What impressions do you have of the baby name Julius?

[SharpGoldWriter]

(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.

Too try-hard

Orange Julius.

Thats the brand name of a dogs harness.

Prefer Jules.

I think of Julian and Julius as being similar.

Use Julius if you prefer it.

It is handsome and Julius will not be confused with Julianne.

He will likely be called Big Julie or Jules - both great.
I would have a C or a P name for his second name.

JC has a powerful association and JP is law abiding.

Julius Cleve
Julius Cedric
Julius Patrick
Julius Philip

Horribly pretentious, OP. Don’t sadly your kid with this.

Trying too hard to what?

I wish my parents had tried a little harder. We don’t all want to be called Tom, Harry or Theo…..

Names are meant to identify us!

I like it and prefer it to Julian.

Caesar.
I think it’s too much, far too strong a name for the vast majority of boys and men to live up to. The average male won’t be suited to this name.

I like it!

However, as per a PP, my dog’s harness has “Julius” written on it. Various people I’ve got chatting to have presumed it’s his name, so I do kind of think of it as being a dog’s name!

I like it alot.

I imagine a little boy who is a bit cheeky and loves speeding around on his bike and is friendly with all the neighbours.

Then he'll grow into a morally strong man who treats others right but is no push over and has a love of winter sports and writing code.

I think the parents had an obsession with Ancient Rome.

Sorry it's not to my taste. It sounds as though you are trying very hard to be cool but not quite making it.

I think Julian is horrible, Julius wouldn't be my choice but it is definitely better than Julian. It makes me think Caesar just like most people I expect.

Caesar, dog harness - I see lots of them when I'm walking ChenDog - and parents who are desperate to give their child a youneeq name rather than one they simply love and don't care what other people think.

I've nannied a Julius (and have a friend with an Augustus if you want opinions on that!) and firstly he loved his name, doing the Romans in y4 was quite amusing because his friends called him Julius Caesar for a full term (which he liked a lot!) (it then got shortened to J.C...then they'd forgotten in the new term!) he got called Julie once in year 6, retaliated with a swipe at the other kids name and that was that.

And in contrast, his brother Harry was called Harry Potter, potter or the boy who lived for ALOT of primary school which he also wasn't bothered about but kids will find something to say about ANY name if they want tbh. Hell I've nannied a Harrison who was called Morrisons for 2 years (because you could see one from the school playground 😂)

Secondary school was no problem, there's SO many different names these days that it wasn't like his name stuck out at all!

So basically, would I call my child it? No, purely because it sounds daft with my surname! But it's a strong name, inoffensive and you like it!

Yes! I do like my name but as an Emma born in the 80s, I would've liked my folks to have tried harder

It’s to frilly for me

I have a goddess-type name. I like it because it is my name but I do wonder why I was named it. I don't think I'd like it if it wasn't my name.

I get that everyone has specific associations with a name but like @Bellybellas I am also interested in what people mean by pretentious and "try-hard". Does this always mean trying hard to be posh? I see it quite a bit on these boards.

"Ooo lar dee dar, fancy pants Magee."@xOlive, is this comment because you're annoyed at people you perceive as not posh trying to come across as posh?

Really weedy and weak, definitely not a strong name.

Not posh, just desperate to be unique, rather than simply giving your child a name that you love. If you really adore the name then it won't matter a jot what anyone else thinks, or if you know 30 other kids with that name - every child is special, regardless of its name.

No, not at all, I’m not annoyed by posh people or… do people pretend to be posh? Either way, no it wouldn’t annoy me at all.
I just think it’s a fancy pants name, my Dad has a cat called Sebastian and I pretend to do the cat’s voice in a “posh” voice 😂 they’re just fancy names.

Such a thoughtful response - thank you!

Definitely would never choose a name we don't love! I do think, for us, names get points for not being seen everywhere but that's also not to discount more popular names as being anything negative. That said, we also would never choose a name simply BECAUSE it's unusual. It would be a combination of loving it + not as commonly heard! As for getting feedback here, it's just helpful to talk/think through options as I'm narrowing it down...because goodness knows my husband is tired of me talking about it over and over! 😂