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Mordecai is very distinguished sounding to me.
The whole "mor/mort" = death thing doesn't bother me. First of all as a good little name nerd I know that this particular name has nothing to do with death, at least in its meaning.* But more importantly for me, there are many Celtic names having "mor" in the name: Morgan, Morwenna, Maura, Maureen, Morag, etc. These have nothing to do with death so I am able to leap tall Latin building in a single bound and escape the morbid association.
If you talk yourself out of Mordecai, how about Melchior? It has a lighter, more carefree feeling to me and is just as Biblical. Then there's also Malachi, but then you'll have a whole thread on "Children of the Corn" to deal with . Melchior is much safer. :-)
* Mordecai, as a Biblical character, might have negative associations. I know Mordecai figures into the story of Esther in Persia. But I'm not sure if Mordecai is a good character or not. I think he is her father, which would be good.
The whole "mor/mort" = death thing doesn't bother me. First of all as a good little name nerd I know that this particular name has nothing to do with death, at least in its meaning.* But more importantly for me, there are many Celtic names having "mor" in the name: Morgan, Morwenna, Maura, Maureen, Morag, etc. These have nothing to do with death so I am able to leap tall Latin building in a single bound and escape the morbid association.
If you talk yourself out of Mordecai, how about Melchior? It has a lighter, more carefree feeling to me and is just as Biblical. Then there's also Malachi, but then you'll have a whole thread on "Children of the Corn" to deal with . Melchior is much safer. :-)
* Mordecai, as a Biblical character, might have negative associations. I know Mordecai figures into the story of Esther in Persia. But I'm not sure if Mordecai is a good character or not. I think he is her father, which would be good.
This message was edited 8/6/2007, 1:45 PM
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