Comments on: Name of the Day: Eben

By: Baby Name of the Day: Armistead | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Armistead | Appellation Mountain — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:03:33 +0000

[...] History. The flag stayed in the Armistead family for years before George’s grandson, Eben Appleton, arranged the [...]

By: Sarah A

Sarah A — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:23:32 +0000

Congratulations on your son Rachel! I would pronounce this name EE-ben, but that’s only because my association with the name is Abba Eban, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. He narrates a great 3 part PBS series called Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (Jewish Studies minor here!). I have no idea about the history of his last name, but I do know he was born in South Africa. So Abba Eban could be an association that (esp politically minded) people might have, and therefore pronounce it EE-ben. But EH-ben is wonderful and congrats again!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:09:22 +0000

Hi there Verity (or are you going by Abby online? I forget, sorry!)

It’s partially because of my endless perusing of your site that we discovered the name Eben—and we’ve chosen it for our newborn son. We love it. (Incidentally Ansel is his middle name—another AppMtn entry!) I would be interested to know whether you’ve heard varying pronunciations of the name—we pronounce it EH-ben, as in Ebenezer, not EE-ben, but I do anticipate some confusion in the future since the name is so uncommon.

Thanks as always for a fantastic site…and if our next is a girl, I know EXACTLY which ApptMtn name we’ll be using…cheers!

By: Baby Name of the Day: Gannon « Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Gannon « Appellation Mountain — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:04:40 +0000

[...] Gannon on their list of “good” unusual baby names, in the company of choices like Eben, Lander, and [...]

By: Sunday Summary: 2/6/11 « Appellation Mountain

Sunday Summary: 2/6/11 « Appellation Mountain — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:50:31 +0000

[...] 2009, I wrote about Eben. And last year, it was [...]

By: Mookie

Mookie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:15:13 +0000

Is it pronounced EH-ben, EE-ben, or what? The name is quite nice — awkward for me, considering I just heard of it for the first time, but I’m sure it’ll grow on me the more I think of it.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:46:44 +0000

Bek, I *love* names like that – when the meaning isn’t just the one listed in the baby book, but one from the fabric of our lives!

And Evan strikes me as kind of dull and dated.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:44:36 +0000

Hmmm … Lola, I wonder if JH’s character in the movie is why I’ve seen Eben pop up a time or two? There are worse inspirations!

By: Emmy Jo

Emmy Jo — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:07:29 +0000

Eben is okay, but it sounds like a heavily-accented pronunciation of Evan. I just can’t get around that.

I love the meaning of Ebenezer. I lump it in with Hephzibah and Mehitabel in the category of “Biblical names with awesome meanings I’d love to use but can’t.”

By: Bizzy

Bizzy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:09:11 +0000

When I first heard Eben, I liked it. But it is really growing on me, now! I am a sucker for turn of the century names, and I also love the biblical reference. I wasn’t aware of quite how popular it actually was, which gives it even more credibility in my mind. I would be pleased as punch to meet a little Eben.