Ezra or Adair?

[arlequin]

For little boy. Which do you prefer?

Son not Don.

Love Adair!

Ezra.
I wouldn't be embarrassed shouting Ezra in for his tea.
Adair - I'd be laughed at.

!! Oh dear!

Probably would be known as Addy

Adair is really awful. It’s the surname of an infamous murderer, not even a first name.

Ezra is super common where I am in East London - I know 5 aged 5 and under- but I much prefer it.

@Embarra55ed haha ok a clear winner for you!!

Ezra is OK, at least it's a proper first name
Although not as nice as something like Elijah or Elias, Ezra is a little harsher.

Adair, definitely a surname. Red Adair is the first phrase that pops into my head. An American who was famous for fighting oil well fires, Wikipedia tells me. I don't like surnames as first names anyway, but at least better known ones like Elliot or Taylor 'flow', Adair doesn't. People will be confused.

So Ezra I'd say, but ideally back to the drawing board.

But they are surnames, fine as surnames but why not use a normal first name? Think about your now grown up child applying for a job, who would you hire all things being equal (not in a trendy place, a more formal job). I used to screen applicants and we were pretty ruthless if we didn't like the name (we'd get 500-1000 for one job!) my boss hated silly names

Wow I can’t believe anyone would admit to this in writing - you actually rejected job applicants based on their names?! You do realise that by and large people don’t choose their own names? Appalling.

They're both awful.
How about Aidan? Or Edgar?

Ezra. I'm not a massive fan but Adair is awful.

Adair

What are you talking about? Ezra is an Old Testament forename.

If your team are rejecting candidates on a ridiculous basis AND doing it incorrectly, I'd say they're dodgy a bullet to be honest.

Neither, sorry...Adair sounds very 'wet' to me, in the same 'name school' as Malcolm.

Ezra is a bit too 'biblical' for my taste and I'm really not a fan of biblical names.

If I had a gun to my head though, I'd have to pick Ezra.

I like Adair in theory but I’m from NI as well so as soon as I hear it my brain subconsciously shouts JONNY.

Alistair has a similar Scottish-vibe, and is v underused.

I intensely dislike Ezra. I just don’t get its popularity.

My first thought reading the thread title was Mad Dog, but in fairness he’s fairly local to me so I might be more conscious of that than most.

The Scottish spelling is Alasdair so that would actually work!

I hear Adair in an affected Scottish accent. I’d go for Ezra, but not that keen.

If being unique is the most important factor, Adair… If you are Jewish, Ezra. If you want a good solid name that isn’t going to raise eyebrows, neither.

This is extremely worrying.

Ezra is definitely not a surname. It is an Old Testament first name, often used by Jewish families. If you are really discriminating on the basis of names that is illegal.

Think I'm leaning towards Ezra.
Some of the comments on here are really harsh!

absolutely @arlequin .

@gogomoto if you screen out candidates with Old Testament names because you think they are 'silly' you could be accused of anti-semitism. Ezra is an absolutely classic name.

Ezra always makes me think of the child groomer from pretty little liars 🤮

Why would someone raise a eyebrow at the use of an Old Testament name?