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Old 30-06-2008, 01:50 PM #1
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Default Do you like the name Eben?
It's my nephew's name, he was born on Saturday and we've had a mixed reaction to it so far.

Personally I like it. What do you think?

PS: It's pronounced "Eh-bin" rather than "Ee-bin". Think "Ebenezer".
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I like the fact that it's unique.
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Its a interesting name, I don't know I would call a child but its unique type of name as Mark said.
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It's ok... well, it's not horrible.

If I was into 'unique' names - it's very nice.

But I prefer traditional names so my view is somewhat biased.
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Yeah it is pretty unique. It was between Eben and Cooper.

Her other son is called Archie.
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I've not heard it before. Some people like unique and I prefer it to Archie
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I hadn't heard it before but she got it from the film Thirty Days Of Night. The main character is called Eben.
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I've never heard of it before, it's different I wouldn't personally call my child Eben but it sounds ok
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is it short for Ebenezer?

EDIT: just read your initial post again... lol.....

yeah it's unique! i like unique names.
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I love it.

Unique names are lush.
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is it short for Ebenezer?

EDIT: just read your initial post again... lol.....

yeah it's unique! i like unique names.
He's just Eben but that's where it's originated. It's weird because a lot of people ask is Archie is short for Archibald.
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Yeah it is pretty unique. It was between Eben and Cooper.

Her other son is called Archie.
I prefer Cooper but Ebens okay
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I think it's an awful name, I'd hate to be called it.

"Eee-biinn, your tea son" oh I'd hate it.
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I have a baby cousin called Eben but we pronounce it Ee-bin. It's not bad. But my family have an obsession with unuasual names. Some others are Rueben, Esme, Isa, Frieda, Rhea and Imelda. Not exactly your Jack and Jane, eh?
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I think it's an awful name, I'd hate to be called it.

"Eee-biinn, your tea son" oh I'd hate it.
Good thing it's not pronounced "Ee-bin" then.

Gazbo, I love the name Reuben.
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It's the same name as the main character in 30 Days of Night so I guess it must come from somewhere? Incidently spoken with an American accent, it sounds very similar to Evan.
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I think it's an awful name, I'd hate to be called it.

"Eee-biinn, your tea son" oh I'd hate it.
Good thing it's not pronounced "Ee-bin" then.

Gazbo, I love the name Reuben.
Oh I quite like it too, just saying you know, it's not exactly . . . Bob!
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I think it's an awful name, I'd hate to be called it.

"Eee-biinn, your tea son" oh I'd hate it.
Good thing it's not pronounced "Ee-bin" then.

Gazbo, I love the name Reuben.
"Ehh-bin, your tea son"

Still don't like it.

I'm not a fan of unusual names generally.
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Its different but I think its awful
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I think it's an awful name, I'd hate to be called it.

"Eee-biinn, your tea son" oh I'd hate it.
Good thing it's not pronounced "Ee-bin" then.

Gazbo, I love the name Reuben.
"Ehh-bin, your tea son"

Still don't like it.

I'm not a fan of unusual names generally.
Fair enough! Just like I'm not a fan of normal/common names
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Ooh, I like it! Unusual/unique names are my favourite
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its ok, my first daughter is casey when she was born there was not many girls called that even though i call her k all the time, other 2 girls are jade and leah they got boring names i like diffrent names not boring names
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Once you had said how it was pronounced I liked it more.
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I think it's lovely for a girl.
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I think it's lovely for a girl.
It's a boys name!
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