Zebedee

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Yea or nay as a middle name for Leo?

Looking for something a bit unusual to balance out a short popular first name. Love Zebedee but is it too much?

Family names not an option. Feel free to suggest other ideas (3 syllables or more ideally as surname is also short). TIA

OP was going to use it as a middle name. She likes the name.
Agree with the pp about Sebastian.

Lol to pp re Zipadeedoohdah.

that will become the soundtrack to Zebedee’s life, no doubt.

I didn’t know until their wedding day that my sister was marrying a man named Homer.

He went by his middle name, Charles.

😂

I like it. More than I like Leo. I would make Leo the middle name.

I think the Zebedee/ skibidi reference upthread is relevant. The Magic Roundabout not so much.

If you want something unusual to pair with the lovely Leo, there are some great suggestions upthread. I really like Zephaniah.
Zacchaeus
Jeremiah
Nicodemus
Nathaniel
Gideon
Isaiah
Matthias
Solomon
Elijah
Ephraim
Simeon

I think it depends on surname as you don’t want his initials to spell something unfortunate! For instance I wanted to call DS1 George Oliver, but our surname begins with a B so he’d have been GOB!

I'm 49 and remember it.. No to the name though

I worked with a guy about 25 years ago who had a little boy named Zebedee. They used to call him Zeb or Zebby for short.
It’s a Bible name - Zebedee was the father of the disciples James and John, so it’s been around a lot longer as a name than the Magic Roundabout!
If you like it, go for it - you can always give him a more traditional middle name.

Time for bed said Zebedee

Well before my time and even I think of the magic roundabout!

This. It’s a no from me

Zeb is cool , if it’s a middle name I don’t think children of the future will take any notice and none of them will remember the magic roundabout unless it becomes fashionable again.
in which case there will be loads of kids called zebedee

@CeffylCoch , it was a joke.

I think it’s short for Zebediah. Why not use that?

I like the name Zebedee and Zeb for short. In the same vein you have Zebulon - I think it was Grandpa's name in The Waltons.

Eric 😄

Zebulon is a different name,
Zebedee and Zebediah are different forms of the same name.

Heard it all now 🤦🏻‍♀️

It’s just a bit silly isn’t it?

And go the full Magic Roundabout?

My brother was teased for his middle name. As his sister, I also teased him when we were kids (siblings, eh). So unless you plan on keeping it hidden (in which case, why use it?), it can definitely happen. And his wasn't as silly sounding as Zebedee.

I love pp's suggestion of using Zachary.

Zebedee Tring—wasn’t he the road mender in The Archers back in the 60s?

Poor child!

Boooooooooooing

Love it! I know a little Zebedee who goes by Zeb.

Leo Zebedee is cute but if it was me I’d go for Zebedee Leo! I know that’s not what you asked though!

Also, I think the idea of coming across like you haven’t tried too hard is strange, of course your child's name should be considered and an inspired choice! Or just name them whatever is in the top ten!