Sebastian or Samuel?

[Georgia324]

Struggling for a name for a sibling for our 4yo son Alexander. We have narrowed to Sebastian (nn Seb/Sebby) or Samuel (nn Sam), or potentially Oliver (though it’s v popular). Thoughts? I’m worried Sebastian is a bit pretentious and we can’t carry it off. I love Sam but I don’t love Samuel. Thanks!

@Bluelilacbella , I think you quoted the wrong poster.

I was agreeing with your comment that Sebastian is not cool..!

@Janet1990 i absolutely concur 😂😂 we’ve been calling him SebSam for the last 24 hours. Sadly we are back in hospital as he has some breathing difficulties and on the chart above his bed it said SebSam until this morning when we finally aligned on Sebastian and I asked them to update it. I actually prefer Sam to Seb, but our surname clashes / rhymes with Sam. It has two syllables and both rhyme so it just sounded odd, with regret. I’m not 100% sold on Sebastian but I think this is okay. We played with Benjamin but it wasn’t quite right. He does carry Sebastian and there we are! Thanks all for your feedback.

I love the name Sebastian and the nn Seb is lovely, especially looking ahead to the teen years and adulthood - I know some very cool, handsome Seb’s.

I don’t like Sebastian at all, it brings to my mind someone fussy /floppy and to me it does sound very posh.

Sam is a good reliable name.

I don’t like Alexander either though so I’m not the best person to comment perhaps!

Thanks @Moreteaandchocolate
Alexander is the best name ever to me, so I’ll stick to my guns @BigHouseLittleHouse !

Um... weird time to drop that comment.

Not the kindest, I agree, but perhaps she thought my mind could be changed!

I think it's a great name! You could look at other nicknames like Sebby/Baz/Bastian/Bash as well.

I know quite a few Sebastian kids and they are not wildly posh it's just a classic name.

Hope you get back home soon.

I really dislike the name Samuel. Alex and Seb sounds nice together.

This! Alexander and Sebastian sound great!

I was going to say Sebastian goes much better with Alexander.

I was also going to suggest Maximilian but I see you've already made your mind !