A brother for Asher

[PenguinWatch]

Currently 27 weeks and don't know what we're having. We have a girl's name picked but are struggling with a boy's name. DH is Israeli and I am of Irish heritage. We only had Asher for a boy first time round so didn't have any back ups!

So far DH has vetoed Ezra and Jonah for being "old man names" and Micah for being "too soft"

The only name we've agreed on is Akiva but I'm not sure. Any suggestions very welcome!

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

Well, the first name that springs to mind is Gad?

[SmallBee]

I really just wanted to type out a list of all of Joseph's other brothers, so let's take that as given.
Eli
Elijah
Samson
Solomon
Reuben
Abraham
Ezekiel
David
James

[Itinerary]

Zahavi
Leo
Jacob
Eben
Evan
Gabriel
Jonathan
Hiram
Theodore
Nathan
Raphael
Seamus
Simon
Tamir
Tobias
Zachary
Noah
Amal
John
Malachi
Omar
Iago
Josiah
Jed
Daniel
Joseph
Ethan
Benjamin
Samuel
Levi
Seth

[SoThatHappened]

SmallBee you are way off.

Josephs brothers / Jacob's sons were:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin

Where on earth did you get your list from?

Zebulun is cool

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

I read SmallBee's post as meaning "Jacob's brothers, and then all these other names."

[dudsville]

Arlo! Arlo and Asher.

[PenguinWatch]

Thanks for all your suggestions! Unfortunately the names we both like off those lists are already taken by family/close friends

Although Arlo I like...I think DH is going to veto though. He keeps suggesting more obscure Hebrew names that involve some kind of guttural inflection that I cannot pull off!!

[SwedishEdith]

Jesse. Jesse and Asher are my imaginary sons.

[peachypips]

Silas?

[SoThatHappened]

I read SmallBee's post as meaning "Jacob's brothers, and then all these other names."

Yes I can see that now.

That is what happens when you post at 3am!!!! LOL

Idiot I am

[Voteforpedr0]

Abe (Abraham ) or Isaac ?

[Yika]

Asher is a lovely name.

I second Jesse .
Adam
Leon
Jared

[Meggymoodle]

Jotham. I don't offer it up very often as I love it too much to think of it being over used! It is DS' middle name and I always wish I'd stuck to my guns and gone with it as a first name. It's Gideon's youngest son I believe if you need a reference and means "yahweh is perfect"