Zebedee. ZEBEDEE - really?

[Bambambini]

Child at theme park the other day? What do you think? We raised our eyebrows and probably initially eye rolled. Or is Zebedee obviously giong to be a cool cat? Guess Zee has a certain ring to it.

[PumpkinPie2013]

I personally don't like the name Zebedee - too unusual for me.

I do wonder sometimes what people are thinking when they name their children. I once taught a child whose name was the name of a planet!! I won't say which planet in case it outs me but I did feel sorry for the child!

Over heard someone today calling for the child whose name was Barney

[CrapBag]

dolly I know of someone who worked in a school a few years ago and there was a family of fragrances including DKNY (pronounced Dick Knee! No I am not joking), Armani, Joop and had siblings but didn't know their names. DKNY and so easy of the others would have left though so it can't possibly be the same family!

"Seemed like right up there if i heard someone shout, "Bagpuss, get in for your dinner" or "Maccapacca, stop whacking your brother"."

PMSL at this.

I'd have raised my eyebrows at Zebedee too. No one I know has all these wacky more unusual names you read about on here.

[IUseAnyName]

I know a 6 year old Merlin :)

[Cocolepew]

Was it Jasper Carrott Whether?

[WhetherOrNot]

"Time for bed" said Zebedee

"Fuck off" said Florence

Now which record had that as an ending in the 70s/80s ????

[Itllbefiiiiiiiiine]

I know an Ayrton, a Senna and a Jenson.

Alternatively, I know a kid called Sierra.

[Bambambini]

I think Zeb is nice, can see it being a "cool" name - i think Zebedee just doesn't sound like a real name - it does sound a bit ridiculous and trying so hard to stand out and be cool.

[JohnCusacksWife]

It may be Hebrew but it's still terrible name to lumber a child with!

[LilyMayViolet]

My friend has a son called Zebedee, he's in his 30 s now. He's always been known as Zeb or Zebby. I think it's a lovely name.

[EmmaWoodlouse]

I knew a girl at school whose little brother was called Zeb (not sure if that was his full name or short for Zebedee) - he'd be about 43 or 44 now. They were seen as quite a quirky bohemian family, for other reasons as well as his name (the girl's name was less unusual, think something like Sophie or Polly). So although it's very rare, it's not exactly new - parents looking for something different have been using it for quite a while!

I think Zebediah would be easier to live with though - you could still shorten it to the cool sounding Zeb and not have the TV character references.

[dollydaydream14]

My friends a teacher and she teaches 2 sisters DKNY pronounced da-keen-nee and Joop apparently their brother is called Hugo.

[BumpTheElephant]

I quite like Zeb but the full name does just make people think of magic roundabout.
Ambrose is a lovely name, I have an ancester who had that name born in the 1800s, his brothers all had names like Thomas and William so I don't think it can have been that unusual.

[DustBunnyFarmer]

E'zer Good! E'zer Good ! Ebenezer Good!

[silverlace]

I have never met a Zebedee but I did stop and look once when I heard a mother calling for her son Ebenezer.

[DangerGrouse]

My friends kid has a Hercules in her class. I shit you not.

[Notso]

Sorry fatfingers Soanes.

[Notso]

It makes my think of Zeb Soames. I like it.

[Hammondisback]

I like 'Zeb'. The ones that I find a little odd are the initials spelled as words, such as Teejay and Ceejay. Yes, they are real, birth certificate first names, not nicknames.

[MsAspreyDiamonds]

I know a Zee but it's short for the Arabic boys name Zeeshan.
Zebadee is cool but maybe a bit too try hard.

[MidniteScribbler]

I had a Zebedee a number of years ago in my class. He was exceptionally cool.

[FatGirlRuns]

Thank goodness I'm too old for any more kids because I really want to call my next two Bagpuss and Maccapacca now.

[Lurkedforever1]

I thought this was about the magic roundabout? Zebedee is the one that's on speed.

[BarbaraManatee]

There's another family of car-themed names?! The one I know of is all sisters also called Mercedes, Porsche & something else... There may be four of them... Can't remember now - a friend told me she came across them a few years ago.

I know a 4yo Zebedee, also from a Christian family. I love Old Testament boys names, most of which DH vetoed as being too "patriarchal" , but Zebedee is a step too far even for me. I love Ezekiel though, or Abraham, Moses... I so should've snuck out to register the DC without DH!

[zebredee]

I like it

[dillite]

ASettlerOfCatan If only it was me trolling! Had I not seen the names written down on paper or heard them pronounced several times, I wouldn't believe myself either. But then there are people who name their kids after a ketchup or something equally as ridiculous. BTW, Porshe was the boy.