Is this name too poncey for a boy?

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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?

Names which have no place in a civilised society and which are beyone dripsville are :

Monty
Miles
Giles
Gabriel
Quentin
Tristan
Tarquin
Barnaby
Casper

To name but a few.

Julian! get Anne and shove the picnic in the basket balanced on the bicycle handles, we'll go and yell for George and Timmy and then we'll all have a spiffing time down by the brook.

caution using that name!!!!!!!

julian is nice, maybe quite posh but thats certainly preferably to being on the slightly chav slope imo

I think it's lovely.

Absolutelyfabulous, we have a Quentin and live in a very civilised part of the world . I actually love most of your suggestions.

What are your children called?

I like it, although I think it's one of those names that depends very much upon the person who has it (ie on some it will seem quite strong and cool, on others a bit wet).

Not Quentin or Monty or Giles.
Sorry, I think they are godawful names to give to a boy but I expect you might think the same of my boys names given you like Quentin

Yes, you're right Absolutely - thank god we all have different tastes .

(p.s. I'm not English and really struggle with the class concept and the labelling of names)

I LOVE it
I am poncey but i think it rocks

Julian is lovely. As are many other names mentioned here. Agree that it is a British obsession with 'labelling' names according to class but think names are becoming more 'classless' overall.

I too think it is a bit wet. Not mega-ponce IMO.

Conjures up an image of a pale-skinned blinking man with prematurely thinning hair.

Only slightly better than Julius (we know one of family friends) which is a real shocker.

I like Julian very much
But I am a ponce :)

This has been great feedback. Thanks. and I still like it...

I like Julian. But I have a Gabriel so I obviously like 'poncey' names. :)

I like Julian.

But judging by the names on this thread I too am a 'ponce' - I have a Quentin .

Julian is a really lovely name, it would have been my name if I'd been a boy.

Slight connotations of wearing a smoking jacket and cravat, but I think that only adds to the charm of it. I can't imagine anyone called Julian would be anything but charming! Good choice there.

I like Julian (also like a fair few of Ab Fab's NOOOOOO list!).

it's my dh's middle name and he hates it with a passion

not poncy at all!

Julian is nice, as are lots of other names on this thread, especially on Ab Fab's list. Elegant and classy imo.

Those names scream of someone who has read the , " How to Be Completely and utterly Middle Clarss " .

It's all a bit trying too hard social climbing, IMHO.

Really posh folk call their kids names like William and Lucy.

VEry 80's and very wet.

Not a fan, although Jules is quite a cool nn