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Any opinions on Ezra?

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Ryuk · 26/10/2010 02:49

DP really likes it. I'm worried it'll sound a bit too 'jewish' though, and that people will make assumptions about ds's background.

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EvilAntsAndMiasmas · 27/10/2010 12:17

definite Ezra Pound/caged for fascism connotations. There is also an Ezra as part of the generally dark/odd/primitive Starkadder family in the classic novel Cold Comfort Farm. Other members of his family include Seth, Reuben, Amos, Urk, Caraway and Harkaway.

mutable · 27/10/2010 12:13

It's far too biblical for me I'm afraid.

Nice and easy to pronounce though, fairly phonetic.

aDarkStarWithStrangeWays- I like your name.

aDarkStarWithStrangeWays · 27/10/2010 12:07

Imarriedafrog you are having another baby? Wonderful news! :)

Love the name Ezra. I went to school with this very crushworthy example, which helps Grin

Fourleaf · 27/10/2010 12:04

Lovely name. However, Ezra Pound (defo most famous bearer of the name) was a wonderful poet and critic but also a facist. For this reason I would never use it (despite it being a GREAT name), but to others it wouldn't matter so much.

MissHavishamsDress · 27/10/2010 10:26

I do like it, so many old testament names e.g. Moses becoming more common in the general population, they seem to carry more gravitas, go for it!

twolittleflyingmonkeys · 27/10/2010 09:24

I love it. Before I MCd that was my favourite for a boy.

WillowFae · 27/10/2010 09:20

Yes, it can be used by Christians as well as Jews, however I would say that it is a Jewish name as the Old Testament was a Jewish text before Christianity existed.

ClimberChick · 27/10/2010 06:15

Love it

nooka · 27/10/2010 06:00

It's Old Testament, which means that it can/will be used by both Jews and Christians. I can perhaps confess that we (partly) got the idea from watching very old episodes of Emerdale Farm - the pub landlord (Amos) had a ne'er do well brother Ezra. They were chapel.

We have a puppy called Amos now Grin

WillowFae · 26/10/2010 23:59

Definitely Jewish. It's one of the books in the Old Testament / Torah.

mathanxiety · 26/10/2010 23:25

Lovely name, and I have the same impression as Nooka (chapel Methodist in the UK context). Sounds like a 1700s name to me, like Josiah Wedgewood.

FluffMacDuff · 26/10/2010 22:40

I read somewhere that David Baddiel's son is called Ezra.

To me it seems less Jewish and more new media / frontier in style. The spelling makes me just a bit too girly for me. Prefer Levi, Noah or Asher.

Rhubarbgarden · 26/10/2010 21:33

Hate it, sorry.

Imarriedafrog · 26/10/2010 21:12

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freerangeeggs · 26/10/2010 21:07

Nooooo this is my secret name!!!

:P

Utterly lovely and my friends all seemed to react positively to it too. Use it!!

Faaamily · 26/10/2010 18:47

Love it.

LynetteScavo · 26/10/2010 16:57

I like really it, but I met a read haired freckly boy called Ezra, and I didn't think it suited him.

Sarsaparilllla · 26/10/2010 16:56

I like it, although I would assume it was a girls name, I guess it can be either

Minione · 26/10/2010 16:34

Love it! One of my fave names!

TryLikingClarity · 26/10/2010 15:16

I love the name Ezra! We were toying with it as a name for DS, but decided against it as it doesn't fully go with our surname.

Even though DH and I liked it, every time we mentioned it to anyone they did Hmm or Confused faces. Really annoyed me!

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Ryuk · 26/10/2010 14:41

Cheers kreecher! [hhmm]

Thanks all, though. We've got a couple of months yet anyway, but I am starting to warm to it.

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 26/10/2010 11:25

Reminds me of the poem about Ezra Pound who was lost at sea and never found.
I like the name though.

RockinSockBunnies · 26/10/2010 11:18

My Jewish friend is called Ezra. I love the name. The only problem he has with it, is that many people mishear the name and say, 'oh, you're called Israel'. Maybe it's because he has an American accent. Nonetheless, very good name.

bundlebelly · 26/10/2010 11:16

I like it too. Definately boys name. Suggests someone sensitive yet strong to me. Creative.

GreenStinkingStumpSleeves · 26/10/2010 10:58

sounds more Puritan than Jewish to me, culturally

but really, these days, I don't think many people will make those connections, they will just think he is called Ezra

I like it, personally