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Daft question...would people assume a Solomon was black, and is it a problem if they did? pregnancy brain is in gear

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ceeceeanne · 23/12/2008 15:53

I hope no one thinks I'm being rude. I love the name Solomon (Sol or Solo for short) but really helpful people keep telling me it sounds like a black mans name. Now I'm not sure I agree and I'm not sure if it matters but would it sound silly like a white Oprah or Ghandi if you get what I mean? Help! Also any middle name suggestions to go with one-sylabuled surname starting with M. (pref with initials that can be said eg SAM, to please hubby!)

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EightiesChick · 27/12/2008 22:58

The only Solomon I can think of in public life (don't know any personally) is Sol Campbell but I would, like others, think of it as Jewish, though not enough to put off anyone using it if they aren't Jewish. Tons of Old Testament names get used across the board now. I wonder of the parents of all the Isaacs, Reubens or Elis that are around get the same response?

I would use it if you like it, it's a nice name.

ScottishMummy · 27/12/2008 19:39

essentially pick a name because you like,you wont please everyone.so why try.

slavetomykids · 27/12/2008 19:26

I wouldn't see Solomon as a 'black' mans name. Nor would I especially see the name as Jewish. It was my great grandads name, white, working class, baptist northerner.

ScottishMummy · 27/12/2008 19:14

all the sol's i know are white jewish male

Frizbe · 27/12/2008 19:13

No I wouldn't assume any colour from a name or gender for that matter!

QueenFeeUntoUsAChildIsBorn · 27/12/2008 19:10

I just think of it as a biblival name and there are lots in the top 100 presumably both black and white.
It's a lovely name. Like it shortened to Sol - will now be asking hbby what he thinks of this for our baby I like it that much

FrannyandZooey · 27/12/2008 18:59

the solomon i know is white and not jewish

Coldtits · 27/12/2008 18:58

Interesting, I know a Polish man called Sol, I wonder if he's jewish/

savoycabbage · 27/12/2008 18:56

I definitely do think of Solomon as a black name.

AliceTheCamelHasGotTheHump · 27/12/2008 18:55

Right. This thread has now hung around in active convos for long enough that I intend to call my next son Solomon.

TinselCoveredWILKIE · 27/12/2008 18:51

Love love love Solomon but DH not keen - we are white non-jews and no, I wouldn't think of it as a black name

I also love Malik but it is a Muslim name and we live in a heavily populated Muslim area with a lot of racism on both sides so that is a no-no too.

Boys names are HARD to pick IMO

piscesmoon · 26/12/2008 18:06

I would class it as biblical in the same bracket as Reuben and Benjamin.

CoteDAzur · 26/12/2008 17:56

Solomon would be a Jewish name. Google "King Solomon".

audley · 26/12/2008 17:46

Re. cross posts, if you look at the posts immediately prior to anarchyinamanger writing "X posts" there is only a tenth of a second between it and the one before, so both anarchyinamanger and expatinscotland were writing a response at the same time and didn't read what the other had written. HTH!

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ceeceeanne · 26/12/2008 17:43

still dont get the cross posting thing??

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MadameCastafiore · 24/12/2008 11:12

WOuldn;t cross my mind to think anything of the sort - although DH refused to call DS Reuben because he said it sounded Jewish - so we called hin Maximilian - ha ha how not un Jewish is that!!!!

Go for it Soloman is a lovely name and Sol for short is trendy and cute but not in a chavvy way.

pantomimEDAMe · 24/12/2008 11:08

Please don't inflict SPAM on a poor innocent child! And avoid Soloman if your surname is Grundy.

ninedragons · 24/12/2008 10:58

All the Solomons I've ever met have been white Jews.

SPAM would be hideous initials to take through life.

MrsSeanBean · 24/12/2008 10:54

I think SPAM is most unfortunate. Can you change the order of the names - ie SAPM or something?

RaspberryBlower · 24/12/2008 09:55

X post means that you have cross posted the same thing with someone else. I would personally avoid SPAM if possible. Although it's not too bad if you really, really love the names.

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ceeceeanne · 24/12/2008 09:51

So everyone agrees they wouldnt think anything and it doesnt matter if others do!! cool. just thought it might be like im pinching a jewish name or a primarily black name but am not so put off now. what does x-posts mean? (anarchyinamanger)
would the initials SPAM be a problem?

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paolosgirl · 23/12/2008 21:37

Solomon Grundy (he who was born on a Monday etc) is always white in the nursery books I've read!

Bedbug · 23/12/2008 21:36

Uh.....Sammy Davis Jr? Jewish and black. Among many others. Ethiopian Jewish people too. Just for info.....Soloman, not so keen, sorry....

Nancy66 · 23/12/2008 21:18

Agree with the others - it's a Jewish name and there aren't any black Jews!

either way, it's a great name.

audley · 23/12/2008 18:46

Love Solomon, was on my shortlist. When I suggest names a friend will often respond with "I would imagine that a such and such would be black", but did not get that for Solomon. Great name imo