A middle name for Ezekiel

[ellesabe]

Okay so we think we have finally decided on a boys name but it wasn't one from our original shortlist and we're not sure about a middle name to go with it. The middle names we had on our shortlist were:

Henry
James
George

We are open to any other suggestions but would like to keep the middle name fairly traditional as the forename is a bit unusual.
It doesn't have to be Biblical!

Oh I forgot to add, our surname is 2 syllables and begins with H, so the choice is...
Ezekiel Henry H--
Ezekiel James H--
Ezekiel George H--

Or anything else? What do we think?

From the thread title, my initial thought was James. And there it is on your shortlist!

James

(seriously - Ezekiel ??? I feel sorry for your little boy)

Hey!

I would go for something biblical but a bit less unusual John or Luke for example.

Lovely name btw.

How do you pronounce it? Easy-keel?

Lovely name - Ezekiel is a great name.

As middle name I like

Ezekiel George and
Ezekiel James.

It has 4 syllables... Eh-zee-kee-ul... with emphasis on the ZEE

Ahhh thanks for the positive comments. It's the first time I've tried the name out on anyone and was a bit gutted that the first reaction was a negative one.

I like it too. I think something short like John or James would make a good middle name.

Sorry ellesabe I was probably a bit blunt with my comment but I do think it is such an unusual name that it will attract a lot of comments - and not all of them will be complimentary. I think that you will get 'Easy-keel' type pronounciation as Tippychoocks has said.

I do a lot of voluntary work with young children and it can be a real problem if they have names that even they can't pronounce themselves. Also, children (and adults - let's be honest) do snigger and make unkind comments if names are 'too' different and obscure.

Actually I love biblical names, but I do think this one is just too 'different'. I would love to hear from mumsnetters who have really unusual names, how they felt about growing up with an unusual name.

Again, sorry if my earlier comment was rude.

PS Don't forget to check the initials and surname combination - in today's Daily Telegraph was an announcement for a boy named Alexander Pigg .

That's okay. I read a lot of the Bible so Ezekiel seems quite normal to me! Oh well

Ha ha! Luckily there aren't too many 3-letter words ending in H, except for DOH!

I will swot up on Ezekiel at my next Bible study class .

I really like it.

Going to be odd looking at a tiny blobby baby with a magnificent bearded prophet's name.

I'm guessing he'll be a bit about it in his younger days, then vv pleased with it the older he gets

James. Great middle name, and Ezekiel is a fab first name imo. Like both the full version (and the Biblical namesake) and think Zeke is a cool nn if you want to use one.

Ha ha! That's why we're going for a traditional middle name, just in case he really hates it!
We'll probably have a girl after all this anyway

Ooh yeah I like Zeke too but would have spelt it Zeek. Hmmm...

Before I even saw your list, George sprang to mind!

def Zeke not Zeek

But pronounced the same?