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in reply to a message by Bex
I strongly prefer Abraham to Theodore. Theodore sounds so dorky to me, though the nickname Ted doesn't.
Abraham is handsome and masculine and has so much Old Testament charm. Now I hope I haven't put you off it by mentioning the Old Testament. My four-year-old grandson is named Abraham nn Bram, and we are not at all a religious family; in fact both myself and Abraham's mom, my daughter, are atheists. But you can't deny that The Bible is a book that has had massive influence on our culture and I don't think being irreligious is any reason at all to eliminate any Biblical name and I don't think that the use of a Biblical name is any reason at all to assume that a family is religious. Abraham is not much used in the USA either these days but that's only a plus. You want your child's name to stand out, at least somewhat, don't you?
So I strongly urge you to strongly consider Abraham which is a great name and don't worry that it's "too religious", it isn't. Much better than Theodore. And Bram is a totally cool nickname, got a little bit of a dark side to it but in a good way.
As far as Daphne or Hilda, I really dislike both, so I can't really help you there.
Abraham is handsome and masculine and has so much Old Testament charm. Now I hope I haven't put you off it by mentioning the Old Testament. My four-year-old grandson is named Abraham nn Bram, and we are not at all a religious family; in fact both myself and Abraham's mom, my daughter, are atheists. But you can't deny that The Bible is a book that has had massive influence on our culture and I don't think being irreligious is any reason at all to eliminate any Biblical name and I don't think that the use of a Biblical name is any reason at all to assume that a family is religious. Abraham is not much used in the USA either these days but that's only a plus. You want your child's name to stand out, at least somewhat, don't you?
So I strongly urge you to strongly consider Abraham which is a great name and don't worry that it's "too religious", it isn't. Much better than Theodore. And Bram is a totally cool nickname, got a little bit of a dark side to it but in a good way.
As far as Daphne or Hilda, I really dislike both, so I can't really help you there.
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THanks.
Yeah Abraham is really growing on me. I know its a bit different with naming standards here in Australia, i wonder if my friends would think it was too religious.
Yeah Abraham is really growing on me. I know its a bit different with naming standards here in Australia, i wonder if my friends would think it was too religious.
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