tristan or christian

[henry37]

which do you prefer or do you dislike both?

I like both.

As a name I prefer Christian, but I have worked with a lot of Germans. It is open to more teasing opportunities (as are all names that are also words), but you can shorten it to the very "normal" Chris.

Tristan

Names with blatant religious messages are never a good idea in my book. What if he converts to buddhism?

I prefer Christian as a full name and Tris as a NN. Not very helpful, I'm I?

Deffo Tristan. It's top of my list if DC2 is a boy.

Christian is OK but the obvious link to Christianity puts me off because we are in no way religious.

Tristan here too. I don't like Christian.

I don't like either sorry

I really like them both but I wouldn't go for Christian because of the religious link.

Tristan is a really lovely name.

Christian definite no-no.

Tristan I got fond of because of James Herriot.

Tristan reminds me of triste (sad) and Tristan & Isolde (also sad), so I really don't like it.

Christian is nice and Chris a nice nickname.

I like them both, but out of the two would go for Tristan since you have no clue what his religious affiliation will end up being.

Another similar name which you might consider is Tristram (although I do prefer Tristan).

I like both but Tristan pips it for me due to religion-thing.

I like both. Also Tristram. Not that you asked

I met a really dishy Tristan yesterday. Helpful?

Both v nice.

But I think you can only get away with Christian if you are, in fact, practising Christians otherwise why else would you chose a name with such an obvious link.

hate 'chris' btw.

I love them both. Christian has never been linked to the religion for me as i've known someone called Christian since forever, anyway, that's my favourite.

I dislike both

i like both

Both meh.

Hi i wanted to call my ds christian but hubby hated it so we decided on Christopher

Both not for me......

Shame Tristan means sadness and that Christian is so religious. Both good sounds...Krystian?

I don't like either.

Tristan was top of my list for DS and I love now even though he is 11 now! Hubby wouddn't let me use it for our DS who is Dominic instead which I like now, eventually!