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I give up. Someone name DS2! The criteria are...

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Jojobump1986 · 01/04/2013 22:11

  • It must be biblical.
  • It can't be too unusual.
  • It can't be too popular.
  • It must be more than 4 letters & at least 2 syllables.
  • It can't begin with: G, B, D or J.
  • It can't be: Andrew, Caleb, Elijah, Isaac, Matthew, Micah, Michael, Noah, Peter, Reuben, Samuel, Simon, Stephen, Timothy, Tobias, Zachariah or Zephaniah.
  • It must go with John as a middle name.

You have 6-11 weeks. I hereby abdicate all responsibility. Wink

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IHeartKingThistle · 09/04/2013 11:41

Love it!

JammySplodger · 09/04/2013 11:34

I like Asher!

JammySplodger · 09/04/2013 11:33

Ezra

PurpleStorm · 09/04/2013 11:31

Barak's only a fail because it begins with a 'B' though.

EldritchCleavage · 09/04/2013 00:26

Yes, thank you, I was being facetious (and I'm an Obama fan).

KittenOfDoom · 08/04/2013 22:48

EldritchCleavage did not read the opening post with much attention. Barak? Fail.

abbyfromoz · 08/04/2013 15:37

Yay! I think i already mentioned but Asher is my beautiful 4y/o nephew's name. He has a beautiful mop of blonde hair. Little dude. Loves his chickens, climbing trees and baby brother Suvi. He's a sunny little man. Gorgeous name! Grin Slightly biased!

ItsallisnowaFeegle · 08/04/2013 15:32

Lovely name OP!

MrsJamin · 08/04/2013 15:28

Ah, good choice! Well done.

AnOeufUniversallyEggnowledged · 08/04/2013 14:29

Great name. Really. Grin

AmandaPayneAteTooMuchChocolate · 08/04/2013 13:29

I love Asher and know a marvellous one. Can I just say, I was first on this thread to say Asher, so I shall consider myself having named a baby Grin

EldritchCleavage · 08/04/2013 13:25

Oh, cross-post!
Lovely.

EldritchCleavage · 08/04/2013 13:24

Ok, I could give you an endless list, or direct you to

christianity.about.com/od/christainbabyboynames/a/boynamesab.htm

but obviously, the answer is Barak.

(Although I also like Asher, Ezra, Emmanuel (to be known as Manny), Judah, Marcus, Reuben and Theophilus).

KittenOfDoom · 08/04/2013 13:06

Great choice!

(Shame about Melchizedek though) Wink

coffeewineandchocolate · 08/04/2013 12:56

I love it :-)

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Jojobump1986 · 08/04/2013 12:36

I think we might have a name! It's one that I liked & DH wasn't keen on but we agreed that we'd start trying out a few names & this one's grown on him.

Absolutely noone is allowed to say anything negative because I'm too easily swayed & will get put off it! but we like Asher! It's such a relief that we finally have a name. I'll cry if I come up with a reason not to use it! Blush

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dinnersinthedawg · 07/04/2013 22:28

Could you have 2 middle names so you can have a J name and avoid the JJB initials? One of my friends did this as the names she wanted spelt HOB so she added another to make HOSB.

nooka · 07/04/2013 20:53

I think you should go for Jonathon (fab name) and use Levi for the middle name.

Jonathon Levi (JLB)

Simeon sounds and looks a bit odd to me, and I think would get mispronounced and spelled all the time.

I'd pronounce Aaron as Air-ron not A-run (but see above!)

We were going to call ds2 Ezra. Ezra John sounds cool to me too.

MadamFolly · 07/04/2013 20:52

I have pronounced it Ah-ren or Air-ren depending on the persons preference.

How about Simon as in Simon-Peter?

abbyfromoz · 07/04/2013 20:42

Never heard Aaron pronounced 'Airon'... It's my cousin's name.

Suzieismyname · 07/04/2013 08:30

Pontius, Herod, Yahweh?

coffeewineandchocolate · 07/04/2013 08:26

I would say air on but i think he would get a mixture of both.

How about Matthew, Christopher, Nathaniel or David? I do love reuben tho

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Jojobump1986 · 07/04/2013 08:10

What does everyone think of Aaron? How would people pronounce it? I think it's a lovely name but I'd want to pronounce it air-on & I suspect a lot of people would automatically say arran. It's cruel to give a child a name that people will get wrong, isn't it?

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BoyMeetsWorld · 06/04/2013 12:54

I like Zimran meaning song or singer and Zuriel - rock or strength of God

Tricky criteria though. I do like Simeon but it was the nn we gave our cat, Simba!

ellesabe · 05/04/2013 11:58

Titus

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