Is this name too poncey for a boy?

[pumpkinpoppet]

Well I don't think so - but I have had it said to me (whatever it means). Let me know what you think. I don't want to saddle my boy with an crap awful name. But I really like it.

Julian??? Anyone?

It's a bit Enid Blyton but that's no bad thing.

For poncy you need the Jolyon variant according to MN.

I considered Julian. Along with Lester and Francis.

I like it, it is a little old fashioned, but not twee, venerable, a bit overtly middle class, but nothing de trop.

Plus I know several very nice Julians.

But I'm having a girl

I'm not keen and find it a bit 'poncey' as you suggest - but honestly this is just my opinion and probably says more about me than the name!!

I really like it too but DH vetoed it on grounds of ponciness.

I like it and don't think it's poncey. I had a huge crush on Julian from the FF as a child!

It's a little bit poncey, but 'camp' would be my first opinion on the name. It's a name, like Gabriel, Beau etc, that is just a bit too feminine for my taste.

All the Julian's I've met have been very middle class.

I like it.

Julius leans towards the grandiose, but Julian is pretty normal (but then I know a good few Julians/Tristans/Quentins etc)

Julian is a lovely name.

It is a nice name, but I think it is a bit girly (too close to Julia, Julianna, Julianne).

Love the name Tristan though.

i like it

I like it. Step-FIL's ds is called Julian. Step-FIL is a totally non-poncy Jamaican!

very 70s...all Julian's I know are late 30s.

A bit wet

Im not keen tbh - soz

I like it but DH vetoed it for being 'gay' whatever that means

I like it. I've known several Julians and none of them have been in the least bit poncey. It's a classy name.

A bit wet, but if that's the worst I can say about it, not bad at all compared to many other names you could choose.

I actually really like it. But I am not English, therefore I don't get all the "nuances" a name can have!

Its ok - not too poncey at all. Pretty normal/middle class to my ears.

Jules is v v nice shortened version. Julian is a bit mean to some other children in one of the Famous Five books if you ask me....

I think it's lovely, a strong and distinguished name.

Julian in FF wasn't so bad (and better than his brother Dick - now that's an unfortunate name). I like Julian actually - a little boy I know in Germany is called Julian, though pronounced differently.

On the subject of bad names in children's literature, wasn't one of the Swallows & Amazon kids called Titty? And I THINK she had a brother called Roger.... ah, nostalgia for more innocent times.....

I think Julian is really lovely - classic and distinguished.

Julian Cope
Julian Opie
Julian Drews ..just joking!