I first fell in love with the name
Thaddeus watching reruns of the western TV series "Alias Smith and Jones" starring
Ben Murphy and
Pete Duel. They played outlaws
Hannibal Heyes (Duel) and
Jed "Kid" Curry (
Murphy), trying to go straight and dodging the law using the aliases
Joshua Smith (Heyes/Duel) and
Thaddeus Jones (Curry/Murphy). I was so completely in love with hunky
Ben Murphy (
Thaddeus Jones / Kid Curry), with his blond curls and blue eyes, I thought (at the ripe old age of, like, 8 or 10) I would DIE if I did not get to marry him when I grew up!
As for the other male names,
Elias is terrific, I have given one of my heroines the surname
Elias but also love it as a man's name.
Griffin I'm neutral on;
Ira is a pantywaist name, imo, and I can't stand the notion of
Jem on a boy.
Clem, yes.
Jed and
Jeb, I love both.
Jem? Hell no. But this is only my opinion, don't take it hard. If you like it, more power to ya.
I really like
Erica and
Zoe from your girls' list.
Theresa and
Fawn are nms, and I don't care for
Hazel.
But two thumbs way up for
Thaddeus!
~Lillian~Proud daughter of
Ann and
JohnProud sister of
Lauren and
LeahProud wife of
DavidProud mother of
Alexander,
Scarlett,
Sophia, and
Gideon