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Loads of names. What do you like, hate and why?

83 replies

bronze · 06/11/2008 16:55

Abraham, Amos, Cornelius, Eli, Eliah, Elijah, Elias, Ezra, Gideon, Ira, Jesse, Jonas, Levi, Seth, Silas, Simeon, Solomon, Thaddeus and Zebedee

Though please don't be too harsh I dont like to insult peoples choices

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bronze · 06/11/2008 16:56

I meant which do you like....

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HRHSaintMamazon · 06/11/2008 16:57

I am loving Seth. It's in my own top 3 for the imaginary baby ishall not be having

CountessDracula · 06/11/2008 16:57

They are all rather biblical

ilovemydogandPresidentObama · 06/11/2008 16:58

I like Levi...

bronze · 06/11/2008 16:59

You notice a theme CD?

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RubySlippers · 06/11/2008 17:01

Elijah - like it can can be shortened to Eli

Seth - like

Gideon - not keen, but like Gidon

Simeon - under-used but ok

What about Adam if you like Biblical?

belgo · 06/11/2008 17:02

Abraham,too biblical
Amos,ok
Cornelius,- don't like it
Eli,- only as a short form of something else, not on its own
Eliah - ok,
Elijah nice,
Elias,ok
Ezra - ok,
Gideon don't like it, too religious,
Ira,- don't like it, wouldn't know if it was for a girl or boy
Jesse ok,
Jonas,nice
Levi nice if it wasn't a brand of jeans,
Seth,nice
Silas,nice
Simeon,ok
Solomon,ok
Thaddeus too unusual and
Zebedee too different

Tommy · 06/11/2008 17:03

I like Eli, Elijah, Elias, Gideon, Simeon and Thaddeus - don't know why I'm not so keen on the others though!

francagoestohollywood · 06/11/2008 17:03

I really like Levi, Eli and Seth.

CountessDracula · 06/11/2008 17:04

ok

I like
Cornelius

Actually that is the only one

CountessDracula · 06/11/2008 17:04

ok

I like
Cornelius

Actually that is the only one

GuysballsintheSky · 06/11/2008 17:04

Love them all except Zebedee, which, sorry, would make me think of the little chap on the spring. And I really love Ira.

violetsareblue · 06/11/2008 17:05

Eli, Eliah, Elijah, Elias, Levi - absolutely love these.

Not keen on the others.

nailpolish · 06/11/2008 17:06

i dohnt like any of them

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Liffey · 06/11/2008 18:01

Abraham - too religious/biblical
Amos - too fuddy/biblical
Cornelius - ok but nn corny?
Eli - a feminine sound imo
Eliah - ?
Elijah - no. Just don't like
Elias - no.
Ezra - no.
Gideon - I like this one.
Ira - no makes me think of the IRA.
Jesse - no.
Jonas - no.
Levi - no. Too want to be trendy or something
Seth - ok, but prefer saul
Silas - no, too unusual and reminds me of silage
Simeon - ok, quite like, but reminds me of simean like monkey.
Solomon - ok, but still, NO.
Thaddeus - yes love this one.
Zebedee - too fcukngi ridiculous sorry. I know a woman with a zebedee and a montana, and the eye-rolling that goes on behind her back...

Thaddeus, Gideon, Simeon in that order.

Or, Seth but preferably Saul.

rosealbie · 06/11/2008 18:02

Levi and Seth

bronze · 06/11/2008 18:05

I meant to put Saul on there oddly

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rolledhedgehog · 06/11/2008 18:11

I have a Seth so that one is my fave.
Elias and Jonas were on our long list for DS2 and DH liked Jesse but in the end we went for something else biblical not on your list!

I think the ones I dislike are Cornelius, Gideon, Simeon and Zebedee.

janeite · 06/11/2008 18:23

I dislike most of them tbh, sorry. Gideon is quite sweet and I once taught a nice Simeon, so don't mind that one.

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artichokes · 06/11/2008 18:34

Love Elias (maybe with the nn Eli). Also love Seth.

Hate Amos and Gideon (that is George Osborne's real name but he pretends it is not in case it hampers his poltical career).

thatsnotmymonster · 06/11/2008 18:42

Like Amos (was on our long list but we disregarded it due to it's meaning)

Like Elijah
Like Jesse
Like Jonas

Other biblical names I prefer that are not mentioned are

Tobias
Ethan
Judah
Gabriel

Anna8888 · 06/11/2008 18:45

Are you Jewish? Because there are an awful lot of very Jewish names in that lot.

KAEKAE · 06/11/2008 18:46

The names you like are very different to the type of names I go for and like so not many of them are to my taste...however, I quite like Seth.