Will our kids be made fun of?

To be honest, most of those names are in the top 100 in many countries. I don't think those names will cause teasing. However, a person can have a name like Jane or one of the most popular names like Isabella, can be ridiculed.Example, Issabitch. So, I would rather focus on choosing a name that you truly love and teaching the child to be proud of their name no matter what it is; to not judge people by their names.It's the character that is important. I know someone with the name Storm and they get complemented on it a lot.Names , no matter how unique or common they are can go either way

If he doesn't like it as a first, then I'd suggest using it as a middle. He could always call teh child by the first name & you call him by his middle.

If you want to see how popular the names are in different countries and people's experiences of the names, this site does all of the above

http://www.babynamewizard.com/

Hope this helps

Silas / Sylis is a awesome name i don't get why that would be a target for bully's but anyway.

What a SO ?

Well here are my suggestions :

Josephine - Josie / Johanna / Philly /.Ephian / Fifi / JoJo / Jodi / Jodhi / Phillipa / Jenifer

as for your iah names

Zachariah is fairly common - Zac for short no one picks on zac!

Jeremiah - Jeremy - Micah

Isiah seems to be being used more and more but still is very biblical and that can be a source of ridicule in the playground.

Isiah - Siah maybe?

any way hope some of this helps and remember you can formally name him something and at school he can always go by his nickname if it is more mainstream!

http://www.biblical-baby-names.com/

http://www.babyhold.com/babynames/Ideas/Top_50_Cla...

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/forum/top...

Hope these links give you some ideas

~ Good Luck ~

I think Zachariah would get made fun of, I think it's too much. I suggest Zachary

Jeremiah is in the middle because while I don't think it would get made fun of as in it sounds funny, because it's fairly common, it will get this alot, "Jeremiah was a bull frog, was a good friend of mine!"........ALOT. I suggest Jeremy as a mixture.

Isiah I think would be FINE. I think that with all the names around this is a fine Biblical name that everyone knows.

Remind your hubby that with kids getting named, Ireland, Harlow, Brooklyn, Mathilda and so forth these names of your's aren't that crazy, cept I would REALLY stay away from Zachariah.

May I suggest Josiah? And he could even go by Joe for your hubby and you get the "iah"

I think your both right in a sense and should blend and the name will be fine.

Oh and Josephine I think would be great! Old names are in with girls! Boys too but really girls.

Josie is cute too.

Most old fashioned names have modern day counterparts and nicknames

... you could use the name Zachariah and have his peers/father call him Zach. Or, alternatively, you could name him Zachary, Jeremiah can be nicknamed Jeremy, or Jeremy could be his name proper.

As for whether or not they'll be teased ... it's a possibility. I think, now a days, having an unusual name it's much of a teasing point in and of itself, it's associations kids have with the name that'll get teased. Famous people/characters, similar sounding words, etc. That is, unless you live in a very conservative neighborhood.

Josephine, and I suspect most of the feminine names you'd be attracted to, isn't that out of the ilk, or unusual.

Jeremiah, Zachariah, ands Isaiah are NOT old school names. If anything theyre getting more trendy now, Biblical names are the IN thing I guess

And Josephina is still in the lists.

Would never be teased with names like those. Theyre all good and actually grow with the child.

I like the names you have picked out. I don't like the spelling of your SO's name though, but I really like the name Silas. I think maybe he's being a bit sensitive, but try to find a compromise like using a more updated version of the names. Jeremy instead of Jeremiah, Zachary instead of Zacharia...etc.

Yes! Some kids are very mean these days. I don't think you would like your child coming home crying about kids teasing him. Try a different name. But NOT Harry.

My co worker has twins, a male and female, they are about 10 now. His daughter's name is Josephine. They call her "Jo" or "Jo-Jo" and she doesn't get made fun of. I like Isiah, my friend named his son that and his personality matches his name completely. Most of the "Iah" names will most likely be shortened to a nick-name, so I don't think it would make a huge difference.

Well, its obvious that those names would not be made fun of. I highly doubt most people get made fun of for their names, even the really weird ones. It sounds like he just flat out does not like your name choices and instead of saying so, he felt he needed to come up with a reason. You could do something similar to your names, but a little bit different. Doing Issac, Zachary, or Jeremy might make him feel a little bit better about it. I prefer those names to their "iah" counterparts myself. The ones you listed just sound way over the top to me, not something that would be made fun of, just not something I find attractive.

my little brothers names are jeremiah and josiah, they haven't been made fun of yet! ages 9 and 3, my name is laurelle, never met anyone with this name and i love it, my sisters name is samantha, she hates it because she knows 10 different people with the same name,

give them names they can change into nicknames if you are worried, we call josiah jojo and siah all the time!