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Help[Opinions] Obadiah
There was an article in today’s paper talking about the 100 year name rule and what names might make a come back.
In the comments one person said her neighbour had named her son Obadiah.
WDYT of Obadiah? Do you think it will make a come back?
In the comments one person said her neighbour had named her son Obadiah.
WDYT of Obadiah? Do you think it will make a come back?
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It's my nephew's name and I love it! I think it would be very cool to see it come back. It will fit right in with all of the other OT names of that style (and his brothers are Malachi, Gideon, Ezekiel, and Ezra). My husband had worked with an Obadiah years ago, who was called Obie, and so suggested it to my sister. We do call him Bodie or Bo sometimes, but I adore the full name. (On a side note, I saw someone mention Nehemiah below. There is a Nehemiah at my daughter's school who goes by Nemo.)
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It's cute but I wouldn't use it. It could make a comeback, much like Nehemiah did.
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I’d be okay with it making a comeback. I like it.
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I'm surprised by the warm reception for Obadiah! I feel like this name is a little hard to love. It does give me slight Deliverance vibes, but it's also a really interesting name. I'd be astounded and happy if it gets any use at all.
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Yes that is an actual thing, where names often disappear for 100 years and then come back.
Obadiah is such a cool name. Clunky and weighty, but I don’t mind that at all! It could make a bit of a comeback, wouldn’t say it would happen here in Australia, but in the UK I could see it and parts of the US too.
Obadiah is such a cool name. Clunky and weighty, but I don’t mind that at all! It could make a bit of a comeback, wouldn’t say it would happen here in Australia, but in the UK I could see it and parts of the US too.
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Names don't automatically "come back" after 90 to 100 years -- it's just that they become eligible for revival in the eyes of most young parents because they no longer associate them with "old and ugly" but can then see them as "cool and retro". But they still need to fit in with the sound fashions of the times and not have developed any massive negative stereotypes. It will be hard for Bertha to "come back" in the USA because it got stuck with the stereotype of "fat and loud."
There also are instances where a name "comes back" earlier than expected because it fits in so well with other popular names of the moment. Audrey in the USA in the 1990s, which came back about 20 years earlier than normal, is an example of that.
There also are instances where a name "comes back" earlier than expected because it fits in so well with other popular names of the moment. Audrey in the USA in the 1990s, which came back about 20 years earlier than normal, is an example of that.
This message was edited 5/13/2022, 9:48 AM
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It's maybe a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine bit I do like it. I'd love to see it more. I'd probably keep it to a MN myself, though.
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Like it.
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I think it's very mature and dynamic, I hope it does make a comeback.
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