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

[bronze]

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

I like Seth and Elijah

I love Seth and really love Thaddeus (shortened to Thad).

I'm not keen on Cornelius but do like the shortened version Con for some reason.

Not really keen on any of the others although Elijah would grow on me.

Soloman and Thaddeus aremy faves on that list.
Love your list btw, great taste!

Yeah I wondered that Anna. Ezra 'jus' cuz I like it' makes me feel just a teensy tiny bit ahem.

Personally, I wouldn't go there.

They are all very religious - are you?

And please be careful of boys names ending with a - people who don't know may well mistake them for girls names.

And please, please not Jesse. I know it's lovely, and Jesse James was incredibly manly - but it's sadly just not a name you can give a boy nowadays. It's just asking for trouble!

Abraham,Gideon Solomon -no
Amos, Jonas, silas, simeon- maybe
Cornelius, Zebedee Huge NO

Eli, Eliah, Elijah, Elias, Ezra, Ira, Thaddeus, Levi, seth -Love them all

Jesse I love but does mean a big girl!

Like Seth.

Others too biblical for my taste.

I don't like any!

No I'm a Christian. Our other two dss are new testament.

Should add that I wouldn't be funny about a non biblical name though (dds isnt) its just that I like a lot of the old testament names. Some more than others.

Ahem!

Elijah is another favourite one.

Like all the others, but not as much.

If you have sons with names from the new testament, then I actually think it would be a bit inappropriate to use Ezra, for example.

I don't like any of them

Heaven forbid, a boy might be mistaken for a girl

I don't think it matters about faith too much does it? Are people insulted if you use a name that is associated with another faith?

I could understand Jesus or Mohammed being a bit problematic but would have thought that names that just happen to have been in the bible is a bit rich.

Mind having no faith myself I might be wrong.

They're Old Testament - not necessarily 'Jewish'.

Like most of them.

I love Seth. Think it's one of those names that will still sound good when the cute little boy becomes a man!

Sorry - really not keen on the rest - tad too biblical for me.

I don't understand your logic Liffey

Or should I only use Ezra if my other two were Hanani and Nehemiah

Apart from Zebedee (err magic roundabout)all of those were on my boys list as was Silas. I love them all!

Well, As you probably know, Leo, Gregory, Dominic, Nicholas, Christopher, Gabriel, Joseph - are particularly Christian names which would raise an eyebrow if borne by a Jewish person.

Ezra on a non Jewish person is a bit like the reverse of that.

No more than that really. That's my logic.

Except the old testament is part of the bible as much as the new testament is.

And a Jew named Joseph wouldn't be odd.
I'm pretty sure there was an old testament one who had a musical written about him.

Yes, true. I do recognise that of course but there are some names which have 'gone mainstream' such as Reuben and Hannah and Samuel.

But some such as Ezra seem particularly steeped in meaning and Jewish history.

i like solomon and elijah

quite like jesse too