What do you think: Wesley or Julian?

[amitymama]

These boy names are not extremely common but also not 'out there' where I'm from but I wondered what their popularity and associations are in the UK? There have been names I liked that my (English) DH informs me are too poncy or too common or too weird so I wanted to run these two past some other UK natives for perspective.

DH likes both names but thinks one might be considered odd and the other too popular. What do you think?

I urgently suggest you watch my very favourite film
The Princess Bride and you will see a Wesley there

wesley

which one is popular I wonder?

Wesley make sme think of Wesley Snipes, well worth avoiding any film with him in (easier now he's in jail)

Julian - well, I knew one at Uni he was very Posh. Maybe it's due for a renassance.

{oh yes Julian Clary! That's not me nor the reason for my name, honest}

they sound v.limp wristed to me

I think the Julian = camp thing might have started with the characters Julian and Sandy (played by Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick) from the 50s radio show, Round The Horne. They were two very camp men who spoke in 'polare' (gay slang). Here's a youtube clip about them

For what it's worth, at first glance I wouldn't have chosen either name but now I've read through the thread I think I prefer Julian (nice shortened to Jools/Jules or Jude) although Wesley is kind of cool too. They're the sort of names that grow on you I think.

The character in "The Princess Bride" is Westley, not Wesley. It is a fab film however and he is very dishy indeed!

I don't know who Wesley Snipes is, so hadn't made that connection.

I love the Princess Bride, that's why I like that name. I never realised it was WesTley, not Wesley. Not sure it makes that much of a difference, really.

Julian = wasn't he the boring one from Famous Five?

Julian every time.

Wasn't Julian Sands an actor?

Lucius Malfoy.

I love Julian