Middle name help :)

We love the name Samuel, and are having a hard time agreeing on a middle name, even though we have similar criteria. (not expecting, picking out for future) I want it to be a unique biblical name… not too unique, but I don’t want it to be very common. I love unique names, and the only exception is Samuel, because of its deep connection and meaning to me in the Bible. I love love love Samuel Levi, but we can’t agree onit because of the Samuel Levi
Names that we like but not LOVE:
Samuel Zachary
Samuel Timothy
Samuel Jude (my favorite that we kinda agree on)
Please help us decide on THE PERFECT middle name!! Thank you berries!

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Maybe you would like…
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zaccai[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jabez[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Joah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Micaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Zerah[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Jericho[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]

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I’ve got a small collection of lesser heard biblical names on the go, from this I’ll offer:
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Enos[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Elihu[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Erastus[/name_m]

I haven’t looked into the context in which these occur, please accept my apologies if they have any negative connotations.

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I like these! but we can’t BOTH agree on names that are that unique :frowning: :frowning:

I think [name_f]Jude[/name_f] is probably the most unexpected as a middle name for [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] from your list.

Suggestions

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Asa[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Ira[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Titus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Kenan[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zechariah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Job[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zebulun[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zimri[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Azariah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Justus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Artemas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ananias[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Benaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jabez[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Moses[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Hezekiah[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Hosea[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zebadiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] Alphaeus
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Nekoda[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jair[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Obadiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Javan[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jotham[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Nehemiah[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Naphtali[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jarah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Jadon[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jeriah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Obed[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Anan[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gershom[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Neriah[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Barak[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Japheth[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Tekoa[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Baruch[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ephron[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jeconiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ophir[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Adino[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ishvi[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Moab[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Tiras[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Beriah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Abidan[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jehu[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Havilah[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Cleopas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Heber[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Merari[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Abijah[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Haran[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Mattan[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jabin[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ehud[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Talmai[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Huri[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Judea[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] Ittai
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Pallu[/name_m]

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WOW! that’s a long list :)) I like [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]! Also, I forgot to mention that I love vintage/classic names like [name_m]Philip[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m]

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I love the name [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]!

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]David[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Elisha[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jabez[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]James[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Jesse[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zechariah[/name_m]

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[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Levi[/name_f] sounds good to me :slight_smile: Maybe it’s because I don’t accentuate my L of [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] when I pronounce it?

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Jude[/name_f] is charming too - I really like the balance of it!
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] is classic and unexpected too!

If I were to suggest some:

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zaccai[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Toby[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Jericho[/name_f]

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HONEST OPINIONS: what are the first things that come to your mind when you here the names
Samuel Timothy
Samuel Zachary
Samuel Asher
Samuel Jude
Samuel Levi
do you think they are too common, do you think they are classic… what do they remind you of? I would love to hear other opinions!! Thanks Berries!!

any opinions?

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] – classic but also quite common

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Zachary[/name_m] – 80s-90s baby. [name_m]Zachary[/name_m] feels less classic than [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Asher[/name_f] – more contemporary Biblical, would expect born in the 2010s or 2020s

I’d say [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] feels the most classic, but [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_f]Asher[/name_f] is the most unexpected combination.

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[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] is handsome! :slight_smile:

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I’d do an uncommon middle with [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]. [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Tobias[/name_m].

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[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] jude is very handsome .

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