Giving your children names from the Old Testament

[undeterred]

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	Call Dept of Child and Family Services
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	You mean like Oprah?
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	Children yes, pets no
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	You mean like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses?
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[klook]

1. You mean like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

Actually, I'm an atheist, but really, Abednego has got to be one of the coolest names ever.

[El Supremo]

17. I have some ancestors with those names.

Colonial New England.

[harmonicon]

20. There's nothing religious about the names.

Before they were in the bible, they were just plain ol' names.

[Chan790]

2. I live in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood.

I'd say around 80% of my neighbors have such names. (Edit: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses)

Hershel too. There are so many Leahs and Rebeccas that they have to use last names to be clear who they're talking about at the HOA meeting.

[undeterred]

5. So if you're Jewish it kind of makes sense to use the OT as a source of names

because the Jews have always done it. Their parents and grandparents have those names.

But what I am seeing now is Fundamentalist Christians using names like Hosea, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezra - names of Old Testament books of the Bible - to name their children. Parents are William and David and such.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Of course, David is also an Old Testament name

[bigwillq]

3. Their child, their choice (nt)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Nebuchadnezzar?

Abimelech?
Eliphaz?
Sennacherib?
Melchizedek?
Holofernes?

Those are some great kid names. "Nebuchadnezzar, go wash your hands - it's time for dinner!"

[undeterred]

6. Nebuchadnezzar should be the name of a sandwich with lots of Wisconsin cheese in the middle.

[crazylikafox]

35. +1

[nolabear]

7. My real name is. Lots of great ones are.

Sarah, David, Abraham, Adam, Eve, Nebuchadnezzar...okay, not Nebuchadnezzar. How about Delilah?

[dimbear]

8. Meet the twins, Gog and Magog.

Outgoing kids.

[jakeXT]

10. Why George Bush was called sexually experienced during his Yale time

is a mystery to me.


New members are assigned secret names. Some are traditional: "Long Devil" is the tallest member. "Boaz" (for Beelzebub) goes to a varsity football captain. The new member with the least sexual experience is dubbed "Gog." The most sexually experienced member becomes "Magog."

The elder George Bush was nicknamed "Magog," Robbins reported. George W. Bush was called "Temporary" because he was not assigned a name and didn't choose one. The author didn't know Kerry's secret name but "Long Devil" might be a good bet.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040401223200/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/today/news_04b4cf2d058740920061.html

[dimbear]

13. It's good to know a lot of stuff, strange stuff.

Usually.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. You mean like...

David
Abraham
Adam
Noah
Rachel
Aaron
Ada
Benjamin
Dan
Daniel
Deborah
Esther
Jacob
Jesse
Jethro
Judith
Joshua
Leah
Naomi
Nathan
Rachel
Ruth
Samuel
Sarah

and, of course, Jezebel

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. You forgot

Miriam
Rebecca
Amos
Isaac
Joseph
Abigail
Jonathan

[joshcryer]

12. I droped the "UA" from "Joshua" but I think my mom was fine for naming me that.

I go by "Josh" these days and people don't really say anything about it.

[NewJeffCT]

14. I'm an atheist

but, if you start leaving out Biblical names, you're really cutting down your options.

[txwhitedove]

15. Yep, we have Jeremiah and Ezekial.

[hedgehog]

19. Jeremiah and Samuel here!

[ileus]

16. my daughters name is hebrew, sons is from the NT.

We never intended either to be religious.

[geardaddy]

18. Cain? Abel?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

21. Better that than trendy names from soap operas

or ones made up out of the letters in a can of alphabet soup.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Some of the biblical names are rather trendy now, too.

Jacob, Noah, Benjamin, and Abigail come to mind. But, they are still better than those trendy names you mentioned. Ditto for the ones that are relatively normal names, but are spelled creatively. Although, I make an exception for "SanDeE*", which was Sarah Jessica Parker's character in "L.A. Story". It was her best roll ever, IMHO.

[mysuzuki2]

24. Have you noticed that NO ONE names their son Onan?

[liberaltrucker]

25. ....

I needed a new monitor anyway!

[nolabear]

28. Dorothy Parker's canary was named Onan.

Because, she said, he spilled his seed on he ground.

[Bertha Venation]

32. hahahahaha

[Aristus]

26. My fundy step-daughter named her three sons Elijah, Ezra and Silas.

Poor kids...

[Generic Brad]

27. Totally indifferent

Everybody gets a name. Makes no matter to me where they come from.

[DFW]

29. We have one of each

But the fact that one of them is in the Old Testament is pure coincidence. We couldn't care less,
plus we had to keep in mind that both names had to be pronounceable for both Germans and Americans.

[LeftishBrit]

30. Mostly fine; depends on the name, of course

Old Testament names (David, Jacob, Joshua, Daniel, Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Rebecca, Adam, Esther, etc., etc.) are extremely common in my environment, so that I'm surprised it's even a question. Partly because my own family is Jewish, but I know lots of Jakes and Beckys, etc., who aren't.

Of course, it does depend what the name is - it would be a bit much to saddle a child with a name like Jezebel or Nebuchadnezzar!

[sarge43]

31. Of course, depends upon the name.

Many of the names have stood the test of time and, unlike many of the trendy names, they're good for a life time. I imagine there are middle age women who loath their parents for calling them Bambi.

[av8rdave]

33. I have a real problem with O.T. names

Just my opinion, of course.

Everyone have a good day,

David

[madmom]

34. My daughter's name is Rachael, yes spelled with the extra A. We are

not in any way shape or form religious. When she first started school her kindergarten teacher kept trying to "correct" her spelling of her name. I actually had to go and intervene. This woman would have a heart attack with names today.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. Nimrod. nt