Zebedee

[TillyTolly]

Too utterly utter?

Love the nn Zeb as does DH and he rather unexpectedly said that he had fallen for Zebedee last night (having initially vetoed a couple of months ago). He's not keen on Zebediah which I guess would be the most 'sensible' alternative.

We already have a DS with a name that's not particularly unusual but hardly encountered on a daily basis. We think it would go well with Zebedee/Zeb so that's not a consideration...

I mean all very well when he's a cute boingy springy toddler, but what about when he is 50 and the head of the World Bank, hmm? WHAT THEN?

Zebulon was Grandpa Walton's name, iirc.

Is your surname Tring?

Zeb is a great nickname but zebedee isn't great. Go for zebediah if you want a long name.

Zeb is cool but Zebedee is just too associated with the Magic Roundabout. It would be like calling your child Zippy (I do know that Zippy isn't a Hebrew name. Or any sort of name!)

I know MN wisdom recommends putting a 'proper' name on the birth cert for 'options' later in life but in this case I think the nickname is the best bet.

Zipporah?!

Have never heard Zipporah before!

Do you think Zippy from Rainbow was a Zipporah?

Zeb is cool
Zebedee is just embarrassing the poor child

There are lots of Sams and Toms about who aren't Samuels or Thomases

Zipporah is a girls' name though, so not really an alternative to Zebedee.

I love Zeb. I can imagine a cute teenage Zeb and a cool teenage Zeb. But Zebedee - no. Too many Magic Roundabout memories for me.

MitzyLeFrouf Zippy definitely more of a Zipporah than a Hepzibah

I love Zeb and Zebedee ( and have a Zephaniah)

I'd say go for it, who cares if some older people might remember a tv show. All names come from somewhere/have an actor on eastEnders etc etc

at Zippy being a Biblical name

at Zippy being Zipporah on his birth certificate!

I love Zeb, btw, but Zebedee is too much.

God Almighty. No. It's way too much of a name to land him with.

Zeb isn't bad though. Or Seb? You could call him Sebastian?

I started reading the thread and thought , fuck no are you bonkers. I've finished reading the thread having said it in my head a million times and think yes. It's unusual yes but everyone will get used to it. Go for it and Zeb is a very cool boy

Interestingly Zebulon is the name for Zebedee in the German version of the Magic Roundabout (Zauberkarussel) i prefer Zebulon. I know a Zef, and there are loads of Zef beginning names too...www.babynamespedia.com/start/m/zef

OF all the Zeb names I like Zebediah the best. Zebedee just sounds like the name of a kids cartoon character (which I'm aware it is) - to me it doesn't sound like a genuine name. Zeb is a good nn though and perhaps by the time your baby is an adult The Magic Roundabout will be long forgotten.

100% no on Zebulon though. Too close to nebulon and just doesn't sound anything like a name, sorry.