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Any opinions on Ezra?

30 replies

Ryuk · 26/10/2010 02:49

DP really likes it. I'm worried it'll sound a bit too 'jewish' though, and that people will make assumptions about ds's background.

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MissHavishamsDress · 27/10/2010 10:26

I do like it, so many old testament names e.g. Moses becoming more common in the general population, they seem to carry more gravitas, go for it!

Fourleaf · 27/10/2010 12:04

Lovely name. However, Ezra Pound (defo most famous bearer of the name) was a wonderful poet and critic but also a facist. For this reason I would never use it (despite it being a GREAT name), but to others it wouldn't matter so much.

aDarkStarWithStrangeWays · 27/10/2010 12:07

Imarriedafrog you are having another baby? Wonderful news! :)

Love the name Ezra. I went to school with this very crushworthy example, which helps Grin

mutable · 27/10/2010 12:13

It's far too biblical for me I'm afraid.

Nice and easy to pronounce though, fairly phonetic.

aDarkStarWithStrangeWays- I like your name.

EvilAntsAndMiasmas · 27/10/2010 12:17

definite Ezra Pound/caged for fascism connotations. There is also an Ezra as part of the generally dark/odd/primitive Starkadder family in the classic novel Cold Comfort Farm. Other members of his family include Seth, Reuben, Amos, Urk, Caraway and Harkaway.

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