What do you think of the name Zerubbabel for a boy?

Answer 1

Is that Biblical? Why don't you choose a name that won't be made fun of in this century. Pick something like Paul or David or Malachi. I hope things work out, good luck and God bless!

Answer 2

No, no and no.

What's wrong with giving him a normal name? I'd rather have a boy named James in a class with three other Jameses than have him be a social pariah with a name like Zerubbabel.

Think about how the CHILD feels. Not how unique and cool it makes you look, but how the child is going to have to feel - being twelve years old and still misspelling his name.

Answer 3

You're joking right? Here's an idea... Change YOUR name to that for at least a month. Read it out over the phone every time you book a restaurant, ring the bank, submit a resume, imagine it being read out at roll call at school. At a wedding ceremony... do you Zerubbabel take... After you've had enough, get real and choose a normal name.

Answer 4

It's a pretty heavy name to give a child. I would think it would make a great middle name. Have to be careful I can see the mean kids calling him "Zero"

The following is from wikipedia about the name:


Zrubavel (Hebrew: זְרֻבָּבֶל‎, Zərubbāvel; traditional English: Zerubbabel; Greek: ζοροβαβελ, Zŏrobabel) was the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate King of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (Ezra). Zerubbabel is also noted for laying the foundation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem the next year. Outside these important events, little else is known about him.

If the name Zerubbabel is Hebrew, it likely contracts, Zərua‘ Bāvel (Hebrew: זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל‎), meaning "the one sown of Babylon", and referring to a child conceived and born in Babylon; or perhaps even, Zərûy Bāvel (Hebrew: זְרוּי בָּבֶל‎), meaning, "the winnowed of Babylon", in the sense of being exiled in Babylon. If the name is not Hebrew but Assyrian-Babylonian, it may contract, Zəru Bābel, meaning, "Seed of Babylon", the one conceived in Babylon. (Contrast the related Hebrew form for "Seed": Hebrew: זֶרַע‎, Zera‘.)

Answer 5

What do I think of Zerubbabel, I don't like it.

Answer 6

When naming a baby there are many things that you must think of. you may like the name, but how do you think that your friends in grade school would have treated you. How do you think that they will treat him. Next, trying to spell the name. How long do you think it is going to take him to spell his name. At least until he is in the 1st grade. Then there is the pronunciation. He is have so many people look at his name, look at him, look at his name again and say "How do you pronounce this?"
As he grows up he is going to say, "I don't know what my mom was thinking when she named me."
In the long run, he will get used to his hated name, I know I did, but don't make him hate it. Give him something of virtue. Something that stands for something.

Answer 7

Please tell me you're kidding. Even if it actually does mean something, you'd be cruel to name a child living in America Zerubbabel.

Answer 8

UGH!!!! have pity on that poor child.

He will hate the name, even though love it. He will be upset all his life for being stuck with a name like that that will cause him years of harassment

Answer 9

Yikes!

Answer 10

Well, its... interesting, I can tell you one thing.....I dont really like it.Heres the history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerubbabel