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Help[Opinions] Re: Conrad and Joseph.
in reply to a message by vigdis
I considered Conrad. My husband wasn't that into it.
I knew a guy named Conrad in high school. He was quirky/geeky, smart, funny-looking, and cool, and the name suited him. So it has always seemed among the most usable un-usual names I know. I could totally, totally call a son Conrad.
If you need to satisfy your Biblical thing, I think Ira is also cool, unusual these days, and usable. Better than Joseph IMO, which (maybe only to me) sounds sort of marshmallowy. Nathaniel is alright too, especially because of nn Nate.
I knew a guy named Conrad in high school. He was quirky/geeky, smart, funny-looking, and cool, and the name suited him. So it has always seemed among the most usable un-usual names I know. I could totally, totally call a son Conrad.
If you need to satisfy your Biblical thing, I think Ira is also cool, unusual these days, and usable. Better than Joseph IMO, which (maybe only to me) sounds sort of marshmallowy. Nathaniel is alright too, especially because of nn Nate.
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Thanks. :-D
It's not really a biblical thing. It's very odd considering that I was raised Baptist and am now Catholic but I have a thing for Jewish names and Jewish naming traditions. I have no idea why, although I suppose it's due to my dad and brother. They're both biblical scholars so when I bring up a old testament name they can give me the meaning and history behind it - and history is important to me in a name. I like names that have been used for thousands of years and have a weight to them. For every name on my list I can give you at least one historical and/or literary reference. I think that is why I liked Joseph for so long but I'm beginning to agree with you on it being marshmallowy.
Thanks for your thoughts on Conrad. I'll do some research, see what I can bring up to make the name more "weighty" to me.
It's not really a biblical thing. It's very odd considering that I was raised Baptist and am now Catholic but I have a thing for Jewish names and Jewish naming traditions. I have no idea why, although I suppose it's due to my dad and brother. They're both biblical scholars so when I bring up a old testament name they can give me the meaning and history behind it - and history is important to me in a name. I like names that have been used for thousands of years and have a weight to them. For every name on my list I can give you at least one historical and/or literary reference. I think that is why I liked Joseph for so long but I'm beginning to agree with you on it being marshmallowy.
Thanks for your thoughts on Conrad. I'll do some research, see what I can bring up to make the name more "weighty" to me.
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Mirfak, I think you may have helped me solve the mystery
of my likes and dislikes.
I have known a total of five people with my name, only come across it twice in books (and once it was used for a villian - a whiny, snivelling man with glasses- yet that book is still treasured) and I have no real namesakes. So I suppose I'm rebelling against my own name.
:-D
of my likes and dislikes.
I have known a total of five people with my name, only come across it twice in books (and once it was used for a villian - a whiny, snivelling man with glasses- yet that book is still treasured) and I have no real namesakes. So I suppose I'm rebelling against my own name.
:-D
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