Has Isaac gone quite popular

[Sorrento]

common I've heard it quite a lot recently am worried it's heading downhill.

yes

much to my distress
my ds3 (9 days) is registered Isaac and have since had someone else at ds1s school have a baby and say they are calling it Isaac
Also went to see dhs gran and she was saying oh niece says Isaac is a very in at the moment and of course he'll be Zac. a) I dont want a sodding 'in' name but too late now and b) NO he wont be zac.

yes

much to my distress
my ds3 (9 days) is registered Isaac and have since had someone else at ds1s school have a baby and say they are calling it Isaac
Also went to see dhs gran and she was saying oh niece says Isaac is a very in at the moment and of course he'll be Zac. a) I dont want a sodding 'in' name but too late now and b) NO he wont be zac.

whoops

oh and of course Im hormonal and it makes me want to cry as Isaac was such a compromise on my part anyway.

I still can't get used to calling him it.

I'd be happy enough with a Zac as it happens, it's about the only name for a boy (not even pregnant yet) that DH and I agree on and his bloddy cousins got there first, now I keep hearing it everywhere lol

My heart stopped for a moment then I thought you might be DH's cousin

I've know of 3 Isaacs under 4 years. It is a lovely name though , hadn't heard the Zac shortening till recently. My baby is due in two weeks and have heart set on Zachary / Zac but also feel like don't want anything too 'in'.

Isaac is lovely and will at some point become Zac

My Uncle's name was Isaac, (born 1917) and he was NEVER called Zac. He didn't much appreciate being called Ike either. Apart from Ike'n'Tina Turner, he was the only Isaac I'd ever heard of until recently. Now I know quite a few little ones.

this isnt helping
I was in tears all the way to school pick up and now I cant stop crying. DH thinks Im jut being hormonal but I just can't get used to him being Isaac. I call him him all the time, have to think hard when people ask me his name and find it awkward to write and type. I love my other childrens names but to me Isaac is a nice name other people call their children. I don't know what to do now.

I have a Isaac shortened to Zac - had no idea it was popular but it really suits him. Although DS1 (4) calls him Ike!

Bronze, it's not too late to change his name if it's not right. What's his middle name?

Bronze whats his middle name? Could you call him by that?

I know a 5 year old Isaac who is a dear little soul. His mum shortens it to Iss (sounding eyes)

Its John but its also my nephews name so can't be done. To be honest John was very much a middle name choice anyway.

I know they can be changed after they're registered but part of the reason I compromised on Isaac was because we couldn't agree on anything (thread on here about it) so we would still be stuck.
DH doesnt get how odd its making me feel either. I think I'm just going to have to get used to it and find a nickname I like and use that.
So suggestions for nicknames please ... not Ike or Zac

oh and Iss and Izzy sounding names are ruled out as we are inundated with Isobels/Isabelllas round here.

Do people think it will sound common in a few years (snobbily) I cant think of anything worse. When I set out to find a name I try and find something thats not unknown but not too popular, classless and ageless. I managed it with the other 3.

Sorry Sorrento , have your thread back

Could you come up with a nickname for him.

I know someone who is called Bunny but her real name is Fiona. She has been Bunny since a very very young age.

I also know a Snowy (real name Sophia) because she was born with a shock of white hair.

Obviously you don't want to be calling a boy Bunny or Snowy but you get my drift!

It's a biblical name so I doubt it's ever going to sound 'common' although it may be common as in over-used, if you see what I mean. I mean, no-one thinks Jessica is 'chavvy' (horrid word) do they? It's just been popular.

What are your other children's names Bronze

And to the Op - yes, Isaac is more popular these days. There are 3 in my DD's nursery. But still a very "middle class" choice imo.

thank you. DH might be right and I'm slightly hormonal. Will still have to find a nickname for him as Isaac doesnt flow but I think I can live with it if it doesnt 'turn'.

Yes definately getting more popular but not in the same league as Jack etc. I like Zac (never knew this was short for Isaac till recently) for short but also Ize.

isaac is really popular now, there's loads of them around

bronze - my DS is Isaac - also a compromise name for me and I just couldn't get used to calling him that- it sounded such an 'old' name for a little baby.

So I said I was going to call him Zac - and I did for about 3 months. And then suddenly one day he was just an Isaac - it just kind of clicked in my head - and he has stayed one!

He is the only Isaac in his school and it just suits him now.

It's such a lovely soft name.

Sometimes friends I haven't seen for a while will call him Zac and I think, 'who are they talking about?'

Isaac is a beautiful classy name. I agree with Lakota, it is too classic to ever seem 'of its time'.

I think a lot of people go through a stage of feeling strange about their DCs name - I know I did, calling DD her name felt very odd, and we used a funny nickname for ages. But gradually, as she got older and more of a 'person', it felt less strange, and now at the grand old age of 13 months, I think it suits her perfectly!

My Grandfather was called Isaac and his Uncle before him was called Isaac.

I think it is a classic and beautiful name...

When I think of the name Isaac - to my ears it sounds strong but also warm and caring.

I would like to be treated by a Dr called Isaac or be taught at university by a particularly good lecturer called Isaac. As this would seem right for a man with that name.

Your little boy is very very lucky to have such a lovely name - and lucky to have a lovely Mummy that cares about him and his name as much as you do...

Wishing you and your Isaac lots of happiness.

My Isaac(4) is a bundle of fun - We call him Ise (to rhyme with eyes) - it means 'he laughs' in Hebrew and that's so apt for him. It took a while to get used to the spelling as there's not many words with two as. But we're more than used to the spelling now! We think it's a great name

i love the name issac i wanted it for ds no 2 but hubby didn't

wish i had got my way!!

Bronze - my DS2 is Isaac - he does sometimes get called Isaac, but mostly gets called by one of the following nicknames: Ike, Ikey, Ize, Izey, Iza or Iggy. Not quite sure where the last one came from, but it suits him so has stuck! He is never Zac - to me, that's short for Zachary.

In terms of other nicknames that don't sound like shortenings of a name you're not sure you like, I suppose you'll just have to try to come up with something that "fits" him - my Isaac also gets called "Mischa" (he pounces on his older brother like a bear cub, and I think I once read that Mischa is Russian for "little bear" - I am not sure if this is correct, but like the word!) and DH sometimes calls him "Badger" for similar reasons. Not easy at only 9 days old, though. Hope your feelings about the name get resolved one way or another - must be hard.