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Original poster

Moses?

43 replies

aroha77 · 17/06/2017 13:28

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...?

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DrSpin · 17/06/2017 20:43

I love Moses it was on our list

harderandharder2breathe · 17/06/2017 20:42

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

SuperBeagle · 17/06/2017 20:36

Moses is horrid

I would also think that the parents were bible thumpers.

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aroha77 · 17/06/2017 19:35

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...

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anchor9 · 17/06/2017 19:30

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

roodienoodiefoodie · 17/06/2017 19:24

Love it.
Moses and olive sound cool.

C4priSun · 17/06/2017 18:53

It's cute.

mummytobemaybe · 17/06/2017 18:37

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

C4priSun · 17/06/2017 18:32

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

SailAwayWithMeHoney · 17/06/2017 18:31

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

TidyDancer · 17/06/2017 18:30

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

FatLittleWombat · 17/06/2017 18:29

Isn't that like naming your child Jesus?

YogaAndRum · 17/06/2017 18:26

I like it

Sophronia · 17/06/2017 18:21

I actually quite like Moses.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/06/2017 17:27

Not Moses.
Cain and Abel
Jubal
Job

user1491810905 · 17/06/2017 17:01

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.

disneykid · 17/06/2017 16:51

Only if your last name is Basket.

mummytobemaybe · 17/06/2017 14:19

No