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I reckon we really need another boys' names thread ;-) - please choose your favourite from these two!

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emkana · 19/04/2006 19:35

Owen Christopher

or

Sebastian Edward

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Rodeo · 23/04/2006 12:44

Oh Sebastian is lovely :)

My spanish friend has just had a 'Sebastien' too

MummyToToby · 22/04/2006 12:13

I like sebastian owen

Frenchgirl · 21/04/2006 16:06

Sebastian Edward

dd knows a lovely charming Sebastian

not keen on Owen

joec · 21/04/2006 15:39

i like owen but thats because my ds2 is called owen john...
love the name especially since it cant be shortened

nooka · 20/04/2006 22:30

Don't like Sebastian - very public school boy/Tory for me (knew quite a few of them at when I was at school). Like Edward Sebastian though. Prefer Christopher to Owen. Oh and Oliver is nice! Good luck with your choice - it's difficult isn't it!

naswm · 20/04/2006 20:41

sebastian edward

al;though owen christopher is v nice too.

good choices

beansprout · 20/04/2006 20:38

Owen Christopher, definitely

jenthehen · 20/04/2006 20:37

Go with Sebastian, it's a lovely name (although I am biased as I have a Sebastian Alexander)known to his friends as Seb and his little sister as Sebby. He's definately not a toff, more of a "dude" amongst his friends. I was inspired by Seb Coe and Sebastian Conran. No regrets on the name choice (other than someone I know well CHOSE the same name 2 months later and they now attend the same pre-school . The only problem I find is that some adults have massive problems, no idea why, in saying Seb and he quite often gets called Zeb, even when they try to pronounce Seb they can't!!

PeachyClair · 20/04/2006 20:15

sebastian is a fave of mine, considered for ds3 shortened to Bas for nickname purposes, though it does have connotations of tory mp's for me but one can live with these things

emkana · 20/04/2006 19:51

I think Sebastian looks likely because dh isn't that keen on Owen, that was more my choice.

Dh really wanted Oliver, but I vetoed that.

It's very difficult, isn't it?

Dd1 made me laugh, she said to dh "Mummy's having the baby, so she should decide!"

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flobbleflobble · 20/04/2006 19:46

I think the most famous Sebastian is Sebastian Flyte from Brideshead Revisited - that's why I said toff and effeminate, because that describes the charcter in the novel/TV series. He also carried around a teddy called Aloysius (as a grown up).

The other names you suggested don't point to a particular character in the way that Sebastian does. And probably only people of my age or older would think of Sebastian Flyte. The only other famous one I can think of is Seb Coe.

Nbg · 20/04/2006 10:58

I like both but am swayed more towards Sebastian Edward.

SecondhandRose · 20/04/2006 10:49

Little Britain has a lovely Sebastian. It has to be Owen for me.

eidsvold · 20/04/2006 10:35

Matilda - fit right in over here

eidsvold · 20/04/2006 10:35

Sebastian Edward is my preferred name out of the two.

Emkana we had that problem with dd1 - thank goodness she was a dd we had no boys names picked - with dd2 had a boy's name right off and only decided on her middle name the day before my c-section.

I do like Ledodgy's thinking though... also being an ex-teacher I try to imagine what children will turn it into?!?!?!?!

But Seb/Sebastian yup like it.

suedonim · 20/04/2006 02:01

Sebastian Edward, then I can fulfill my dream of naming a baby Sebastian!

Detta · 19/04/2006 22:44

There's a very well-known film about a gay man called Sebastian, so in my mind it always has connotations of campness. Much prefer Christopher.

emkana · 19/04/2006 22:39

I hear what you're saying edam
but I think dh and I are gradually leaning towards Sebastian atm.

Will just be glad to finally have a name, boys' names are just soooooooo difficult.

(In spite of this hellish pregnancy - or because of it - I'm now considering having another one after this - maybe just to get a chance to use the lovely girls' name I had lined up - Matilda!)

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edam · 19/04/2006 22:33

Owen's not norty, it's powerful, like Owain Glyndwr, the last Welsh prince (before the English took over by cheating).

Miaou · 19/04/2006 22:26

Sebastian Edward.

lurve the name Sebastian (and I like Seb too)

Ledodgy · 19/04/2006 22:22

I think Sebastian can sound posh , good upbringing etc but Seb can also sound im really cool, working class and like strumming on my guitar it's versatile imo.

emkana · 19/04/2006 22:20

This is so interesting because I haven't got these connotations in mind at all when hearing the names, due to me being foreign

So is there a consensus that

Owen = norty name ( enid)
Sebastian = posh boy name?

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edam · 19/04/2006 22:18

PS I do quite like posh boys, but you woudn't want to stereotype someone from the off, would you?

edam · 19/04/2006 22:17

Owen Christopher. Just because I like Welsh names and Owen in particular.

Sebastian just reminds me of the time I went to Foyles on Charing Cross Road (famously eccentric large book shop), asked a question, and assistant called melodiously across the store 'Sebahhhstian...' only to have three effeminate posh boys answering.

Aero · 19/04/2006 22:14

I remember it Cod........somewhere in my distant mid-80s youth.

Prefer Owen Christopher.

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