Is Sebastian a pretentious name?

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It's the only name DP and I can agree on. I think it's a lovely, sophisticated name but could be seen as a bit 'try hard' and pretentious.

Thoughts?

I think it's a very posh name but I don't know about pretentious.

I wouldnt say pretentious but it does bring to mind public school boys not that that is a problem. He will probably become Seb anyway.

You both like it. Go for it!

It was my very close 2nd choice for ds's name. I guess it could be construed as pretentious by some people, but who cares it's lovely.

Plus Sen isn't pretentious.

It's not pretentious at all.

Thanks both. Yes he would be a Seb.

We are not particularly posh and he won't go to private school.

I overheard a posh mum calling to her son the other day 'Sebastian darling! Do hurry up or we shall be late for orchestra' and it kind of put me off.

It's posh, but not try hard at all. Nice name.

Depends if he's going to be like Belle and Sebastian or Sebastian Coe. :-)

Thanks everyone. I do like it but don't want to embarrass ds with an overly posh name.

If you've found a name you both love, that's surely a real win, isn't it?

I like the name Sebastian. It's used in various European countries so it's quite universal really. The fact it has an attractive abbreviation is also a real plus point.

It's one of my favourite boys names. Not posh just lovely!

I've known a couple and they've been the eton types. That said, I like the name and it doesn't really sound stereotypical to me. Like a Crispin.

I have a Sebastian.

We are definitely not posh. Dp is a builder. We live in a ha house in a fairly run down northern town.

It suits him. He mainly goes by Seb. I don't know any others and it's different without being odd.

Ok lovely. Consensus is it's a good name to go for! Phew! Boys names are tricky.

I love it, and I love Seb.

I liked it for DS, but HD vetoed it on the basis that a) it is his half brother's middle name (?!); and b) he felt it was too posh. The context is that DH has a 'posh' name, and felt he got quite a hard time at school because of it (he's from a MC background and went to a naice grammar). I didn't agree with him...

GFI!

It's my cat's name

I do think it is a bit 'posh' for a boy/man, but it's a nice name.

I love it and don't think it's pretentious at all. Personally I think it's much nicer than lots of the 'unique' names that turn up.

I wanted a Sebastian. Also a Salvadore. DP wasn't keen.

Plus we had girls in the end.

I have never thought of this name as posh, just a nice, recognisable boys name.

I know of a baby Sebastian who is called Bash for short.

I love the name, and it was one of my top three when naming my son. In the end i didn't choose it as i decided it was difficult to say with my surname also starting with an 's'. Be proud of it!

Lovely name. Not pretentious.

No it's a lovely name, a name isn't pretentious on its own, it depends on the person behind it.

I love the name Sebastian. A friend of mine, in his 20's is a Sebastian but goes by the nn Seb.

However, DH has vetoed it... apparently it sounds like the name of a Bond villain!

It's posh.

I know two, one adult and one child, and they both have "De Something" surnames

It's one of those posh names like Hugo that has filtered down to the masses. So little Sebastian's grandparents might think it's a bit pretentious but it's actually pretty mainstream these days.