Like Isaac only different…

Boy Names
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My husband and I are expecting our third baby and are at an impasse when it comes to boy names (we don’t know the baby’s sex).

We already have a son named [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] and a daughter named [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]. I love the name [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] for a boy but my husband, who is not religious, thinks the name is too biblical, especially when paired with [name_m]Ezra[/name_m].

So I’m on the hunt for boy names that are not overtly biblical and that work well with [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] and [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]. We have a short last name that starts with a T and ends with an S and we will most likely go with the middle name [name_u]Lee[/name_u].

We both tend to like names that are neither too common nor too obscure. Other names that have been considered and rejected include:

[name_m]Miles[/name_m] (I really like it but the S at the end doesn’t work with our one-syllable ending in S last name)
[name_m]Silas[/name_m] (same as above, too many S sounds)
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m] (too common for me, to biblical for him)
[name_u]Noah[/name_u] (same as above)
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m] (husband nixed because of X-men connection)
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] (husband nixed)
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] (husband nixed, says it sounds like a cartoon character)
[name_m]Heath[/name_m] (husband nixed because he thinks everyone will assume his baby is named after [name_m]Heath[/name_m] [name_m]Ledger[/name_m])

We are now at a total impasse. I’m still secretly hoping he’ll come around to [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], but he really has strong feelings about what he sees as the inherent religiosity of the name.

Suggestions welcome for a good alternative!

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[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennet[/name_m]
[name_m]Xander[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]

3

[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_m]Bryant[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u]

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[name_u]Owen[/name_u] immediately came to mind, but that’s fairly common. I’ll also second the suggestion of [name_m]Xander[/name_m] above.

A potluck of ideas -
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
Isarno (this cool Germanic name means “eagle of iron”) Isarno - Meaning of Isarno, What does Isarno mean?
[name_m]Isandro[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Alonzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaze[/name_u]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Lance[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]
[name_m]Vince[/name_m]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]/[name_m]Zayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierce[/name_m]
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_m]Quinton[/name_m]

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[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_u]Ashton[/name_u]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Toby[/name_u]
[name_u]Tobin[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]

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[name_u]Jude[/name_u] is the first name that came to mind. [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], and [name_u]Jude[/name_u].

[name_m]Zachary[/name_m] sounds similar to [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] but not sure if it’s too much Z along with [name_m]Ezra[/name_m].

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[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]

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Here’s a random sampling:

[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Rivers[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
Gresham
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u]
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]
[name_u]Raleigh[/name_u]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Langston[/name_m]
Rigdon

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] you find something you like!

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[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] and…

[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]*
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]*
[name_m]Kellen[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]*
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]/[name_m]Kelvin[/name_m]
[name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_u]Keenan[/name_u]/[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Travis[/name_m]
[name_m]Knox[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Blake[/name_u]*
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]*
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Drake[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Israel[/name_m]
[name_m]Zeke[/name_m]

Sorry for any repeats

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Thanks for all of the suggestions.

@Tfzolghadr I like [name_m]Malcom[/name_m] and never considered the [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] connections.

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Some good suggestions here. Thanks everyone.

I like both [name_m]Josiah[/name_m] and [name_u]Jude[/name_u] a lot. Also [name_u]Tobin[/name_u] (or [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]) although I don’t like it with our last name. [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] is actually my middle name. I like it more for a girl (although I know it’s usually a boy name) but wouldn’t rule it out for a boy. My husband thinks it’s weird to use my middle name as a first name for our child though.