Julian

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That’s our choice for DS, but all our UK friends (DH and I live in London but are not British) seem to be a bit meh about this name. Is there anything wrong with it or any associations we might not be aware of?

It’s a nice name. I’m personally not a huge fan of the nn Jules (it sounds a bit feminine to me), but other than that it’s a great name.

I like it, I've recently been reading the famous five with DS and thought that it was a nice but under used name. It also depends where he will grow up, on the working class estate I grew up in his life would've been hell, standard white collar, middle class environment no one will bat an eye

I have a cousin called Julian who’s in his early 40s. I’ve never been a fan of the name to be honest.

Love it. Some one at work has named their baby Julian.

A bit wet.

Are you Eastern European by any chance? The only young Julians I know have Eastern European heritage.

There's nothing 'wrong' with it as such, it's just quite a dated trend (currently) in Britain.

I lump it with the likes of Timothy, Philip, Adrian, Brian etc. They're generally not names British families are currently opting for, but there's no reason why you shouldn't use it if you want to. Names in British classrooms in the 2020s reflect all sorts of cultures so nobody will bat an eyelid at a young Julian.

I like it!

It'll always be posh sounding to me. Whether that's a good thing for you or not, I dunno. I'm not keen but it could be a lot worse.

It just reminds me of King Julien from Madagascar. "physically fit... physically fit..."

I went to school with a Julian - he’d be early forties by now. He’s the only one I’ve ever met, he was lovely so I think it’s a nice name by association.

I really like Julian

The Julian I know is confident and successful so I’d be happy to use the name.

My name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy.

Look up Julian Clary he is brilliant.

It always sounds like Julie-Anne to me.

So the only famous Julians we can think of are both gay.
Not a problem to me, but how would that go down on the first day of secondary school. May as well put a target on the kid's back.

I don't like it at all. I know 4. None are posh. One is gay. The other 3 are Jules or similar diminutives.
I'd put the name in the same bracket as Nigel and Roger. (Nigel and Roger are OK names but haven't been popular for about 60 years)

Timothy and Philip are classics and due a comeback. Adrian is too close to 'a drain' for my taste.

Great name, known a few, none were wet.

It's a name for a grown-up rather than a child. Needs a nickname?

My dad (in his fifties) has this name and he has always really hated it!

I've always classed it along with Barnaby, Jeremy, Guy, Miles, Crispin, Alistair (and previously Toby, Oliver, Elliot, Rupert, Sebastian but these are popular now so they have a different image) as slightly posh, likely to sing in a choir.

And not as nice sounding as the wonderful Felix and Tristan, which are arguably in the same kind of group.

Nothing exactly wrong with it I'm just not a fan.

As well as having a similar sound to much more popular for girls Julia (so some might consider Julian also sounds quite feminine), Julian is also is currently seen as being more likely to be a (posh) middle aged man’s name in the UK. However names like Rupert, Hugo, Sebastian etc used to be considered that way too and they are now Top 100, so it wouldn’t surprise if more young Julian’s were around in the future (I do know a toddler one, brother to Sebastian).

I like it.

I like it a lot. Mind you, I like Julian for a girl, too, though (as in the medieval mystic) so maybe my opinion isn't helpful...

One thing that puts me off it is that it’s two girls names put together. Julie Anne.

The other thing is that the only one I know is a lying cheating slimeball.