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I love it. I think its perfectly usable. More and more unusual Biblical names seem to be getting trendy lately. I have seen a few Nehemiahs, Ezras, Calebs, and even Boaz in the Birth Announcements, so I don't see why this wouldn't work. This name has a lot of paunch and drama to it, which I like. I also love the possible nickname option of Cai. Plus, its a nice alternative to the poor tryndified Malachi, which used to be a nice name till the tryndee people got to it and butchered it to death.

I wouldnt give a child a name whose first syllable could be interpreted as death. Far too evil for use on anyone other than the comical villain in a bad Disney movie.

It's cool but it sounds kind of evil, like the antagonist in a book or something. But a lot of the boy names I like sound like that to me: Malachi, Lucian, Victor lol.

I think it's usable, but I dislike it. It sounds like the name of a villain.

It's nice, but I can't really pciture it on a real person, unless he's an observant Jew.

I ♥ Mordecai

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I knew a guy named Mordecai once. He worked with my dad and was pretty cool. I think he's probably in his 40s now? Maybe older, but he seemed younger than my dad. (I'm not sure if it matters, but if you're curious just for demographics' sake, he's also black and from Los Angeles/southern California.)

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So, yeah, I think it's usable. Maybe a bit tough to pull off, and maybe it can only work on the right person, but I always thought Mordecai was a cool name for a butcher. (I think he worked in the meat department with my dad, LOL.) I think it could work on a non-butcher too, of course, but I also think he had the right personality to pull it off--I remember him as very nice, with a deep voice. The Harry Potter nut in me likens him to Kingsley Shacklebolt, heh.

This message was edited 6/20/2009, 10:13 PM

Love it

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I would use it on my son, and I know another person who wants to use it as well.

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And, it has the very approachable Cai / Kai as a nn. or Mordy, if you're into that. Which I'm not.

I like it and as REM said it is Queen Esther's Uncle.
I've only heard it pronounced Mor-ti-ki.
I do like the History of the name but I wouldn't use it! :)

I have trouble seeing it on a baby, but humans sure ain't babies forever. On an adult male, I think it could work, but it'd be up to him. It could end up being really awkward or really cool.

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That aside, the name reminds me of hawks. I'm not sure why. I don't really dig it, for this reason mostly.

Queen Esther's Uncle

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Who helped her to save the Jews from Haman's planned genocide.

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Though I like the history of the name, I don't care much for the sound. I've only heard it pronounced as MORE-dih-KAY-EYE. Mor- makes me think of death... morgue, mortician, mortuary. And I don't care for the -cai ending sound either.

Usuable :)

I like it a lot. I think it's usable. I've seen quite a few of the more obscure biblical names being used. And, you could always use the nn Cai.

I love it...it sounds so dark and mysterious.

It's not usable for me. I don't like names that end in 'i' generally. I wouldn't mind hearing it - where is it from?