What do you honestly think of the name Sebastian?

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Don't hold back - would love to know what connotations, both good and bad the name gives people.

Thanks!

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Yes that would be fantastic.
I had all posts deleted and am only just gradually re-introducing myself to anyone who knows me.

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Fabulous name...not that i'm biased or anything...smiles fondly at blonde DS (who hated his floppy fringe and made me cut it all off - sob) AKA Bastian but NEVER Seb [puke]

I really like it (but doesn't sound right with my surname so we rejected it).

I've known a few Sebastians - always known as Seb - and they've all been lovely!

yep, I like it.
it makes me think of Brideshead,but this is not a bad thing

"it makes me think of Brideshead,but this is not a bad thing"

challenging talk from harpsi

Not really good though, was it?

Posh and camp as panties

Wasn't he the butler in Heidi?

Also, star of Belle & Sebastien - very old series from when I was small.

Like it though!

oh i love it never thought of that name

oh i love it never thought of that name

I love it!

kevin smother, there is that

reminds me of the crab in the little mermaid.. but I know a 'Seb' and he is lovely!
If you are going to call him 'Seb' why register him as 'Sebastian'.. does make me think 'Posh' when I think of it!

dont like it.

Sebastian makes me think of a friend's brother who always used to take his trousers off then stand up and play with his willy in the back seat of the car!

Love it - which I why I used it for ds. But beware wierd shortenings - dd was 2 when he was born, and would pat my huge belly and say "hello Babin" (her attempt at Sebastian). Babin has stuck, and everyone now calls him that, though dd, dh and I have more recently taken to caling him "Babs". I would never have dreamt of having a child called baba, butit's come about organically and just works

love it

I shouldn't be up but am, from an Irish persons perspective Sebastian sounds a very British name. haven't got the energy to gogle it for it'd origon.bI would think if an Irish boy was called Sebastion it would sound a tad prententious but for an English boy sounds very honourable, again have to stress not sure of origon perhaps liking it to being particularly British because of Seb Coe. Fine upstanding honourable name. A bit like a lot of English people liking Irish names like Aoife or Niamh perhaps?

Ps
I have despite being Irish a very common name that was very popular in the 60's not to far removed from the Tracey's and Sharon's except it's origon is in fact Greek! Basically, I like it but it is in the end up to you.

Google even, on that note am quite goggle eyed so off to my leaba

Makes me think of Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead and decaying aristocracy I'm afraid.

only if you are firmly middle class. not aspiring middle class.

it is very poncey.

in germany it isnt poncey, one of my colleagues is called Sebastian.