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I actually like Silas. Its an earthy name to me. I love the long I and I almost always prefer -as endings to -ah endings where Biblical names are concerned, so while Silah isn't really an option, I do like that ending.

I don't like Silas either. It always makes me think of Cialis.

I like Silas, and I don't think it's sounds sinister or slithery at all.

Torrie's friend went from a totally blah female name to a creepy male name. I agree, Silas is slithery and sinister.

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I recently read one of Ann Rule's true-crime collections, and there's one story about a man who got on a city bus in Seattle, and as the bus was crossing a bridge, he walked up and shot the driver to death and then himself, causing the bus to fall off the bridge and injured most of the passengers, killing an elderly man as well.
This guy was your stereotypical middle-aged white loner with no noticeable employment and no serious criminal history up to then, but obviously he had a few screws seriously loose.
His name?

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Silas Cool. That name just fits him to a T.

I was just thinking about the name Silas last night (it's in a children's song on our CD for the car).

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I can't decide on it. Part of me loves it for being so slick and smooth, but part of me thinks it a whimpy sound. I guess I can see the snakiness of the name now that you mention it, but I wouldn't have thought it sinister before.

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I think it more frilly almost, lacking solidity.

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I guess I do still like the name because it is so different than the names you often hear, and it has a decent history of use and the biblical reference. It's not my favorite, but it's a name I would appreciate on someone else.

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If I had to change my name from Sarah, I probably wouldn't choose Silas when there are more bold and unexpected choices like Silvan, Solomon, Simon or Sylvester.

Silas is my number one boy's name right now, one that I could actually see myself using. For me it feels like a Silas would be a nice, caring, and intelligent person. Plus, I adore Si as a nickname.

This message was edited 8/26/2015, 3:51 AM

Agree. It's the SIE that does it for me; same with Simon. Just slimy and nasty and like a dismal sigh.

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I'm happy for anyone who can stop being drab, boring Sarah. But I'd have gone for something more cheerful than Silas. Stephen, perhaps? Stuart?

I adore Silas.

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Oddly enough, I have a transgender friend who was named Sarah, went by Sesa, then changed it to Asa.

I don't like it. The sound of it evokes silence, soulless, eyeless, and Silurian. And I think it seems sort of petulant and slick because of the sound (that is the thing about it that made me decide I really disliked it in the first place - hearing it said aloud in real life as some kid's name). Seems more like a villain who is weak and chaotic, rather than one who is shrewd and evil.

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If I don't think about it too hard, it's just another old name coming back into fashion. I thought I liked it, a few years ago. And it's superficially kinda similar to Cyrus, which I like. I think an adult Silas would be obviously a self-named person, because the name has been too rare and is now fashionable. Possibly fine for the former Sarah, but I would have encouraged him to call himself Sean instead.

This message was edited 8/25/2015, 5:38 PM

I'm with you there. I also associate it very closely to the albino monk in The Da Vinci Code. Not a good name, IMO.

It sounds studious and serious to me. I wouldn't use it myself, but it's nice to hear on other people.

I actually disliked Silas until I realized how sinister and slithery it was. It made it more interesting. Less....bumpkiny.

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