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Opinions on Solomon baby name

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Chasingthewind11 · 19/02/2022 21:06

My baby boy is due in the summer I’d love to know people opinions on the name Solomon. I love it, but I’m worried it’s seen as stuffy/an old man’s name… What, if anything, do you associate with the name? Also love the nn’s- Sol is so cute!

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Baconking · 23/02/2022 10:12

I know an 8 year old Solomon.

I don't think of an old man name at all

TheFormidableMrsC · 23/02/2022 10:08

I know a Solomon, or Sol now he's older. Lovely name!

TheGratefulBread · 23/02/2022 10:04

I love Solomon. It's definitely more common within the Jewish community, because I have known several, three of them rabbis. In fact my childhood rabbi, who conducted my Bat Mitzvah, was Rabbi Solomon (Z"L).

I love Solly as a short form.

underneaththeash · 23/02/2022 10:00

Only if he's born on a Monday...

Miller2021 · 23/02/2022 09:59

I absolutely love the name Solomon. A friend of mine has a Solomon, otherwise it would be on my list - I think it's gorgeous. Combination of classic and unusual - you don't get many names like that.

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Chasingthewind11 · 23/02/2022 09:51

@Twattergy what did you go for for your sons first name if you don't mind me asking? I'm also considering it as a middle name

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SnakeLinguine · 23/02/2022 08:10

@FiftyStoriesHigh

Makes me think of pulling a baby in half.
In fairness, it didn’t actually happen. 😀

I like it up. Wise old man, but in a good way, and ripe for reclamation.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 23/02/2022 08:04

@FiftyStoriesHigh

Makes me think of pulling a baby in half.
But the whole point of the story was the they didn’t do this because Solomon was able to ascertain the true mother.

Lovely name. I also love Micah.

mellongoose · 23/02/2022 07:31

I like it.

Twattergy · 23/02/2022 07:10

It's great. It's my sons middle name - it would have been his first name down to me but DH vetoed it!

Zillamop · 23/02/2022 07:06

I like it

scornrufibarbis · 22/02/2022 23:43

Lovely name

I know a range of Solomons from old men to babies. It’s fairly popular in the Jewish community. Lovely meaning behind it and traditional without being too old man

Firebird83 · 22/02/2022 23:35

Lovely, underused name.

Crunchymum · 21/02/2022 15:40

I know a Sol (not short for Solomon) and its a great name for him.

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Chasingthewind11 · 21/02/2022 13:40

@NameChange30 @Kitkat151 I quite like that it's becoming less obscure while still fairly uncommon. My first sons name was only given to 3 boys in the uk the year we named him and I sometimes wish he could meet someone with his name!

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NameChange30 · 21/02/2022 13:03

@Kitkat151

I don’t mind the name....but it’s making a comeback where I am in NW....I know a 2 year old and an 8 day old Soloman.....so if you looking for something more unique it’s probably not the right name
Hmm

In 2020, the name Solomon was ranked 390th in England and Wales, with a grand total of 109 baby boys.

Just because you know two of them, it hardly means the OP should avoid it because it's too popular.

Ikeameatballs · 20/02/2022 23:30

Love it!

BikiniB0tt0m · 20/02/2022 23:28

I like it and would use Sol for short. I loved the name Titus many years ago but chickened out with my first son because I though they would get called 'Tit' for short Grin

Kitkat151 · 20/02/2022 23:13

I don’t mind the name....but it’s making a comeback where I am in NW....I know a 2 year old and an 8 day old Soloman.....so if you looking for something more unique it’s probably not the right name

FiftyStoriesHigh · 20/02/2022 23:11

Makes me think of pulling a baby in half.

StScholastica · 20/02/2022 23:09

Love it.

sibbys · 20/02/2022 21:56

I think it's horrible sorry. But I know a terrible and bratty child names Solomon so that's probably why

PatterPaws · 20/02/2022 17:09

🤣

Classica · 20/02/2022 16:32

@PatterPaws

Great name with equally great Sol as a nn.

The Solomon Grundy nursery rhyme spells out what he did over the course of his life. It's not meant to be events of a single week. I take it that he was born on a Monday, was christened on a Tuesday a few months later, was married on a Wednesday in his thirties, took ill on a Thursday as an old man etc. He had a lovely long life!

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday, 
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy.

yes. it was a joke...
scottishnames · 20/02/2022 12:31

As others have said, it's a name with great associations: wisdom and justice. The world needs more of both.