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HelpRe: Alexander, Sebastian, Maximilian, or Xavier?
in reply to a message by painted_tetra
Alexander. I genuinely like Alex. Although I like Alexandra for gals, even more.
Xavier is cool, however still feels a little coopted to me when used by Americans like myself. I imagine that soon it will not, though.
Sebastian is a name I used to hate. It still sort of sounds like a name for a soap-opera character, to me. But I warmed up to it a little bit when my kids were in preschool and there was a little Sebastian in the class. I still dislike its lack of cool nicknames. Seb and Bastian are unappealing.
I once stood in line at the post office behind a guy who gave his name to the clerk as Maximilian, and he spelled it, and it was so long ... seemed pretentious to me, to the point that I almost laughed out loud at the poor guy. Like if his name was Nebuchadnezzar or Marcellinus. I like nn Max sometimes, though.
- mirfak
Xavier is cool, however still feels a little coopted to me when used by Americans like myself. I imagine that soon it will not, though.
Sebastian is a name I used to hate. It still sort of sounds like a name for a soap-opera character, to me. But I warmed up to it a little bit when my kids were in preschool and there was a little Sebastian in the class. I still dislike its lack of cool nicknames. Seb and Bastian are unappealing.
I once stood in line at the post office behind a guy who gave his name to the clerk as Maximilian, and he spelled it, and it was so long ... seemed pretentious to me, to the point that I almost laughed out loud at the poor guy. Like if his name was Nebuchadnezzar or Marcellinus. I like nn Max sometimes, though.
- mirfak
