Help me decide which biblical combo

I have [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] [name_m]Abel[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m] Jospeh already. Pregnant with my 3rd boy and loved the names [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] and [name_m]Moses[/name_m]. I can’t decide if [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m] or [name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] sounds better and meshes with my other 2. Any help?

I think [name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] is really cute. I think it meshes well with you other children’s names too. :slight_smile:

I like [name_m]Moses[/name_m] with [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m].

[name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m]. It’s just perfect, and it fits in great with your other boys.

I much prefer [name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m], but [name_m]Moses[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m] are just too similar for me to love. I adore both names individually though.

Have to say i like [name_m]Jedediah[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m]
But [name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedediah[/name_m] is also good just flows diffrently

I love both so very, very much.

I slightly prefer [name_m]Moses[/name_m] though, so my nod goes to [name_m]Moses[/name_m] Jeddiah, but only just!

[name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m] would be my pick

[name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedediah[/name_m].

I prefer [name_m]Jedediah[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m]. I love nn [name_m]Jed[/name_m] and it fits nicely with [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m]. [name_m]Moses[/name_m] as a first name is too similar to [name_m]Silas[/name_m] for me (the endings), with [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] as the fn all have an individual sound.

Congratulations!

I think [name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] works really well with [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] [name_m]Abel[/name_m] & [name_m]Silas[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] : )

I agree with @aprilm - I much prefer [name_m]Moses[/name_m] with [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m], but [name_m]Silas[/name_m] and [name_m]Moses[/name_m] really seem matchy-matchy to me. But I agree that [name_m]Moses[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] is pretty perfect!

Personally, I’d probably keep [name_m]Moses[/name_m] as a middle and find a new Bible FN. [name_m]Judah[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Zebulon[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m] ([name_m]Zeb[/name_m] is really cool, imo!, [name_m]Josiah[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Asher[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Levi[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] [name_m]Moses[/name_m] (not really my style, but it’s still a nice combo!), [name_u]Seth[/name_u] [name_m]Moses[/name_m], etc., are really cool, imo!

Good luck!

Both are significantly less mainstream than [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m] and, depending on your community, might be significantly harder for your son to wear. I think [name_m]Moses[/name_m] has-- very slightly-- an element of hipster-cool about it, at least as compared to [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m]. This is obviously not why you’re selecting the name, since I’m sure you admire his biblical namesake-- but [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] is still so fusty it’s almost not usable.

I echo ash above me-- [name_m]Moses[/name_m] would be a nice middle name, and I think most of her choices are a lot more realistic. You could even try underused gems like [name_u]Micah[/name_u], [name_m]Hosea[/name_m], [name_m]Abram[/name_m], [name_m]Joel[/name_m], [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], or [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]… and the [name_m]New[/name_m] Testament choices (like [name_m]Silas[/name_m]) tend to be even more approachable: [name_m]Andreas[/name_m], [name_m]Matthias[/name_m], [name_m]Justus[/name_m], [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m], [name_m]Titus[/name_m], etc.