Olivia or Julian??

[charliebug]

what do you think? Not sure what we are having yet but would like to have a few names picked out. Thanks

Julian for a boy or girl?

Olivia is lovely but there's quite a lot of them.
Don't like Julian.
Julia however is underused and I love it!

Will follow this thread with interest. Julian is on our boys shortlist. (So obviously I like it)

Olivia is lovely, it was my first choice for DD

Dont like Julian at all though.

Strongly dislike both. Do not understand the appeal of Olivia at all.

Prefer:
Oliver and
Julia.

I don't really like Julian, but that's probably because I knew a really whiney smarmy Julian when I was younger.

Olivia's nice, but really popular now.

I agree that Julia and Juliette are lovely, underused names.

Julian - I don't like , sorry

Olivia - pretty name although very popular if that bothers you

tis as I thought. The reason we don't have any friends with little Julians is cos no-one likes it!

Charliebug -looks like it's just you and me that appreciate it.

Julian is a name that gives me the creeps, cant explain why, it just sounds yuck!

Olivia is very pretty, gorgeous name.

How about Juliet for a girl?

Julian - no. its dh's middle name and he's always been v embarrassed by it. It's just not very masculine really....

think the suggestion of oliver and julia/juliette is a good one - defintiely prefer that combo

i have an olivia...nut i never knew how popular it was, there's not been a single day out where we haven't heard at least one other little girl being called it..
i actually thought it was rare at the time!!

Olivia used to be posh but is now very common

Julian sounds posh and I think is a bit poncey

Agree that Juliet/a and Oliver are better although there are loads of little Olivers round here too

How about Jolian? It's classic and very unusual. Boys name by the way. or Jaime for a girl?
Oliver is nice but popular. Prefer Owen or Euan.

Julia is lovely for a little girl/grown up.

Julian makes me think of Famous Five. Bit bossy, pompous. Prob has a stamp collection and a watches trains.

Olivia - pretty, but massively over-used.

Agree with Julia/Juliet suggestions.

Julian is just awful, very poncey. Olivia is nice but not my cup of tea, it's way too popular too.

I like Julian! We considered it for ds.

I like Olivia too, but its popularity would put me off.

My dad's name was Julius, but he was called Julian by some people - it sounds fine on an adult. I don't know any young Julians, though. And shhh! about Julia - I have one and I'd rather the name stayed few and far between!

Olivia is a nice name, and very popular around here too.

Julian is great. Unusual these days. Olivia very pretty but not unusual at all.

Oh Julius even better.

julius is great... julian makes me think of 80's wall street - don't know why.
olivia is lovely, but everywhere atm

My step dad's a Julian, he calls himself Chris!

I have only known drippy Julians - many shorten their names to Jules/Jools which is too girly for me!

Olivia is a very pretty name but there are zillions of them around here.

I once had a delightful woman colleague called Julian but the only male Julian I know is deeply irritating and so (illogically, I know) that puts me off the name!