Ezekiel

[thegreylady]

My dn has had her baby today and says his name will be Ezekiel nn Zeke what do you think?

How is it pronounced?

Its lovely. Very biblical.n

Zeke is quite a hipster NN in the USA.

I like it, it's a strong Old Testament name, and Zeke is a cool diminutive.

Polly it is Ee-zeek-ee-el :-)

Oooh, interesting one. I'm not sure.

I like Zeke a lot, but not sure about Ezekiel. Although I have never heard of it before so it may grow on me!

Very unique name.

Love it!

Lovely name, and will be quite unusual in UK because it is so scriptural.

I love it too, great name.

Not keen. Trying to hard. But that's just my opinion - each to our own etc etc.

It's very religious. Although having said that, the more unusual old testament names are becoming popular with a very nonreligious set right now (eg Chris Evans, Elton John).

Does anyone remember a 1980s US sitcom called "Saved By The Bell". The main character was Zeke.

Those are my only two associations.

The main character in saved by the bell was Zack.

Really nice name. Like it a lot.

I like it! Congratulations to your niece and to you on the arrival if your great nephew :)

Ezekiel is one of the most bonkers books in the Bible, clear evidence of drug taking IMO. But I don't think she has picked it for religious reasons - it's not as bad as people who name their kids Cain.

AKiss - you are right but Zach and Zeke were mates.

That's Screech!

I know someone who's surname is Ezekiel. Quite cool for a first name.

I have a friend with an Ezekiel/Zeke
The parents are so cool so I suspect Zeke will be too

We were going to have an Ezekiel but ended up with 2 girls. Maybe next time... [grin[

I love it! Would never convince DH though.

I love these Old testament underused names. i wanted Ezekiel also- but that was down to a tv series when i was in my teens that featured a very sexy fallen angel called ezekiel and the devil played by john glover.

I think it is a really cool name.

oooh... just googled. the series was called 'brimstone'.

gosh that was a long time ago.

i think the mae is very classy and classic though. :) Love that these proper bibilical names are coming back. (someone mentioned Eli the other day). Gorgeous.

love it too

Love it! (Although wouldn't have the nerve myself!!)

Love that this thread has turned into a 'saved by the bell' discussion! I believe there was also a Zeke on 'neighbours' a while ago . Personally I love the name but pretty sure dp wouldn't agree unfortunately.