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!

They aren't just pretending to be all special and exotic though, they really are Italian.

It's a nice name.

It's fine. I'd assume Italian heritage, which is correct here, it doesn't give any particular vibes either way. Sebastian used to be posh boy/crab from the little mermaid but as it's become more popular it's lost that kind of feel for me. It's just a regular, ok name. I hate the use of Bas or anything other than Seb as a nickname but I think that's a more middle European thing to do.

Lovely name. Non contentious. It’s a bit long though so he’ll just be Seb.

God help anyone Italian wanting to give their child an Italian name.

You say that, there are 4 Sebastian’s at my daughter’s very much not posh high school. Two of them are in her form class.

Love the name.

He did - I have seen a clip and if you google there is the time/day etc 😂he was from Warwick I think so imagine Sheffield in the 70s was a bit of a harsh shock (I am from Manc and live Yorks and much much prefer the North btw)

Fine if you’re Italian. Will probably just be called seb by everyone anyway.

Love it! It's just so much 'more' than the ordinary British version. Go for it.

It really wasn't! He lived just down the road from me. It was a seriously posh area. The school, which was a comprehensive and not a secondary modern, was in a very middle class catchment area. They did bus a few children in from rougher parts of the city, but there were very few of them. I lived close to him and went to the same school at around the same time - I had zero exposure to anything even slightly rough. Coming to London was a huge culture shock in that respect. He is definitely making stuff up for the sake of a good story or whatever.

I like Bastiano more

Love it. And no it doesn't sound remotely pretentious for an Italian or Anglo-Italian boy/man.