Opinions on Bastian?

[CrackersandCheese]

Hi everyone,

We're due in a few weeks and whilst we have a potential girls name sorted, we're really struggling with boys names.

My DP suggested Bastian yesterday and I quite like it. I believe it is ok to use it in it's own right rather than being short for Sebastian - which oddly enough I don't like at all.

My questions are:

Do you think it would be weird to use Bastian as the full name (maybe Bas as a nn?)
What do you think of it as a choice in general?
And, are there any middle names you think would go well with it?

Can't wait to hear what you think, good or bad!

x

Felix
Benedict
Zachary
William
Maximilian (Max)
Christian
Edwin
Alexander
George

Heath

Thanks for the name suggestions. I'm afraid we'll have to keep looking I think.

And thanks to those who were not rude in their responses and those that went against the grain.

I love Bastian. That's the name of the little boy in Neverending Story and I used to love the bit when the childlike empress is screaming out at the end 'BAAAASTIAN, help me BAAASTIAN'.

I would use Sebastian though and have Bastian as a nn.

Wilrik? I wanted this for DS but DH wouldn't let me. :( It's Frisian. Could be converted to Wil, Rick or Ricky. Unusual but not too mad.

Ghenghis! - that's a dog's name on EE, isn't it? as well as the obvious Leader of the Mongol Hordes, that is. Nooooo!

What about Boris?

I just think of The Never Ending Story. Not that that is a bad thing!
Pretty good actually!

HolyCamera "Bastian, SAY MY NAME!!!!!"

The Neverending story has a lot of lovely names to offer us. How about;

Bastian's middle name is Balthazar
Atreyu
Falkor
Carl Conrad
Engywook
Urgl (this is for a girl)
Morla (also sounds a bit girly)
Gluckuk
Whooshwoozool
Pyornkrachzark
Artax

Bubba It's bringing a tear to my eye thinking about it

I agree about the Basty part not sounding great in English. But I'm surprised people don't hear it in SeBastian. Both names are quite common in Germany and Sebastian is often shortened to Bastie or Bastl/Wastl (ok the latter only in Bavaria ).

smother, 'And Bas... hmm, isn't this what blokes call their, erm, you know...'

Is it? I've never heard that.

I don't mind Bastian at all . I might spell it Bastien though; not sure why, just think it looks nicer.

makes me think of Bastian Schweinsteiger the footballer, known as the Pig F*cker in our house. Well, why else would you climb (steig) on a pig?

What about Stillian - very old Bulgarian name - I love it!

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Do you live with me? Only sometimes we call him Pig Mounter, or Pig-Getter-Upper too.

against the grain but I love it. I think it's cool!
Love Sebastian too, and:
Simon
Laurence
Angus
Benedict

Short for Sebastian - fine. Reminds me of Neverending Story.

Hmm, I'm not keen. Makes me think 'bastard' too much. How come you like this but don't like Sebastian?

I really, really like it. In fact when I was little and had just read the Neverending Story then I wanted to call any future son Bastian. I don't particularly like Sebastian though.

DD has a friend called Bastian (Basti). In fact we know three (we do live in Germany though)

Oops didn't mean to highlight that.

My first thought was The Neverending Story as well.