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!

emkana's son is Sebastian, and she is German!

And he is gorgeous

i love that name and would choose it if i ever had a son.x

brideshead revisited
lush name

posh but cool

My Godson is Sebastian and at first I was a bit surprised as it sounded a bit poncey. But, the name suits perfectly and I really like it now.

lovely name
dd has a 'cello friend' called Sebastian who's half french like her, it really suits him, don't think he gets called Seb yet

Its a nice name, my friend's sister has just called her little boy it.

However - and you did ask for connotations - but to me Sebastians are gay.

oi likes it

I love it - it does, to me, have Gay connotaions from various films and literature but that is not a negative and would have loved to call my child Sebastian if I had had a boy x

reminds me of the cockney rebel song...which is fab too

I love it.

Connotations? It's a french name so I think of lovely slim trendy men puffing away on Gitanes. I also think of big cuddly teddy bear men with curly hair and arran jumpers. Bit of an odd mix but both are good.

ooh I used to work with a scrummy Sebastian as well. Sadly I've liked the name so much I named my cat Sebastian so now I can't name my next child Sebastian.

honestly honestly love it

Love it

Hiya,
love the name, its our 2nd boys name choice but im thinking its my 1st choice now!

I loved it so much I was going to call my DS it until my friends put me off. They kept on telling me it would be just his luck to have a stutter and not be able to say his own name!

So as long as you don't have close rellies with stutters go for it.

I think it is 'aspirational'

• trying to be upper middle class (apols to anyone liable to be offended - just giving honest response)

HMC surely it would only be aspirational if one is not already upper middle class

I'm not terribly keen on Sebastian itself but do rather like the shortened form Seb. Having said that if I was going for that I would choose Seth instead.

Love it! Twin to Viola in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'. I imagine a child with this name to be polite and have brains!

Love it. But it is also the name of one of the first boys I had a crush on ;) so I am a bit biased...

sorry i think its really wet

one of our name choices for this one

We once had a gander called Sebastian, who was a total wimp, completely goose-pecked by his two wives, so that kind of colours my ideas about the name.

If I could forget the gander, I think I'd quite like it...

lol at the gander

I think we should close this thread now, don't want to read any more negative opinions about the name

(I mean come ON! Look at my profile! How can the name that adorns this ADORABLE boy be anything other than lovely???)

Your little sebastian is sooo beautiful, emkana!