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

It is!

Great name

I like it. I wouldn't think of Magic Roundabout as I don't think I've ever watched it, and it's a really nice sounding name. Think I prefer it to Zachary.

Do it!

same here! A No from me.

i think you didnt mean me?

Personal opinion is that it’s ridiculous (sorry).

I know of a kid in my local area that has Zebedee as a first name though, so at least it’s not as bad as that.

@EleanorReally , I included you because you asked about the history of the name.

Ziggy?

Couldn’t be more outing (but I’m out on this username anyway) but DH is Zeb, which is short for Zebastian. He hates when people ask or assume it’s short for Zebedee. He’s only really become Zeb since moving to the UK, the shortened version in his home country is Basta.

I love it!

I did say on the next post id misread LeO as LeA

Mmm I guess as a middle name you may get away with it!
But my first thought was zebedee from the magic roundabout. I didn't know it was a biblical name, learnt something new:)
But truth is no one really uses a middle name, kids not born yet probably will not become aware of magic roundabout context unless it makes a come back.

Love Zebedee, short Zeb.
Love Zeke too

I quite like it. It’s a bible name, like Luke or John, so I don’t know why people are weird about it just because a tv character once had the same name! Magic roundabout is ancient. Anyone who remembers that will likely be in a nursing home by the time he’s a teenager. School kids won’t know about it.

Does he need a middle name? I have survived nearly 60 years without one.

No don’t use Zebedee.

I taught a Zebedee a few years ago. Very cool kid. I really like it because of this child and don’t recall him being ridiculed or bullied about his name. Do it!

The BBC are showing MR again. "Time for bed," said Zebedee to Florence.

How about Samson? Leo Samson. A biblical name and one of the Scilly islands.

Zander
Ziggy

now that is rubbish!

😆

Gabriel & Raphael are archangels, rather high in the order of Angelic beings, but below seraphim I think.

As for Zebedee, it's unlikely anyone younger than born in 1964 will have a clue.

Err, I was born later than 1964 and know.

@MidnightMeltdown @RogueFemale , Err, I was born later than 1964 and know.