Falling for Solomon

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Sol has risen to the top of my girls list, and now Solomon is winning me over in my boys list.

With my two kids, I loved their nicknames first then came across their full first names during the adoption/pregnancy and thought, “perfect”!

I’m loving Sol and Solly as nicknames for either gender, but in the country I live in, I don’t think I could pull off Sol as a full boy’s name. Solomon has that great old-man vibe, Sol is sharp and modern, and Solly is fun and classic.

My misgivings:

  1. Solomon is so strongly biblical to my ear. I have a biblical Hebrew theme going, but my other kids’ names are more subtly so to me, and I like the subtlety. It makes me wonder, is Solomon wearable or too much of a character?

  2. My other kids have the Spanish spelling of their names, but Solomon in Spanish is Salomon which I’m not a fan of. I still think Solomon will work where I live, but it doesn’t cross over as neatly between English and Spanish.

I think I’m finally letting go of Adlai as my top name because of pronunciation issues, lack of a nickname I can get excited about and how close it is to my daughter’s name in some ways. Jonas has been considered. I like it in theory but both my husband and I can’t quite get on board with it. Simon is another idea that checks off all the boxes including a fun nickname, but it doesn’t have that “it” factor currently.

Any thoughts are welcome.

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[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] is such a fabulous name - full of flair but also gentle, calm and tailored!

  1. [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] is obviously Biblical, but I don’t think it’s too much or too tied to one person. Perhaps this is because I’ve met two Solomons who both wore it well

  2. I’d stick with [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] as a spelling

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Thank you for all of the positive thoughts! It really helps to hear that you’ve met Solomons IRL and felt the name was wearable.

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[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] does seem Biblical to my ears (I do have strong associations with [name_m]King[/name_m] Solomon), but I have known several people with this name. This makes it feel more wearable.

As for the spelling, a couple of the people I knew named [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] were from Spanish-speaking households! While it’s not perfect, I do feel like [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] can cross between [name_f]English[/name_f] and Spanish fairly well.

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I think [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] is a great name too!! @greyblue describes it well with "full of flair but also gentle, calm, and tailored!” It does sound peaceful, sturdy, and reliable to my ear. (Love the meaning, “peace”)

I’ve never met a [name_m]Solomon[/name_m], but would be excited to! [name_m]Simon[/name_m] is also one of my very top favorite names. Similarly warm and gentle. While both are biblical, neither seem as heavy with that association to me as currently popular names like [name_u]Jonah[/name_u], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], or [name_u]Elijah[/name_u].

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This is really good to know. Thank you! I think I’ll poll some of my local friends when I’m further along for confirmation. I think being an expat family helps because people assume my kids’ names will be in English. Our Spanish-speaking friends sweetly try to pronounce Ruben with an English accent even if I introduce him with a Spanish accent.

It’s a close second. It might grow on me :grin:

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I just wanted to say I recently heard a dad calling his son (4 or 5 years old) Solomon at a restaurant, and I was so happy to hear it in real life! I think it’s completely wearable and the nickname Sol is awesome.

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