AIBU to think the name Noah Joseph sounds too religious?

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We are 100% set on Noah.

Joseph is a name that's on both sides... We also really like it

Does it sound too religious?

Only if your surname is Christ

I like both names but they don't go together.

Hmmm.. honestly? Yes. Love both names though!

They are both Christian names. But then so are a lot of names. And no one uses middle names. I wouldn't know what the middle names of the Noahs I know are.

I LOVE Joseph BTW and would have used it were DD a boy and DH wasn't vehemently opposed to it.

I wouldn't give it a second thought tbh. both nice names.

Lots of the names we use in this country are Biblical; I wouldn't worry about it. I certainly wouldn't assume that the parents of a baby with that name were religious any more than I'd assume the parents of a baby called Adam Luke or whatever were religious.

I mean, if you'd announced you were calling him Ezekiel Jedediah God-Hath-Mercy or something in the style of a 17th century Puritan, I might have a few concerns, but Noah and Joseph are fairly standard these days.

I would assume the parents of Noah Joseph were Christians or at least had a church background. However not that many people are going to use his middle name, so most people he/you meet won't know.

Yes they're biblical so using both I would assume you were a religious family.

I really like both names but agree that they are not easy to say together.

Can you agree on a name to go between them? Noah Joseph is quite hard to say

Out if 3 children and 2 names each, only one name we have isn't a religious name for our DC, but we have a weird surname

I don't mind if they don't flow he'll hardly ever need to say them together.

No, they're both very common names so though originally they have religious roots (like loads and loads of names) I don't think they're thought of as religious names now.

Could just as easily be Jewish as Christian

Joseph is an Old Testament name, plenty of Jewish Noahs and Josephs

My son is Jacob Joseph and we are not religious and no one has ever mentioned anything to us

My son is Joseph Peter. Didn't think of the religious connection until this thread!

My son has a far more religious first name and second name he's baptised Catholic (he would have gone to a Catholic school but has complex needs so goes to a special school) we are not overly religious .

Far too religious sounding for my liking. I would assume you were serious Christians. But it is your baby if you like it then go for it.

I don't think it sound religious but to my ear the "NoJo" aspect doesn't work. But then middle names are used rarely so it probably wouldn't sound as clunky day to day.

Both lovely names, it wouldn't occur to me that you were particularly religious. Both my DSs have biblical names, but we're not at al religious, and , to my knowledge, no one has assumed we are.

Does it matter? Nice traditional names. I like Joseph a lot by the way.

I like both names but don't think they go together

I'd not worry. We have a Joshua Joseph. They go together, we like them. Jobs a goodun.

I like both but they don't go together and they do conjure up the image of a child with a tea-towel over his head in a school nativity or something!
(Joshua Joseph works - it flows better, and not a tea towel in sight for some reason)

How are you pronouncing Noah? I've heard it said no-uh, no-ah and norr. It's a nice name though and goes well with Joseph.