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[Opinions] Re: Zeke and Kai
Well, it's kind of obscure, but I love Zedekiah, it's on my favourites list and I list both Zeke and Kai as possible nicknames...so there's that, but if you're looking for something a little more conventional, perhaps Ezekiel for Zeke and Malachi for Kai?
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I like Ezekiel and Malachi! Those would be the obvious ones, I guess. I just worry that it sounds kind of Jewish, which I'm not. WDYT of them as a sibling set? Very Jewish sounding, right?
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Jewish? They're just Biblical names.
--------------------"The dog is a gentleman; I hope I go to his heaven, not man's."
- Mark Twain.
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True, but I never meet Christian children with either of those names. And I work with children (and often Christian children) a lot.
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Have you ever met Jewish children with these names then?
--------------------"The dog is a gentleman; I hope I go to his heaven, not man's."
- Mark Twain.
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Yep. More than one of each, even.
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Either way, they're both Biblical names. Ezekiel isn't even Jewish. I'm sure there are Christian children named Malachi & Ezekiel. Upon hearing both names, I don't immediately think "Jewish". I don't think most people would.
--------------------"The dog is a gentleman; I hope I go to his heaven, not man's."
- Mark Twain.
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Well, they are Hebrew, and upon hearing that many people automatically think Jewish. You are right, and I was aware that they were Biblical - it was just in my experience, I don't meet too many Christian children named them. I'm glad, though, because I really do love them.
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