I've made a faux pas!

I really like the name Ezra, it's unusual and with only 2 syllables it will go well with almost any surname.

Far better than some of the popular names of the 80's....Wayne, Shane, Toyah etc...although each to their own!

I much prefer traditional names that won't sound ridiculous when your 80.

It is Hebrew, as is our Isaac. I do like traditional names, particularly Irish ones but I must say Marmaduke dumbledore is my favourite do far

My youngest niece is Ezrie apparently Hebrew for helper.
My dgds are Merryn and Elowen apparently Cornish and Welsh

Perhaps it isn't as bad as I initially thought. I wonder, Jane, if it's a name more popular in America? I only say this because I have a name which was more popular in the 60s but is still quite common in the USA. Oh, Atlantic and pacific, now there's a thought! My eldest daughter knows someone who called their little boy jack Russell?

PS - I think Ezra is a terrific name!

The boy name my DS and his then partner chose for their baby was disliked intensely by both sides of the family and we all playfully ganged up on them when we went out for a family celebration meal. The consensus was that it sounded like a used car salesman . They took it in good part and joined in the hilarity, which was really big of them.
The baby was indeed a boy, and they chose a different name (which we weren't terribly keen on but it's grown on us). Daft thing is, several years on I quite like their original choice of name, but I daren't tell them now

I rather like the name "Ezra", at least it's a proper name, not some made up weird thing!

I really like Alfie, it's very popular now. I have to say, we have been saying Ezra all day at work and my colleagues have all said it's growing on them. I do like biblical names (we have an Isaac) but I was thinking more Daniel or Samuel.

There are far worse names about as any teacher knows. Pacific and Atlantic anyone? At least Ezra is easy for him? to spell and will fit on his tray. Once had a boy with hyphenated first names and surname. Parents wouldn't allow any of it to be abbreviated and it had to be written in a tiny font to fit it on books, tray etc. Ezra quite restrained in comparison.

I too kept my counsel when DD told me the alternatives to the name they eventually settled on for littlest fella.
But I would have loved him just as much if he'd been called Marmaduke Dumbledore!

Grannyben you can tell your DD that I think that Ezra is a fantastic name. I was rather hoping one of my American DGS would be given it, though I did like the names they were actually given.
Children seem to be given such weird names these days that I doubt anyone is bullied just because of their name.

My GS 3 is Alfie and while I am used to it now and actually quite like it, when told his name I just blurted out "Oh no what made you choose that?"

Fraid I would have said the same !! My youngest GD s name was a surprise , but then they gave her a ridiculous nickname , I use her name not the nickname lol