[name]Even[/name] though I’m no where near having kids, I’ve recently fallen hard for the name [name]Moses[/name]. Now I spend my days in a name-loving-induced stupor (don’t lie, you all know what I’m talking about), thinking about the possibility of having a little [name]Moses[/name], coming up with millions of different middle name combinations, wondering what I would name his siblings, etc. But one question keeps popping up in my mind: is [name]Moses[/name] even usable?
I live in the south eastern USA where [name]Moses[/name] is still thought of as just an old man and a Bible character (not gonna lie, I think the biblical [name]Moses[/name] was awesome, and it is part of the reason I love the name so much) - but can I, a lowly youth worker, pull off a name that even [name]Gwyneth[/name] Paltrow got knocked for? And even worse, are people going to think I…gulp…stole a celebrity name? The horror.
So berries, let’s talk about this for just a second: do you think I will one day be able to use my beloved [name]Moses[/name], or should I set it on the back burner?
And just for fun (because who doesn’t love hypotheticals?!), let’s imagine that I do name my son [name]Moses[/name] in the future. What would his middle name be? What would I name his siblings?
[name]Just[/name] to get an idea of my taste - which normally changes by the day - here are some of the ideas I’ve had already:
For middle names…
[name]Moses[/name] [name]Burch[/name] (my grandfather’s middle name)
[name]Moses[/name] [name]Charles[/name] (my grandfather’s first name, and a long standing family name)
Names I love…
Boys: [name]Moses[/name], [name]Bodhi[/name], [name]Solomon[/name], [name]Finn[/name], [name]Levi[/name], [name]Boone[/name] (mn only), [name]Beau[/name], [name]Abraham[/name], [name]Leo[/name], [name]Sam[/name] ([name]Samuel[/name]), [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Theo[/name], [name]Boaz[/name], [name]Amos[/name]
Girls: Maggie (short for…something), Isla, Rose/Rosie, India, Mae, Sophie, Anna/Annie, Shiloh (in my defense: no [name]Brad[/name] & [name]Angie[/name] connection here! [name]Shiloh[/name] is the name of the beautiful pre-Civil War era church my grandfather pastored for over 40 years, and it is the place where my boyfriend and I plan to tie the knot next summer)
Let me hear some of your ideas!
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