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Baby Name of the Day: Zebedee

April 29, 2010 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

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  1. Kerri McPow says

    September 2, 2019 at 12:27 AM

    Yikes! Looks like this write up is lost in translation! Think you could find it again? We’re seriously considering it for our boy due in a couple of weeks…

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  2. lulu says

    May 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    Zebedee sounds fun, and I do like Zeb as a nickname too. Another Z name I am fond of is Zebulon- I’ve like that name ever since I heard it in U.S. History class 🙂

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  3. chaneltara says

    May 4, 2010 at 12:11 AM

    Zebedee is my favorite boy Z name. It’s awesome. I love how it sounds and rolls from my both, and Zeb is awesome.

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  4. Christina Fonseca says

    April 29, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    I love the nickname Zeb no matter how you get to it. The only one I’ve known IRL had a brother Heath, so maybe they liked one-syllable names. Both sounded good with their last name.

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  5. British American says

    April 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM

    I really like Zebedee! 😀

    My first association is with ‘The Magic Roundabout’ – so all my British friends and family would think I was nuts, if I used the name. But I was excited when I found out that the name is in the Bible too – giving it credibility beyond a kids cartoon. The name did show up in a Bible reading when I was pregnant with our son – but my husband wasn’t a fan of the name – too weird for him and he doesn’t even know ‘The Magic Roundabout’.

    JNE – now I want to use Oliver Zebedee! We have very similar tastes in names. 😀 I’d be excited if you did get to use Zebedee as a first name.

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    • JNE says

      April 29, 2010 at 9:25 AM

      Me too…. but right now, I can’t imagine having a third!

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      • British American says

        April 29, 2010 at 9:44 AM

        Oooh and another big plus for Oliver Zebedee is that we could use the nickname Oz! When we were considering Oliver it seemed strange to go from a one syllable girl’s name (Rose) to a three syllable boy’s name – so we needed a nickname for Oliver, but we weren’t really into ‘Ollie’. I like Oz though. Not sure hubby would go for that either though! 😛 Or having a third.

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        • appellationmountain says

          April 29, 2010 at 12:34 PM

          Ooh … Oliver Zebedee called Oz? That’s just fabulous.

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      • JNE says

        April 29, 2010 at 1:34 PM

        Now I’m suffering namers remorse for going with George in the middle spot… not really, I couldn’t have left George behind… but kinda sorta a tiny bit 🙂

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      • British American says

        April 29, 2010 at 2:16 PM

        Aww, I didn’t mean to give you namer’s remorse! George is cool! I’m starting to like him as a first name again. I did just read Curious George to my 2 year old.

        I totally have middle name remorse over my daughter’s middle name – having neither name picked before she was born and then feeling pressured to come up with a middle name right on the spot after choosing a first name. (Hubby wanted to wait until he called his parents (who live locally) until we could announce both names – I think we called before we picked a middle name. Wish I’d gone with something more unusual or with family significance.)

        I instant messaged hubby and asked if we could have a boy and call him Oliver Zebedee “Oz” and he just laughed. 😛

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      • Names4Real says

        April 29, 2010 at 5:48 PM

        British American, That’s not a no! 🙂

        And Oliver Zebedee nn Oz is such an awesome name. I would definitely put that one on the site.

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      • JNE says

        April 29, 2010 at 7:46 PM

        @BritishAmerican – remind me of Rose’s middle… I’m sure it’s lovely!

        I’m plenty happy with George, really; it leaves Zebedee for a possibility in the future, even if I’m pretty sure that won’t happen. (I said that after Imogen too, so it goes to show how much I know!) I’d be thrilled to hear of an Oliver Zebedee nn Oz somewhere out there… Oz is right up my ally (Oscar was on our top 3, take-to-the-hospital, list).

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      • British American says

        April 30, 2010 at 9:24 AM

        Rose is Rose Abigail – pretty much because I wanted something with three syllables to balance out her first name. 😛 Rose Araminta would have been much cooler! 😛

        I guess hubby already knows someone who goes by Oz and that’s putting him off that far away possibility.

        Rose was going to be Oscar if she had have been a boy! Though Henry didn’t end up being Oscar. The Oscar Meier wiener song was an issue for me. I do like the letter O though.

        Just wait until Oliver is 2-3 and maybe you’ll reconsider! 😛

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      • JNE says

        April 30, 2010 at 1:55 PM

        Rose Abigail is lovely.

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      • British American says

        April 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM

        Thanks!

        Rose seems to think her name is Rose *last name* Abigail. Then sometimes to tease her, I throw out a random middle name and then she’s quite adamant that she’s Rose Abigail. 🙂 And I do like the “father’s joy” meaning.

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  6. JNE says

    April 29, 2010 at 8:18 AM

    Well, this one was on the short list for us! Admittedly it is pretty far from my usual naming preferences, but it’s zippy and just so darn fun to say! (Would I annoy a child by saying his name over and over for the pure fun of saying it? Yeah, probably.) Plus it has a few nn possibilities that are all likable: Zeb, Zed, Zee. So why did we choose NOT to use it? Well, it’s because of the above-mentioned show, “The Magic Roundabout” – my husband grew up with it and he just couldn’t get past the association, even though he admitted that he liked the name quite a bit otherwise. We toyed with it in the middle spot, but I really wanted it up front… although Oliver Zebedee would’ve been fun (we even searched for a mn with a zippy initial to liven up Oliver, like Z, Y, X, or Q… but ended up with G). Not that it’s even remotely a consideration, if we end up with a 3rd and it’s a boy, I WILL revive it as a name option, even if it doesn’t go stylistically with the other two… I like it that much!

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    • JNE says

      April 29, 2010 at 9:26 AM

      Thanks for covering the name, Abby!!!! It is a favorite!

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  7. Sebastiane says

    April 29, 2010 at 7:51 AM

    This is kind of cool. I’d never use it myself, but I would probably love it on someone else. I love how its so full of character. Zeb is definitely a cool nickname option.

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