Message: "Zeke and Kai" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Zeke and Kai

by stillbreathingxx

7/26/2006, 10:12 AM

I absolutely LOVE both of these nicknames. Any full name suggestions they could be used for? Thanks!

#Kai #Zeke

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- Lindsay (LindsSans) +1

7/26/2006, 7:46 PM

I'd use them for Ezekiel & Malachi/kai. I really like the NN Kai and Zeke is growing on me.

- stillbreathingxx

7/26/2006, 8:01 PM

I think I've decided on Ezekiel and Micaiah. But thanks. =)

- Cambria (Korrine) +1

7/26/2006, 11:49 AM

Make sure you check out the suggestions I gave you below. Oh, shoot, I'll just paste the link here & make it easy for you. :o)

http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=607794&board=baby

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- stillbreathingxx

7/26/2006, 11:54 AM

I did, thank you! I replied. ;)

- Arcadia

7/26/2006, 11:39 AM

Everyone's had great suggestions for Zeke (my favorite being Ezekiel).

For Kai, my fav is Malakai (pr. mal-ah-KAI), biblical, but here are a few more:
Caiaphas (KAI-ah-fus)- Greek
Caius - greek
Cairo - Egyptian city name
Ikaia (ih-KAI-ka) -- Hawaiian
Kailash -- Indian
Makaio - Hawaiian for Matthew
Mordecai / Mordikai (mord-eh-KAI), biblical
Micaiah (mi-KAI-ah), biblical

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This message was edited 7/26/2006, 11:39 AM

- Elemmennope +1

7/26/2006, 10:55 AM

I don't have anything additional or other than the obvious to suggest for Zeke.

Kai is a proper name in it's own right. I see no reason to contrive a "full form" for it, especially to call him Kai anyway. That makes no sense to me.

- stillbreathingxx

7/26/2006, 11:34 AM

I have my reasons for it.

1) I don't like just Kai with either of the middle names we'll be using.
2) I don't like Kai on a grown man.
3) I don't mind it, but don't love, Kai with our last name.

- Silvie (Silversliver)

7/26/2006, 10:47 AM

I can think of anything for Zeke that hasn't already been mentioned, but what about Kaiser for Kai? Personally, I've never thought of Kai as a nn, but I like it for Kaiser.

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- aquanoun

7/26/2006, 10:40 AM

Ezekiel is the obvious choice and only one I can really think of that I would even consider.

With Kai, you could create your own name:

Kaiden
Kaiman
Kainan
Kyan (Queen Eye guy)
etc.

- DLB +1

7/26/2006, 10:24 AM

Zeke . . .

Ezekiel
Zachary
Zachariah
Zedekiah
Zacharias

Kai . . .
Kaleb
Kaia
Kaila
Kailey
Kailyn
Kaitlyn

Do you like any of those?

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- stillbreathingxx

7/26/2006, 10:28 AM

I like Ezekiel and Zachary.

Kai is a NN for a boy, so those don't really work, haha.
It's prn like eye with a K in front. ;)

- Bliss (guest) +7

7/26/2006, 10:23 AM

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?

- stillbreathingxx +6

7/26/2006, 10:29 AM

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?

- lawruh +5

7/26/2006, 11:32 AM

Jewish? They're just Biblical names.

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- stillbreathingxx +4

7/26/2006, 11:35 AM

True, but I never meet Christian children with either of those names. And I work with children (and often Christian children) a lot.

- lawruh +3

7/26/2006, 11:36 AM

Have you ever met Jewish children with these names then?

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- stillbreathingxx +2

7/26/2006, 11:38 AM

Yep. More than one of each, even.

- lawruh +1

7/26/2006, 11:41 AM

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.

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- stillbreathingxx

7/26/2006, 11:43 AM

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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