Thoughts on the name Sebastiano from a British perspective

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Curious about what you think of the name Sebastiano (Italian) from a more i International/British perspective! Do you like it? What vibes does ot give you? Thank you!

Sebastian is a posh British name

Just name him Sebastian and he’ll be fine

What's wrong with Sebastian ?

Deliberately going for foreign variants in Britain sounds pretentious.

And may saddle him with a lifetime of explanations at introductions.

Sorry, for clarity, we are an Italian family lol

That was true say 20+ years ago but it's been a top 50 name for ages, all types of Sebastian running around these days.

I think a 5 syllable name will be shortened OP, so you'd need to be comfortable with i guess Seb? Bas?

I'm going to be honest I would presume it was a typo and the child was Sebastian O (the O being the first letter of his surname).

Is he likely to end up as Seb if so I would just go with Sebastian.

I love shortening names and there’s a lot you can do with that one! I like and wouldn’t worry too much - I’m constantly having to correct people on the spelling of my name in this digital age. People get used to names pretty quickly.

Seb is very popular at the moment - I am a teacher and have 4 Sebs :)

I always think of Sebastian Coe really. He was once asked why he became such a fast runner and he responded "If you go to a secondary modern in Sheffield with a name like Sebastian you have to learn to run, or fight" Its a posh name, but a nice one.

Sebastiano as an Italian or Italian-British man in the UK is totally normal and fine. I would not think twice to meet a man or boy with that name.

If he goes to school in UK it will likely be shortened to Seb, which is also nice.

It’s fine - if he is growing up in the UK and has a British accent some people might think it’s a nickname for Sebastian and not his official name (like being called “Damo” for Damian, or “Jonno” for Jonathan). But aside from that, I doubt anyone will give it a second thought.

The U.K. is full of non-indigenous names, no one will question it. And whether you like it or not, everyone will call him Seb

@Octavia64

It was posh.

It has a very different feel now, and has done for quite a few years.

Sebastiano sounds pretentious. Sebastian is fine.

I really like it - will probably get shortened to Seb at school even if you use the full name at home. (DC has a similar length name and people shorten it despite her not liking it)

If you have an Italian surname, I think it will be just fine.

It was. It's not any more.

There are no posh names anymore. Blame the internet but every peasant can google and read up on names now. Apparently Hugo and Henry are posh too? Not from what I see around me

I think it's perfectly fine, especially if you are an Italian family and have an Italian surname. It's not the 1950s anymore, the UK is now multicultural and there is no longer an expectation for people to Anglicise their names.

I really like it and it's really not a big stretch from Sebastian so I doubt there would be any problems with it.

I have a Sebastian and my nick names for him are either Bassi or Sebastiano. Everyone else calls him Seb.

What about Sea Bassi?😂

He will be called Seb no matter how many more letters follow on.

I like it for someone who is Italian and Seb is nice.

I’d think ‘oh that’s the Italian version of Sebastian and that figures because they are Italian.’
It’s fine.

Did he really? I went to the same school - a couple of years below him. It was a comprehensive, but it really couldn't have been more middle class if it had been a private school. There were even Latin classes. A good sound bite I suppose - but what utter rot.