Ten More Biblical Names NOT to Call Your Kids
Where not to look for divine inspiration on your baby’s name.
When I wrote Ten Biblical Names NOT to Call Your Kids, I was unprepared for the outpouring of gratitude that would come from so many parents-to-be who had been unwittingly considering naming their children Dodo, Nimrod, Mash, and Judas.
This is why I write: To help people in real, practical ways.
And if I can save some poor child from being named after our Lord and savior’s betrayer, then I have done a good thing.
Choosing a name for your child: It’s not something that you want to get wrong as parents. After all, your child is stuck with the name you choose for them — at least until they are legally old enough to change it. Hopefully, it doesn’t come to that, though.
When you’re expecting, you pour over baby name ideas and give them what I call the “Schoolyard Test.” It goes something like this: “What could nasty kids in the schoolyard do to this name to make it into a horrible insult?”
Louise? Not sure about that one.
Karen? Probably not.
Dick? I don’t think so.
Many couples turn to the Bible for divine inspiration when choosing a name for their soon-to-be-born…
