Scott and I realized today that we might want to get on this whole baby-naming thing.
I’m going to tell you the name I like best right now. Because I know you’re dying to know. And I know I’m not going to get to use it. Why? A) The child will probably get mercilessly teased. B) My odd-leaning personality is more suited to naming pets than children. C) It doesn’t quite pass the calling-out-from-the-screen-door for dinner test. D) Not sure it rates anywhere near the top on the executive-name-plate list.
My vote is: Moses Ezekiel Adams.
See. Chastise me. Now.
I’m not religious. But for some reason biblical prophet type names totally jingle my bells.
Who knows? Maybe that will be his name. Little Mo… Mosey… Mosey E… Mo-Zeke. I think there might be a rapper tag in there somewhere.
The name sort of works from a familial perspective. My grandfather was Moe, short for Moise, Scott’s maternal family name is Moore. M’s are good, yes? His paternal grandfather and my maternal grandmother are both E’s.
I’m not totally nuts?
We’ve thought of some other names we’ll be arrested by child services for using.
How’s this one: Amazing Quality Adams. The Q is for Quincy. You know, presidentially-speaking. (Guess which one of us is the Q fan.) With this name, all he can hope for is a career as a magician.
And people say naming girls is more fun.
Then there is the question of whether or not the baby will be able to get his own URL. Turns out I’m not the first person to think Moses Adams sounds like a cool name. Google reports a few. Granted, most of them lived in the late 1700s to early 1800s and seemed to have a penchant for the maritime life. Except for one budding 21st century South African skateboarder. Hmmmm.
Well. We have time. While I look to the bible and our respective family trees, Scott will likely be researching the comic book canon, and doing what he can to keep me in line.
Julie — love your blog. Jody and I often refer to NFL rosters for inspiration in the baby-naming department. Not because we think we’ll find one we like (there are some truly kooky names out there), but because it’s an endless source of amusement. Try the dinner time test with D’Brickashaw Laverneous Newlander….
I LOVE Moses Ezekiel!
Nana
We didn’t name our child until he was a week old. Like you, we kept saying we had plenty of time! We even sent out an email soliciting suggestions and got back some funny responses. Keeping that for the baby book.
Not that my opinion matters, but I like Moses.
Ooooh. Laverneous. That’s goooood.
Thanks Nana and Antique Mommy (and Ronna) for the Yea votes on Moses! Maybe I will get my way…? I like the idea of polling the folks. Watch out for an email, parents and in-laws.
Jules,
I think Moses fits perfectly for you and Scott! I could see you with a little Mo’ if ya know what I mean!
And good for trying it on for size, out loud that is . . .test driving is a good thing. So is secrecy too, everyone loves a surprise (since we all know its going to be a beautiful bouncing baby boy!). I’ll go either way, knowing or not knowing your decision and enjoy the journey till we get there.
I, too, love Moses Ezekiel. I don’t think it’s crazy or Child-Protective-Services actionable at all. In fact, and I hope this doesn’t annoy if I say it, the whole Big Biblical Names for Little Tiny Boys trend has been going on for quite some time now. Moses Ezekiel is an innovative variation. My sons’ friends and classmates have included Josiah, Zion, Elias, Zekiah (??), Jonas, Jonah and of course the more common Joshua and Jacob.
I think it’s a flexible set of names. He can call himself Zeke if he’s feeling like blending in at the fraternity; or he can be Moses if he wants to be Old Testamentish and rabbinical.
19th century WASPs loved those old testament names so it’s not at all odd to string them together with Adams. After we named our little guy Jacob, we discovered a Jacob Trent in my family tree on the Virginia side – a civil war vet.
You were kidding about Amazing Quality, right? I think he’d be better off with Quincy for a middle name than be tagged Amazing Quality. Also the initials spell AQ which is internet shorthand for Al-Qaeda. Not so good.
Go, Mo Zeke!
mozeke.com
Mosesezekieladams.com
mozekeadams.com
etc.
plus you can’t have any idea what the internet will look like in twenty years when he’ll want a domain -if there will still be domains- so why bother with this? I really think you go with how it looks and sounds to you, on paper and to say, with all nicknames and variants.
Moses Ezekiel Adams, wash your hands for dinner right now!
Anybody would come inside for that.
Okay, the theatre speech nerd in me has a bit of trouble vocally connecting the “es” in Moses to the “EZ” in Eziekiel. Other than that,I love it! It’s a cool name! Scott just sent me the link to your blog…very cool. Good luck on the name hunt-I am curious to hear what Scott will put on the table from the Marvel/DC lexicon….
Moses Xavier….hmmmmm
Love you- Jonathan
oooh! Xavier. I like that!
Maybe he’ll become a professor….:-)