A middle name for Ezekiel

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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!

Wheel.

Sorry - I'll get my coat.

I really like Ezekiel too. Ezekiel James sounds lovely together.

My little cousin is Ezekiel John - lovely name and his Mum has never has any funny comments, or problems with pronunciation. We call him Zeke or Zekie most of the time :)
From your list I like James best x

DS5 was planned to be Ezekiel (Zeke for short). We have an Isaac, Daniel, Joel and Levi so we like the OT names (I would have had Noah and Elijah but too DH veto'd them).

We hadn't settled on a middle name - I was thinking along the lines of Paul or Luke as it is a long first name so something short would be nice. James is my favourite off your list but we already had that for DS4.

Anyway, turns out we didn't need it as DS5 was actually DD1! So we have an Eva Grace instead

But I definately love Ezekiel and think Zeke as a nickname rocks.

Ezekiel is a great name. I think James would go best from your list as a middle name.

Or how about

Ezekiel Jacob
Ezekiel William
Ezekiel Andrew
Ezekiel John
Ezekiel David
Ezekiel Francis
Ezekiel Charles
Ezekiel Thomas
Ezekiel Philip

I love Ezekiel -- gorgeous choice. I like James with it, Henry as coming in second.

Alexander?
Isidore?

I hope you will prepare your son for the lifetime of ridicule and abuse that he will surely receive.

What about Adam? Although James sounds fab and Zeke is great

"I hope you will prepare your son for the lifetime of ridicule and abuse that he will surely receive." fiordgirl, where do you live? And what values do you teach your children?

Personally I think Ezekiel is a great choice and agree that a single syllable middle name probably works best: Ezekiel James.

Ouch fiordgirl, that is harsh.

Don't do it. He won't thank you for this.

Ezekiel, good solid name.
A really under-used biblical name that people would be more familiar with than say, Habbakuk or Zephaniah.
I vote for James as a middle name.
Too many Isaacs, Reubens and Noahs.
Go for it!

Ezekiel is a lovely, lovely name.

please ignore the nay-sayers. Generally I find many mumsnet posters are pretty conservative on the whole when it comes to more unusual names, favouring "classic" (IMO boring) names, so you've done really well to get as many positive responses as you have!

IME people are more polite once you've actually named your child! And people get used to an unusual name once they've heard it a few times anyway.

I like James best from your list.

OP hasn't appeared for a while, so I think that this might have been a bit of a wind up.

Why would it be a wind up? Are you saying the OP is a troll because the name is unusual? Jeez you lot must live very boring lives!

The only reason I didn't have Ezekiel on my list was because one of my best friends got there first!

No it's not a wind-up! I can't believe people think Ezekiel is so unusual when I look at some of the other suggestions on this forum!

Thank you for all of the positive comments - it looks like Ezekiel James might be the most popular. I think I like this one best too so I shall broach the subject again with DH!

I knew an Ezekiel once. He officially changed his name to Alex when he was a young teenager.

James is a good middle name choice.

I like Ezekiel.
it's alovely, strong biblical name.

and Ezekiel James is great. :)

I'm one for looking up meanings of names. I absolutely love the name Ezekiel. Did you know that that name actually means the strength of God. I think that if you were to name your child that he would grow to be a strong young man in his future. I would make sure he knew where his name came from and it's meaning.

Bit surprised at some of the responses here...If you're Jewish or Christian then ezekiel really isn't that outlandish I know a tiny elijah and he really suits his name

OP, it's a good strong OT name and I like it paired with a 'J' name like James or John.

I think Ezekial is a less common biblical name but to me doesn't sound that strange, especially considering some other names you read on here. I'd have no problem pronouncing it but then I read the bible so it's not unusual to me. I've been on the lookout for other biblical names to go with my DSs but hadn't thought of this because I'm not a huge fan of Zeke as a nn, though I suppose you could also use Ez, or Ezzie?

Agree with other posters that James is nice for middle.

I love it and love Zeke but dh reckons we are too boring for it. And he wants a bible name.

I'm surprised at reactions on here.

She's probably chosen by now seeing as the thread was from 2010.