits him perfectly.

Fwiw, I like Seb.

Congratulations btw

Hi OP, I do had major name wobbles and I regretted naming my child a longer formal name that I didn’t feel was her as we said from day one She would be known as the short name which isn’t the obvious shortening and one a lot of people in the real world other than mumsnet don’t even no it’s short for the longer name. After 4 months we ( my husband and I) decided to change it. I was so Down about registering the longer name and not the name She is known as and decided to make the change when she was 4 months. I just wanted to send my love and virtual hugs as I know how this can consume your thoughts which if you haven’t been through this other people don’t tend to understand as much. please do what you what to do not what others think.

I love the name Sebastian. Lots of room for nicknames. Sadly it doesn't go with the surname at all so we didn't use it.

I love the name Sebastian!

My brother is Sebastian (Bash)
It is my DS middle name.
I love if

I felt exactly the same about my daughters name. Loved the name when we picked it and loved the name once she was born but it felt wrong for her initially. It felt so strange calling her that name at first. I was really worried for a while thinking we’d made the wrong choice. She’s 4 now and her name suits her perfectly. It fits her personality. It’s also a great name to shorted, like Sebastian, so we’ve got several nicknames for her which she loves.

I love the name Sebastian. That was our first choice if we’d have had a boy. I think it’s a great name for all ages and has lots of great nicknames. I’m sure it’s perfectly normal to have doubts. Try not to worry :)

You're welcome BergamotMouse.

How old is your precious DS?

I love the name as well. But if you don't feel comfortable, try to shorten it and see if that feels better. You will get used to it. My little Grandson decided to be a girl at aged 4. It took me about a month to get used to calling her by her chosen girl's name, and now it would be weird using "he" and her boy's name. If I can do that, I think you can get used to your little boy's name!

Ffs why post your negative opinions when OP made a specific request not to

And countering your negative opinion with "but my opinion doesn't matter" doesnt help at all.

OP hasn't said that the issue is with other people, it's about her feelings which she would like to revert back to feeling positive!

Sebastian is a great name OP. Definitely classic, and scope for nick names that can develop with him! I hope your positivity returns asap!

I think if you don't like it then the earlier you change it the better.

I love the name Sebastian.

I was in the same situation when I had my daughter. Everyone nagging for a name. I called her scarlett in the end. It took a while for me to get used to it.
I still don't love the name but it suits her and you couldnt imagine her with any other name.

I love it and love seb

Ime whatever name you choose it seems like you are playing a game and using a fake name until your dc gets some personality!

Then they own their name!

If you really don’t like it anymore just change it to he’s middle name before he’s gets too old . This is why I never told anyone the name I choose until he was here so no body could change my mind - good luck

DD was exclusively called “Squidgy” for the first year because I couldn’t come round to her name. It’s fine now .

I felt weird calling my DD a name. Before she was born she was known as 'the baby'
It felt very forced but it got easier.

Same for me, it took a good few months for me to be used to calling her by her name, now she’s 2 it suits her perfectly.

I felt weird calling my DD a name. Before she was born she was known as 'the baby'
It felt very forced but it got easier.

I really like it, and I'm not into pretentious names. I'm two months off having a little boy and if I didn't have a good friend with a son called that I may well have gone for it myself.

Do you generally call him Sebastian, or Seb / Sebi? Perhaps if the former it is because it's quite a grown up name for a baby? Maybe calling him by a diminutive now and letting him grow into the longer name would make it feel more natural?

I don't like Sebastian as it reminds me of sebaceous and I don't like Seb or Basty.

But what we think is irrelevant. YOU have got to love it. If you don't and he's under one year, it's easy to change

I’m sorry but I don’t like Sebastian. I think it’s a fussy, pretentious name. So sorry again. Not saying that to be hurtful but if you’re thinking along the same lines as me...
My opinion matters not one jot though - please don’t take that to heart or as a personal dig. It’s not.

I also love it! I agree classic but not over used, I don't think you can ever go wrong with a classic name :)

I really like it Seb is a cool NN