Boy name Julian

Carilyn

DH and I are currently TTC#2.  DS is Miles Alister.  I love talking about names, so I run names by DH all the time.  We both decided, a long time ago, that we like Julian.  I think it "matches" Miles well.  Sometimes, however, I feel it may be too feminine for a boy.  Other times I think it has the possibility of  being a strong name.  We'd probably use a strong Irish/Scottish middle name. 

I can come up with a ton of Irish/Scottish boy names I like, but DH doesn't like any of them.  When I asked DH for other suggestions he came up with Kaiser and Macio (not even a name!).  Ummm....no  thanks!

So, I guess my question is, what are your thoughts on Julian?  Too feminine?  Does it go well with Miles?  What would you use for a MN for it?  Other suggestions?  Thanks!

BethPSU

I like it a lot. I had a friend that was going to name a son (he had a daughter) Julian and I thought it was nice.  It was his father's name also and sounded masculine to me.

LMS05

It seems feminine to me because it sounds similar to Jillian. I'm not a fan, but it isn't awful. 

bumble42

I used to not like the name Julian for a boy b/c I thought it was too feminine, but the guy from the show Nip/Tuck's name is Julian and he's very manly and ever since I realized that, I love the name. I don't know about a middle name though, I'd have to think about it. GL deciding, I love it though. I know  my reasoning is weird, but whatever.

Brittany FreyBox

I know two people with boys under 2 named named Julian. I hadnt heard the name before so I guess it may be gaining popularity?

AllieBelle1

I like the name and I think it goes well with Miles. It's a name we considered but I know my family would shorten it and I don't prefer Jules.

~CoCo~

I LOVE it. It's been on my list with both pregnancies before we found out we were having little girls.

lovemytwoboys

I do think Julian sounds feminine. It is nms.

elledubs06

Julian is our boy name!! (if we have a boy)

I absolutely love it! And DH (who is a "manly man" through and through) also loves it.

So we obviously don't think it's too feminine.

MontrealWing

We have 2 names at the top of our list for a boy, Julian is one of them. It sounds great with your DS's name. I love it as well as the nickname Jules.

TripMomma

Julian is in our top 2, we like Julian Oliver and Julian Maxwell.

Pamiejane

Love it - I dated 2 guys named Julian before I met DH and there was nothing feminine about either of them. 

I do know that the one did not like his name much though. He thought it too feminine.

sunnyday016

I love it! I think it's masculine-it reminds me of Julius rather than Julia. I think it goes great with Miles.

macchiatto

It does seem very feminine to me. I was surprised to see it's become fairly popular for boys.

sunnygyrl

I know several men named Julian. Not feminine at all. I would go for it. Sorry, I don't have any MN ideas though!

aldyn

I absolutely love the name Julian (and I love the nn Jules), but it's not even on the short list for boys for us - why?  Because I think it's a bit wussy.

So wussy in fact that I IM'd my DH about it yesterday seeing what he'd think about using it for a girl (most women on my side of the family have names that are traditionally given to boys).

xabbyx

I love Julian for a boy and it's on our list.

We have a Milo, so close to Miles, and I think they sound really nice together.

mr&mrswelch

I worked with a guy named Julian--he was so cool. I really like that name.

LittleMamaB

Miles is my oldest son's name and I, too, love the name Julian. We would've used it for DS3, but I didn't want two J names (my second son is Jonas).