While I like
Louis (pr. LOO-ee),
Julian has always captivated me. Sure, it's classic, beautiful and has a strong history, but it evokes an image of one who is successful, confident, educated, cultured, intelligent, self-assured, etc. I could go on and on. As a bonus, I've never known a single one so I don't find it trendy or wannabe anything. I've been accused by my dh of liking 'soft' names for males (
Adrian,
Julian,
Leo,
Oliver,
Sebastian) but I'm totally fine with that because I consider all of these names to be quite strong and decidedly masculine. OTOH, he loves
Ian which can also fall into the same category by some.
Bottom line: either complements
Peter. You can't go wrong here.
ETA that because I have known men/boys named
Louis /
Lewis (
Lou /
Louie) my entire life,
Julian seems fresher in my mind. I've never paid attention to their popularity statistics so I'm not sure if that assumption is true.
This message was edited 2/4/2011, 4:45 PM