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Is there a pop-culture connection to the name Sebastian that isn’t occurring to me? The name itself makes me think of a Bassett hound, which shouldn’t be a problem unless the kid develops long ears, plaintive eyes, and a disconcerting tendency to urinate whenever excited.
Well, there’s Belle & Sebastian but that may be just a UK thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYZPTTgMGCk
Also F1 driver and recent world-champion Sebastian Vettel, though he’s German.
I think Sebastian is a decent name and ‘Seb’ is a perfectly respectable nickname. A damn sight better than ‘Butch’, which is fucking stupid name and more appropriate for a dog IMO.
There’s the solution. Clearly, the kid will end up with a nickname like “Rabbit” or “Knuckles” or “Shades” or something.
Piping in to agree. It’s generally pronounced ‘Zeb’, e.g. the fella who is running the London Olympics is a former runner called Seb Coe, real name Lord Sebastian Coe.
Seb the Bastard is what I’d call him.
In Spain it’s the typical butler’s name, but in that case it’s always used in full. The chauffeur is a Jaime. That hasn’t lowered either name’s popularity, though, Jaime is quite common and Sebastián (usually shortened to Sebas or Bas) is one of those which aren’t common, but are common enough to be familiar. One of Spain’s provincial capitals is San Sebastián (Donosti in Basque), which holds a big movie festival every year.
And of course, statues and paintings of St Sebastian were very popular throughout much of history, as they gave artists an excuse to portrait an almost-naked and buff dude, with bondage and S/M overtones… (Ecce Homos have the almost-naked dude and the bondage and S/M, but no real excuse to go for “buff”)
Sebastian is already a nickname, short for Horatio Felonious Ignatious Crustaceous Sebastian. Your just lucky they didn’t go with Horatio.
To people of child bearing age, http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/sebastian.htmlthis is who Sebatian is:
My friend’s dog Sebastian was usually referred to as “Seb” as well.
Eh, mocking one’s brother and nephew is every man’s right and duty.
well, there’s this Sebastian. That’s what I would expect my friends to think of if I announced my intention to give my kid that name.
Though “Arielle” is still a candidate for a hypothetical future daughter of mine, so I guess I don’t really care about that.
NFL players Sebastian Janikowski and Sebastian Volllmer are both nicknamed “Sea Bass”. Neither is known for being particularly ill-tempered, though.
Dunno about pop culture, but Sebastian is Violet’s twin in Shakespeare’s 12th Night.
Both Sebastians I knew in my teens and twenties were “Seb.”
A great name, in my opinion.
Lord Sebastian Flyte is Ryder’s homosexual best friend in Brideshead.
But then the kid’s story would never end.
There is a guy at work named Sebastian. Of course we all call him Helen.
Hang on, so did your brother insult your brothers prick or not?
Yes, as in the Neverending Story.
Actually, Sebastian is a good name. It’s not hard to spell, it’s not gender neutral, it’s not super-easy to be made fun of, it’s not ethnic, it’s not too rare but also not super-popular, and it’s not trendy. (Oh and it’s not the fathers name leading to the totally stupid Junior, II, etc)
I congratulate you on your remarkable good sense. 