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What are your thoughts on....

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 17:31

Enoch? For a boy. And any ideas on nn?? Maybe nokki?
Our other kids have christian type names or meanings, but we still like semi unusual, not popular names.
I like josiah, dh doesn't. We also like Axel which means father is peace.
Have no girls names either so help is needed. I like nina. And that is it. Argh it's so hard!!!

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 20:59

And I love Ezra, and zion, like mount zion. He doesn't. 🙄

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 20:58

I love Asher, but hubby doesn't, see what I mean its a nightmare!!!

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hollyandkit · 03/01/2021 20:55

Love Caleb and Malachi. Shame Judas was a wrong 'un because I quite like that too!

JiltedJohnsJulie · 03/01/2021 20:47

How about Josiah?

whatausername · 03/01/2021 20:44

Absolutely, it's better to find out now!

scrivette · 03/01/2021 19:50

Jacob
Michah
Levi
Simeon
Asher
Abel
Barnabas
Thaddeus

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 19:50

Good job I asked on here and not in real life, as I wouldn't the poor kid to be and us to be spoken about negatively. Still have 5 months to go. But this is exactly why naming your child is sooo blooming difficult. Let's hope for a girl!! 😂😂😂

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 19:46

Please don't anyone call me racist, I really had no idea who Enoch Powell was, it was 1968 for goodness sake and I was not even a twinkle in my parents eyes then! I have a child who is duel heritage so definitely don't want that kind of connotation. It was just a name we liked. From the bible.

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BikeRunSki · 03/01/2021 19:34

Done if the more unusual Old Testsment names I’ve come across, on actual people.

Eliezer
Zebulon
Malachi
Absolom
Solomon
Abraham
Esau
Lazarus
Moredecai

NeonSparkle · 03/01/2021 19:26

You might as well call him Adolf and be done with it! Please don’t lumber your child with a name with such racist connotations!

EdgeOfACoin · 03/01/2021 19:02

Asher
Micah
Jonah
Ezra
Elijah
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Simeon
Reuben
Amos
Jeremiah
Barnabus
Caleb
Gideon
Jesse
Phinehas
Joab
Joash

All Old Testament names except Barnabus which is New Testament.

ILoveShula · 03/01/2021 18:48

Titus

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 18:44

Timothy is too classic, just doesn't fit with our other names. It would be too outing to say.

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ILoveShula · 03/01/2021 18:42

I like the name Enoch, but it is strongly linked to a politician.

I'm not keen on the use of Old Testament names, so I suggest a New Testament one, Timothy.

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 18:30

Dh hates it 😩

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LookToTreblesGoingTreblesGone · 03/01/2021 18:21

How about Saul if you want a Biblical name?

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bestsquirrelinthewholehole · 03/01/2021 18:13

OK ha ha Enoch is off the list, never heard of Enoch Powell so going to have to research this twonk! 😂 I have looked at all the baby name threads and hate all boys names.
Ah back to the drawing board.
Why are names so freaking hard??
I want a biblical name, we are Christian. But not a really common one like the Joseph's, Matthews, Marks etc etc I am just not a classic name person.
Dh hates jonah, our other children like I said have either biblical names or names with references to our faith eg God is gracious, or answer to prayer etc etc.
Names I like dh hates, and names he likes I hate. Eg he likes Abe, and eli I hate both those.

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Orphlids · 03/01/2021 18:12

I used to work with a lovely chap named Enoch, but as he was a Black African man, I didn’t assume his parents were fascists. If you’re white, and you had a baby named Enoch, I’m afraid I’d think it was a possibility you were making an unpleasant political statement. It’s a shame, as I think it’s a very nice name.

Josiah, Axel and Nina are all good. What about Magnus or Suki?

LooneyLovefood · 03/01/2021 18:10

Makes me think of a creepy character from Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children who could bring dead things back to life and give life to inanimate objects.

It's an odd name.

ProudAuntie76 · 03/01/2021 18:03

It’s almost as bad as calling him Adolf Shock

Ephraim is gorgeous. And avoids the horrendous Rivers of Blood, racist connotations...shudders

RusholmeRuffian · 03/01/2021 17:58

You cannot call a child Enoch FFS!

Meepmeeep · 03/01/2021 17:58

Name of a shopping centre / area of Glasgow.

NameChange84 · 03/01/2021 17:56

Enoch Powell. I’d guess you were a racist in all honesty!

Stinkyjellycat · 03/01/2021 17:54

Enoch Powell. Not a good association.

Whatthebloodyell · 03/01/2021 17:53

Enoch is not a usable name IMO.

I like Josiah though.

Also Elijah, Ishmael

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