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Elijah or Isaac

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welshchick21 · 17/10/2008 21:13

Please vote - I love Isaac, my husband prefers Elijah...

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SilkCutMama · 17/10/2008 21:14

Isaac

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VersdeSociete · 17/10/2008 21:14

Isaac

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RubySlippers · 17/10/2008 21:15

Elijah

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VaginaShmergina · 17/10/2008 21:15

My cousin has two boys........ Elijah and Isaac.

My sisters boy is Isaac.......

Therefore Isaac wins !!

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LaDiDaDi · 17/10/2008 21:15

Oh, toughy! I think Elijah but but both are great names.

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AnarchyAunt · 17/10/2008 21:15

Elijah

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thisisyesterday · 17/10/2008 21:16

can't answer this one, love them both

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minorbirdOnElmstreet · 17/10/2008 21:17

Elijah.

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SilkCutMama · 17/10/2008 21:17

I rather wished this had carried on as the first few resposes had

Iassc
Elijah
Isaac
Elijah

etc

That would have been very amusing to watch (bot obv crap for the op)
sorry welshchick

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Kaplumbagadort · 17/10/2008 21:17

Isaac

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idontbelieveit · 17/10/2008 21:22

isaac

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changer22 · 17/10/2008 21:22

Isaac. It's a bit gentler sounding.

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alienbump · 17/10/2008 21:22

My friend has an Elijah and an Isaac too (wonder if I know your cousin VS?) - I love both names, Elijah is shortened to Eli (Ee-lie) most of the time which I also like as an abbreviation.

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VaginaShmergina · 17/10/2008 21:28

oooooooo alien, does her name start with a C and DH an M??????

I love a good mystery........ still Isaaac btw

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dinkymum · 17/10/2008 21:36

Isaac here for me, its on my list but DH needs more work lol

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AbbeyA · 17/10/2008 21:46

Neither, but Isaac is better.

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Merrylegs · 17/10/2008 21:49

Isaac - it's my DS's name so am biased though.
It has stood him in very good stead.
(Like Elijah too, but sounds a bit too 'holy' IYSWIM)

"Isaac's a soft name/It sounds like a pocket full of rain'
(Prefab Sprout - Little Green Isaac)

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welshchick21 · 17/10/2008 21:54

im new to this - what does DC, DS, DDS etc mean??

Thanks for all your votes - I should also have mentioned we also have a Noah (can you see a theme going on here...!)

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VaginaShmergina · 17/10/2008 22:01

Look along the top of the page here and see Useful stuff follow along from this and look on the acronym list, that will give you a good starting point

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purpleturtle · 17/10/2008 22:02

I have a Noah and an Elijah. An excellent precedent, I feel.

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Merrylegs · 17/10/2008 22:03

ooh, Micah is nice, if you're going all Old Testament.

(DS - son/ DH - Husband etc)

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MakemineaGandT · 17/10/2008 22:04

Isaac if you must. Elijah a def. no-no, especially with Noah as a big brother

What's wrong with James/Matthew/Luke etc if you want something churchy?

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purpleturtle · 17/10/2008 22:05

Perhaps she wants Jewish, rather than Christian, G&T

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MakemineaGandT · 17/10/2008 22:07

oh, ok. Sorry if was flippant.

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