Bastian

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Thoughts on Bastian for a boy? Not short for Sebastian just Bastian

OP when I floated my DD's name on here eight years ago I was slated, told she would be teased etc. She isn't teased, and people always tell me how much they love her name. Anyone who doesnt like it has had the decency to keep quiet!

@Belphegor Sadly that isn't true. I was asked by one of the workers at our family centre what my DC was called while they were doing the social round chats. I told her and she said "What a horrible name, I don't like that"

@GummyGoddess I was talking about my own experience. But that is a horrible thing to say!

Please don't name your child after a military base in Afghanistan which is sadly the final resting place of many brave men and women. After all would you name a child Somme or Yvpres ? You need to think things through on how they impact others who may meet your child who have lost relatives there

"You need to think things through on how they impact others who may meet your child who have lost relatives there"

Sorry but that's ridiculous. If you're going by word association, off the top of my head that also rules out Sandy (Hook), or Paris, or Timothy (McVeigh). I'm sure just about any name you can think of you can find negative associations!

Oh I watched Game Night the other night and Jesse Plemons’ dog was called Bastian. How cute, I thought. Not sure for a child though!

I have always loved the name Bastion ever since I was a kid and saw The Neverending Story. I think it's lovely, uncommon but not too unusual.

How about Fuq-uer? K'unth?

Pregnancy hormones OP. We all did it.

Bastian is a continental shortform for Sebastian. A perfectly normal name.

These name boards are getting more and more narrow minded. I have stopped posting my names to discuss since they are not Finn and Olivia or Sophie or Jack. I used to love the mumsnet name discussions, it used to be enlightening and fun.

I seriously dislike it. Sebastian is alright.

Sorry!

I do actually know a baby recently born called Bastian though, it’s definitely not as weird as it seems to be implied above^

And it’s a bastard from me too.

@Hareballmeadow totally agree. Posters on here are particularly sneery. Especially about names from other cultures. Bastian is a normal, pretty popular name in a few parts of Europe.

I know a Bastian, it suits him and I never would have thought of 'bastard'! I think names that are unusual can take a bit of time for some to get used to but when someone has a name, it tends to 'fit' them.

Yuck

Bastian is a normal, pretty popular name in a few parts of Europe.

Yes, because in those languages it has no similarity to bastard!

"Yes, because in those languages it has no similarity to bastard!"

Of course it does.

"Yes, because in those languages it has no similarity to bastard!"

Bastian is Latin. Bastard comes from Latin. Need I spell out the basis of most European languages ...?

No. Will be called Bastard.

I knew a Dutch Bastian. He was a pilot. And absolutely gorgeous! I quite like it!

German is not a Latin language and bastard has no meaning whatsoever.

So Bastian is just a name!

It may well be the main name from the Never ending story but that is a german book by a german author and as pp have mentioned the difference is that Bastian does not sound like the german word for bastard.

*Yes, because in those languages it has no similarity to bastard!"

Of course it does.*

Really, what word does Bastian sound like in German?

Why are you focussing on German? It's also a name in Spanish-speaking countries that have a Latin root.

Ohh I love this name! Name of a long-ago ex. As far as I know he was not called "bastard" in the schoolyard but we weren't in the UK, (another English speaking country though). The UK is weird/snobby about names as this thread shows.