FINALLY my turn for a name question!

[MyFullHouse]

Dealing with boy names has always been hell for us, but I think we've got it.

Dillon Sebastian
or
Sebastian Dillon

Dh and I both love Sebastian as a first name, but I *really* wanted to stick with a 2-syllable name like each of the other 6 of us have. We like Dillon *almost* as much as we like Sebastian. I just don't know if my OCD can handle going against the "theme"!
Thoughts?

[Beverly]

I say go with Sebastian, since it's the name you both love. Also, I think Dillon will be misspelled ALL the time as Dylan, not to mention that it's been sort of a trendy name in recent years, and I always try to stay away from that.

[annie2186]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Sebastian

My husband..............not so much

[nova22]

I think Dillon Sebastian sounds better together, but Beverly is right about the constant misspellings. If you're okay with that, it's not a big deal, but it does get annoying (says the mother of several children with incredibly long and/or unusual names).

But...if you really love Sebastian, I say go for it. Your OCDness will have to deal with it. I had a hard time breaking from our name tradition, too, but I'm glad I did because I was running out of names that I was in love with. Our tradition was one Dominican saint's name and one Slovak name. We have a Maximilian (Slovak) Dominic (Dominican saint), a Faustina (Slovak) Rose (Dominican saint), a Catherine (Dominican saint) Alzbeta (Slovak form of Elizabeth - my grandma's name), an Augustine (saint after whom St. Dominic modeled the Dominican order) Vladimir (Slovak), and a Veronica (okay, that COULD pass as Slovak, because many of my ancestors were named Veronika) Bernadette (French). Sometimes I got a little OCD about the fact that most of my kids have a Slovak/Dominican combo but Veronica doesn't, and the next baby probably won't, but all in all I'm really happy that I went with the name that I liked best even though it doesn't fit my theme.

[MyFullHouse]

Originally Posted by nova22

I think Dillon Sebastian sounds better together, but Beverly is right about the constant misspellings. If you're okay with that, it's not a big deal, but it does get annoying (says the mother of several children with incredibly long and/or unusual names).

But...if you really love Sebastian, I say go for it. Your OCDness will have to deal with it. I had a hard time breaking from our name tradition, too, but I'm glad I did because I was running out of names that I was in love with. Our tradition was one Dominican saint's name and one Slovak name. We have a Maximilian (Slovak) Dominic (Dominican saint), a Faustina (Slovak) Rose (Dominican saint), a Catherine (Dominican saint) Alzbeta (Slovak form of Elizabeth - my grandma's name), an Augustine (saint after whom St. Dominic modeled the Dominican order) Vladimir (Slovak), and a Veronica (okay, that COULD pass as Slovak, because many of my ancestors were named Veronika) Bernadette (French). Sometimes I got a little OCD about the fact that most of my kids have a Slovak/Dominican combo but Veronica doesn't, and the next baby probably won't, but all in all I'm really happy that I went with the name that I liked best even though it doesn't fit my theme.

Thank you for sharing that! It might help me get past my block, lol.

Spelling issues almost never bother me. Not only do few people spell Carrie right, but they manage to mess up Jared and Connor, too. I've even been asked how to spell Morgan. What are ya gonna do?

[TheDivineMrsM]

I love Sebastian!

[boogiemonster]

Thumbs up for Sebastian.

[Ianthe]

I have a Sebastian so my vote is for that name.. I LOVE it!

[Kindermama]

Another vote for Sebastian!

[zuleicamoon]

Could you shorten Sebastian to Bastian to keep the syllables matching like you want? (that's assuming you're pronouncing it seh-bass-chin, rather than seh-bass-tea-an) I do Like Sebastian/Bastian better than Dillon as a fn.

[MyFullHouse]

Originally Posted by zuleicamoon

Could you shorten Sebastian to Bastian to keep the syllables matching like you want? (that's assuming you're pronouncing it seh-bass-chin, rather than seh-bass-tea-an) I do Like Sebastian/Bastian better than Dillon as a fn.

Oh, I'm a Jersey girl. We certainly don't enunciate the a-i-n, lol.

I was actually thinking about dropping the Se, like the kid in The Never Ending Story! But I do figure that most people would re-add the Se out of familiarity, anyway.

I think I'm *this* close to letting go of my obsession and feeling good about using Sebastian. A few more days and it may be cinched!

Especially after realizing that calling out "Dill!" may get confusing, as our cats are named Phil and Lil.

[EdnaMarie]

I personally think Dillon Sebastian sounds better.

But I like Sebastian as a name better. However, the nickname I know for Sebastian is Seb.

Spelling issues almost never bother me. Not only do few people spell Carrie right, but they manage to mess up Jared and Connor, too. I've even been asked how to spell Morgan. What are ya gonna do?

Thank you! They also can't spell my first name which is really, really common so when people tell me my kids' names are hard to spell, I'm just like... well get hooked on phonics and you're set!

[HeatherB]

I've always liked the name Sebastian. Maybe it was growing up with The Never-Ending Story and The Man from Snowy River (his friend was Seb). I've never been able to use it but think it's a great name.