What impressions do you have of the baby name Julius?

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(Me again! We're really struggling with this upcoming baby's name! Thanks in advance!)
What does the name Julius bring to mind? We prefer it to Julian as it's less common and feels a bit stronger to me.

Wet.

I like it very much. Much prefer it to Julian.

I'm a Roman history fan, so I went straight to Julius Caesar. I quite like it, though, and there are certainly worse Romans to share a name with. It isn't a name I would do a double-take at or have negative associations with if I came across it on a list, so in that respect, if you like it, it is a great name to use.

I hsve an unusal name so tend to like them. Julius would be a name I would be embarrassed to say as my name.

I love it. It's my son's middle name.

No one else seems to like it though ...

I think of Caesar and then I think of Kenneth Williams saying "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"

Baddie! Is the first reaction in my mind.

I know a young man called Julius who is lovely. When he was named as a baby I was a bit, eh? Now I love it. To be clear though he's Swedish so maybe that's made it easier?

Julian is lovely; Julius is harsh.

I work in schools and childcare settings and have only heard of one Julian in the past 10 years. There was one in my school year (I am 60).

It may be experiencing a comeback, but I think it’s a relatively minor one.

I like it. The only one I knew, in my student days, was incredibly good-looking and kind.

I don’t care for Julian, unless for a girl— male Julians remind me unfairly of pompous, responsible Julian in the Famous Five, who had reactionary ideas about girls liking to make beds out of heather in caves while the boys had adventures.

I dislike Julian but quite like Julius - Michael Boatman in The Good Fight is what comes to my mind though, so slightly swayed by that.

Julian is wet and Julius is pretentious. How about Jolyon?

Caesar

Rather effeminate.

I can't believe how many people find it effeminate.

Julian, maybe a bit - and yes to the Famous Five reference. He was such a drip.

But Julius was a dictator and regarded by some as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The name Caesar later became both Tsar and Kaiser. Julius belongs in the same bag as Alexander, Octavian and Augustus - none of which are remotely effeminate in association for me. I mean what would sound masculine? Bruno maybe? Or Rex, I guess.

Not pretentious at all 😆

I prefer Julian. Julius just makes my brain say CAESAR!

No. Just no.

Caesar

Julius is very pretentious, quite Tarquin vibes. Julian is just so dated IMO. Reminds me of a 60 year old slightly camp, high end estate agent.

Yes! Julius Cain! Such a good show.

I've also recently read A Legacy by Sybille Bedford, which had a major character called Julius. That Julius was a feckless aristocrat who wandered aimlessly around Europe and kept chimpanzees.

I guess I know of so few Juliuses that I don't really have a clear picture of what a Julius would be. I like it better than Augustus.

We’re past the really dangerous bit for him, but I’d worry about March.

I love it. I had a friend at school called Julius and he was a really lovely person and talented musician

I quite like, prefer Julian to be honest but I don’t like Jules or Julie so that would put me off.

Don’t like it at all. Can’t say it without adding a silent “Caesar”…..