Moses?

[aroha77]

Looking for a boy's name which isn't too popular but isn't too weird or pretentious...

Hopefully will 'go' with his older sister's name Olive

Quite like Moses, nn Mo...any thoughts or other ideas...?

[mummytobemaybe]

No

[disneykid]

Only if your last name is Basket.

[user1491810905]

I wouldn't pick it myself, but I do quite like it.

I think Gwyneth Paltrow has a Moses :) I do think it goes quite nicely with Olive.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Not Moses.
Cain and Abel
Jubal
Job

[Sophronia]

I actually quite like Moses.

[YogaAndRum]

I like it

[FatLittleWombat]

Isn't that like naming your child Jesus?

[TidyDancer]

Made me think 'Dingle'. It's not for me, but it's not a bad name!

[SailAwayWithMeHoney]

I like Moses. It was on my list for what I wanted to call my DS.

[C4priSun]

I know a little girl called Moses-Mae who it suits

[mummytobemaybe]

A girl called Moses?! Now I've seen it all

[C4priSun]

It's cute.

[roodienoodiefoodie]

Love it.
Moses and olive sound cool.

[anchor9]

it's a shame so many nice names are ruined by Jesus.

too Jesusy. i would assume his mum and dad were devout and kooks too

[aroha77]

That's the my only worry - that it's too biblical! I am pretty Jesusy myself but not in a name-your-child-an-old-testament-name kind of a way...

[SuperBeagle]

Moses is horrid

I would also think that the parents were bible thumpers.

[harderandharder2breathe]

I think it's fine. Nobody says you can't use Noah because of the Ark or Joseph because he was Jesus's father (you know what I mean)

Some alternatives
Olive and Sebastian
Olive and Raphael
Olive and Ezra

[DrSpin]

I love Moses it was on our list

[Justmadeperfectflapjacks]

My friend called her ds Moses. She had changed it to his middle name before he turned a year old.
Joshua. .

[Out2pasture]

it's a really big name to live up to

[Yoghurty]

I love Moses as a name- I worked with a wonderful young man called Moses. Yes thou, it is religious!

[Muumi3]

How about Amos? Similar feel while being religious but not super religious

[aroha77]

Thank you for the suggestions! Unfortunately we can't go for Sebastian or Ezra because close friends have and Raphael is way too posh for where we live. I quite like Amos but it makes me picture a really old man for some reason whereas Moses doesn't...

[BossyBitch]

Would make me expect the parents at my doorstep enthusiastically sharing the good news at any given moment, sorry!

Amos, though, was not at all old but an uber-attractive teenage boy when I was a somewhat less attractive teenage girl. Think blond hair, blue eyes, All-American type (but actually very British indeed).

[SuperBeagle]

Ooh I like Amos