Zion

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Yay or nay

Love it. Beautiful, strong, meaningful and with deep roots.

Definitely no.

No. Are you Jewish? It's loaded with political connotations.

It's nice in itself, but people may make assumptions about your political beliefs or accuse you of cultural appropriation if you're not Jewish or Rastafarian!

Boney M and Rivers of Babylon was my first thought too.
Are you Jewish? I'd probably assume you were.

Babylon would be such a cute baby name.

Definitely not.
Too political. I wouldn't want my child ending up being drawn into endless debates and arguments about something they may have no interest or knowledge on because of the name they were given.

It certainly makes a statement....but is it one that you want to make?

It’s a no from me too. I’m Jewish and wouldn’t call a DS that. I think it’s too loaded.
Jericho I’m not keen on either. It was burned down by the Israelites and is in Palestine which is also too loaded politically to name a child after unless you have some sort of an agenda or want to make some sort of statement. What about:
Zain
Zack
Jeremiah

No. Political implications are huge

Zain is great

It’s very political and loaded.

Wow.

No.

I love it BUT I think it’s too political to actually use, sorry.

Not Jewish. Was raised in a very strict Christian household but I’m agnostic now.
I do love religious names though

Not that I pick names based on the fact they’re religious but all the names I like happen to be in the bible

Nah, whether it's your intention or not, it would look like you're using your child's name as an opportunity to make a political statement.

Jericho is a bit better, but still not great. How about these names, which have a similar feel/sound to me (just less political/place namey):

Joel
Xander
Jethro
Shiloh
Silas
Josiah
Zachariah
Asher
Ezekiel (Zeke)
Rafael
Solomon
Zephyr
Gabriel
Milo
Jago

I know a Ghanian 5 year old girl named Zion but usually see it used by Jewish families.

What about Solomon, Moses or Roman?

Simon - similar sound and rhythm.

There are lots of religious/biblical names to choose from without going for ones that are contentious OP.

IVflytraps list has some good ones.

Not another Roman! They are everywhere.

Please don't.

With all due respect OP, I think these names come with too much of a story and too much feeling associated. There are many people passionately invested in the issues around Israel and Palestine and I certainly wouldn't want my child being picked out and questioned or riled by people assuming he was part of a specific cause just because I had chosen a controversial name for him. It's one thing to like a name but sometimes it might not be the easy or kind thing to give that name to a child. Some names can make your life hard.

I never sure how to pronounce it, which is why I'd say nay.
Is it Zee-on rhymes with neon or does it rhyme with Lion?

Simeon is nice