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Help[Opinions] Re: Julien, Jasper, and Tristan
in reply to a message by kizuko
I favor Tristan.
Julien (Julian to me - Julien looks femme to my eyes) isn't quite as masculine. I think it's because of the similarity to Julia - this is only because I was exposed a lot to Julia in my life, and hardly ever to Julian. And it is probably because the Ju- sound is dark and calming to me; not as bright and assertive and masculine as Tristan. Not a bad thing, though. I love the name Julian for a guy!
Pierce Brosnan (formerly a heartthrob of mine, in the 80s! Now he looks eerily like my dad!) played a guy named Julian in The Matador and although the character was overtly straight, he had some effete qualities. I actually thought the name Julian was too butch for that character. So it's not that I think Julian is femmey, not at all. Just less butch than Tristan.
Jasper is one of those names that feels ever so slightly
- country / rugged / cowboyish / rural / theatrically masculine
- playful or childlike; great for a dog or horse, not quite fully dignified for formal adult situations
- soap opera-ish, the sort of name we sighed for when we were 12 year old girls.
These are all only slight impressions that would be highly unlikely to affect my reaction to a real life Jasper, and I do like the name quite a bit anyway. But it's these feelings that make me like it less than the others.
Tristan is one that started being a fave of mine when I was about 17. It's got a slightly effete feel to it for me too, but that's because of the Trist- part sounding like tryst and like triste (sad), and because it was unusual then.
- chazda
Julien (Julian to me - Julien looks femme to my eyes) isn't quite as masculine. I think it's because of the similarity to Julia - this is only because I was exposed a lot to Julia in my life, and hardly ever to Julian. And it is probably because the Ju- sound is dark and calming to me; not as bright and assertive and masculine as Tristan. Not a bad thing, though. I love the name Julian for a guy!
Pierce Brosnan (formerly a heartthrob of mine, in the 80s! Now he looks eerily like my dad!) played a guy named Julian in The Matador and although the character was overtly straight, he had some effete qualities. I actually thought the name Julian was too butch for that character. So it's not that I think Julian is femmey, not at all. Just less butch than Tristan.
Jasper is one of those names that feels ever so slightly
- country / rugged / cowboyish / rural / theatrically masculine
- playful or childlike; great for a dog or horse, not quite fully dignified for formal adult situations
- soap opera-ish, the sort of name we sighed for when we were 12 year old girls.
These are all only slight impressions that would be highly unlikely to affect my reaction to a real life Jasper, and I do like the name quite a bit anyway. But it's these feelings that make me like it less than the others.
Tristan is one that started being a fave of mine when I was about 17. It's got a slightly effete feel to it for me too, but that's because of the Trist- part sounding like tryst and like triste (sad), and because it was unusual then.
- chazda
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