What do you think of Sebastian?

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What do you think of Sebastian as a boy's name?

Love it!!! It's DS3's middle name. We chose it because his brothers have their names for reason and I love Bach :)

Very nice name. Seb a good nickname, too.

love it.

gets my vote too

love it - but not Seb as a nickname. if you must abbreviate, go with Bastien

It's my step-son's name. Everyone calls him Baz. Ugh.

love love love it!

Love it and it is our choice for either first or middle name for baby due anytime now. However the one reason it may get relegated to middle name is we really dislike Sebbie and worry it will be shortened to this.

Love it. Wouldn't have been able to persuade dh though.

Sebastian is ok, but I really do not like Seb/Seba/Sebi (reminds me of sebacious = oily...). Bastian may be too close to bastard?

Love it.

I like it, I was considering it for DS, but DH thought it sounded too posh. He has a thing about posh sounding names? He vetoed Henry too and I love Henry.

i really love it and am fine with all nickname variants

I think the long form (Sebastian) is just a little too long to use regularly, and the short forms Seb/Sebba/Sebbie/Basty don't sound very appealing as a name imo.

I'd rather choose a 2 syllable name that won't need shortening and/or that has nicer nicknames. But that is just my opinion .

It is DS's name, his nicknames are Bastian, Basil, Bas, and Seabass but mostly Seb

Don't like it - sorry - friend has a Sebastian (Sebbie) - sounds like a playground insult

Love it but agree with others on some potentially dodgy nicknames for it.

Basil's my fave

I'm not keen, mainly because I agree that it is unlikely to be used in its long form and the nicknames are not very nice - I really dislike Sebba/Seb/Sebbi, I think they lack a consonant perhaps...

I LOVE the name and if we have a boy it will be Sebastian; no discussion needed its both of our fav names since we where dating in college

Love it. Don't like Seb though - it reminds me a bit of oozing acne or something.

Love it - Seb is a great nickname. Bastion is a wee bit never-ending story for me.

and somebody called me Sebastian..
Really like it

Really like it.