I don't have any friends or know any
Julian's well enough to have met one who soured the name for me. I always think of
Julian Lennon and the character
Julian from
Star Trek Deep Space
Nine. The name
Julian also reminds me a little bit of
Julius Caesar.
It's unfortunate that one bad
Julian ruined the name for you. Unfortunately even positive associations sometimes aren't enough to change how we feel about some names.
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