Solomon?

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I love the name Solomon for a boy, but don't think DH is keen 😂 problem is I have not found any others I love as much

Any suggestions please? 🙏🏻

Sullivan, sully?
Carmen
Simon
Silas
Ezra
Isaac

Love Solomon nn Sol

Zachary
Isaac
Josiah (nn Jo)?

Saul. Love this name

What names has your DH come up with. There must be a middle ground

Solomon is nice :)!

How about Kai or Benjamin

Solomon always makes me think of solemn. What about Sol? Could be what your ds would end up being called anyway and is much lighter sounding and a name in it's own right.

It's lovely

I like Sol for a nn too!! Maybe I need to push this one a bit harder 🤔😂

Thanks for all your other suggestions - Saul and Isaac also on our list

I love it.
Sebastian?
Jedediah ( I love Jed as a nn)
Gabriel

I like Sol, just not so sure about Solomon!

Silas
Elias (Eli)
Asher
Samuel
Russell
Alistair
Soren
Lucian
Stellan
Sebastian
Samson
Cyrus
Griffin
Callan
Tristan

I taught such a lovely Solomon ( Sol) . The name is so positive for me .

What about Abraham with nicknames of either Abe or Bram?

Sullivan
Willoughby
Donovon

I like it

How about Abraham nn Abe or Bram

Or Sebastian.. it’s less interesting though, as quite a few of them

Oh I like Saul! That’s another very underused one

Silas and Seth too

But I’d go with Saul (or Abraham!)

Solomon and Saul are top.

Simon
Sidney
Sandford
Desmond

Do you like Sullivan? I like it a lot more than Solomon and I also think Sully is cute as a nickname

Me too

I'm not mega hot on Sullivan, Saul and Seth are definitely on my list though!

There are loads of Solomons in my family (60s, 30s, teens and young children). They all go by Sol and it definitely suits young & old. It’s a great name!

To people suggesting Sullivan as an 'alternative': Solomon and Sullivan are completely different names.

Solomon: ancient Hebrew. Used particularly meaningfully by Jews, Muslims and Christians; African Americans; seventeenth century (and later) Protestants; anyone looking for sun imagery (with nn Sol) etc. Solomon is said to have written The Song of Songs (most beautiful bit of Bible), connecting sex and romantic love with godliness. Supposedly wise eg biblical story of the women who were challenged to split a baby.

Sullivan is a common Irish surname, often used as a given name by 20th and 21st century Irish Americans and later by others of Irish heritage. It means 'dark eyes'.

No comparison.

If you aren't Irish, it's a bit weird and sad (I think) to call a kid Sullivan with no family connection.

I thought it was a Jewish name?

It’s an Old Testament name, so as Christian as it is Jewish