Comments on: CLASSIC NAMES: Ten You Never Thought Of

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:16:49 +0000

Bersaba is an old Cornish variant of Bathsheba too.

By: robynkit

robynkit — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:14:48 +0000

I suspect we’ll see many more gaming and fantasy names in the near future: WOW: Paladin. Lorcan sounds like a fantasy name to me. The only name I would consider is Corin–Keturah is seldom occasionally used–Biblical names are a good option but there are some of them that sound cumbersome or do not roll off the tongue easily (Uz and Buz, Zadok) and would garner a lifetime of teasing. My daughter just named her son Seth which I like–for a girl I would consider Charis which is Greek for Grace.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:41:20 +0000

Paladin might be a choice that will ring odd with the gaming generation. Many games, from Diablo 2 and World of Warcraft to name two, have a paladin class. I, myself, am known as a draenei paladin! The paladin in gaming is referred to by such things as “Pally”, “Pink”, “Laddie”, and “dink”.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:39:10 +0000

Corin- also a name from CS Lewis’s “The Horse and His Boy”. Corin was the 2nd in line to the Archenland throne behind his twin brother Cor.

By: JNE

JNE — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:32:02 +0000

Toddler TV favorite in my house, Yo Gabba Gabba, has an episode in which a cute little girl named Keturah is featured in the ‘real kids dancing’ portion of the show. I thought it was a very unique and didn’t realize it was a Biblical name. Of all the names on the list, that is the only one I’ve heard in use in any way. Fun post!

By: teabee

teabee — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:58 +0000

I went to school with an Amoret except it was spelled differently so I couldn’t find it here before and wondered if it was made-up. Thanks for the info!

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:12:58 +0000

The pronunciation of Nicasio is nee-KAH-see-oh. Listen here: http://forvo.com/word/nicasio/

By: Sebastiane

Sebastiane — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:27:54 +0000

I think all of these names are cool. I would not consider them classics though because to me a classic is a name that has been consistently popular for a long time. Though legit names with a rich history, none of these ever made it to the top 1000.

I am especially fond of these,

AMORET-this is so sweet and romantic

BATHSHEBA –Sheba is an awesome nickname

CIRCE-I have always loved this

KETURAH-Ketty is a sweet nickname

LORCAN

By: Emmy Jo

Emmy Jo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:11:17 +0000

Lovely list!

My favorite for girls has got to be Amoret — Spenser also calls her Amoretta at times, which I find just as pretty, though perhaps more likely to be confused with a liquer.

For boys, I wish more parents would turn to Eleazar and Abijah. After all, they’re not a far step from Ezekiel and Elijah. Why shouldn’t they be just as usable?

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Wondering about the pron of Nicasio — Nih-case-ee-oh? Or maybe Nih-cash-oh? Or something else?

Like Amoret, Lorcan and Paladin!