by erandir 56 Replies latest jw friends
We had friends with two boys, Matthew and Mark. When she was pregnant the third time, if it was a girl, they were going to name her Shemaiah. Fortunately, it was a boy, Luke.
Dad had a JW patient with six sons. When she delivered a girl finally, they named it Hallelujah!! Can't say I blame them. Hallie, of course.
I remember some awful names though. Can't recall, at the moment. Must have blocked them out.
Yeah, I've got one of those biblical names.
Aaron.
I recall meeting a j-dub with the name Moses. I met him while playing football, he and I were on the same team.
good friends of ours (hardline J-Dubs) have a boy called Jonah - oh dear.
other friend also J-Dub has an email address beginning gedaliah@... he's just a bit left field though.
how about:
Gehazi - would make a good accountant/lawyer/real estate agent
Nimrod - potential Cage Rage contestant?
Beelzebub - sounds kinda cute really - perhaps a career in childcare?
I was amazed in Spanish, how many people named their kids Jesus! Pronounced "hey zeus"
We had one in our congregation in the DR. He was originally from Puerto Rico and spoke english. We had visitors from Canada once and he marches up and declares:
"Hi, I am Jesus"
LOL
Frank75
Abimalech.
Or as we used to call him 'aBUMalech'
Also Eglon - he was so fat someone was able to put a sword in his belly and it disappeared right up to the hilt - a nice little OT story to show that even Jah has a good old laugh at fat people.
Katie - I take it you're not scouring the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures TM) for names for your little one ?
As AnnOMaly said, "Mahershallhashbaz" can be something of a mouthful, but I am pretty sure I remember an actor on TV with that name. A couple of years ago Aussie TV had a popular show called "Threat Matrix" in which one of the actors had that name. Nah, don't worry, he was one of the good guys.
If I am not very much mistaken, that name, running into six syllables, is the longest word in the Bible.
Cheers
Methuselah!
Haggith, it's like saying haggis with a lisp, or Hag for short
Tiglathpileser
"Tiggy" as a little guy
"Tig" all grown-up
Gomer (wife of one of the minor prophets)
Jemimah (one of Job's daughters and pancake magnate)
Hagar (Ishmael's mother; Abraham's wife's handmaiden)
and many others.
Regards,
SandraC
