Comments on: Name of the Day: Enoch http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Angeline http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-26968 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:26:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-26968 I would love to name my son Enoch simply because of the fact that Enoch in the old testament walked with God. I want my son to have a close walk with God. :)

]]> By: Emmy Jo http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5809 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:51:32 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5809 Among the conservative Christian families I know, Enoch certainly isn’t unheard of. It’s not common, but it’s not outlandish by any means, especially when one’s other boys are Silas, Micah, and Gideon.

I want to like Enoch, but I find it so very hard to say. I feel compelled to enunciate the last syllable in order to pronounce the name correctly, saying EE-nock, but my American English speaking tongue really wants to reduce the second vowel to a schwa for ease of pronunciation (EE-nuck). It’s just so much harder to say than Ethan, and I think that could be a big reason why it hasn’t caught on.

]]> By: Kat http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5730 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:07:59 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5730 When I hear this name I think of the man who played Enoch in a production of Carousel I was involved in several years ago. He was my favorite part of the play, so I love the name. It might be too biblical and unfriendly sounding for my husband, though, since he has no immediate reference like that.

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5722 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:37:54 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5722 Totally. Add Josiah to that list.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5720 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:05:52 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5720 LOL, Bevin – I didn’t think Ewok, but know that you’ve said it – all I see are ferocious little teddy bears!

Allison, your taste was fabulous! At 13, I believe I’d settled on Mystina for a girl and Barron for a boy. (Yes, with two rs.) Julian Idris is lovely.

Ferdinand, Elisabeth? I love Ferdinand! Okay, I love Munro Leaf. Is that where you came across him? I’m putting him on as soon as I find my calendar … WHERE is my calendar … stand by!

]]> By: bevin http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5718 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:17:20 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5718 I don’t know. It just screams Star Wars teddy-bear like Ewoks to me!! Wookiee is possibly not the best nn ever ;-)

]]> By: Allison http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5716 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:10:51 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5716 While we’re wishing them away, let’s not forget Isaiah and Jedidiah!

]]> By: Allison http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5715 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:06:59 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5715 Enoch is way too biblical for my secular sensibility. I had no idea about the connection to Idris; way back when I was in jr high, I was sure that if I had a son, his name would be Julian Idris. It didn’t play out that way, but hey, in retrospect, my taste wasn’t half bad for a thirteen year-old!

]]> By: Christina Fonseca http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5713 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:16:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5713 Enoch is a name I am very conscious of, since the town I live in has a now-deceased popular mayor by that name. With Old Testament names being in vogue I have wondered when I will hear this one.

That’s a great anecdote about President Coolidge naming his pets Enoch and Ebenezer.

I’m glad Wrenn suggested Enoch – I think he sounds kinda quirky.

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/30/name-of-the-day-enoch/#comment-5712 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:50:56 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2715#comment-5712 Oh no. I don’t love the ultra-religious-sounding names. This one can go away with Malachi, Ezra, and Caleb, thank you very much!

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