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I really don't like Israel as first name, it's just heavy and cumbersome. In the Israeli novelist Avraham Yehoshua's book "A Late Divorce" there is an Israel who is called by his surname by everyone, including his wife, because "one Israel is already enough".

Personally I love it, but I do love Biblical names.

I had thought I had heard them say a name that sounded like SAY-sah but when I searched couldn't find it. Starting to think I am remembering incorrectly.

Weird, I was sure they'd use Richard in there.

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They said they were going to maybe do a theme of family names and maybe significant places (on FreeJinger, someone joked maybe they'd have a child named Katmandu) so I guess they did what they said. Okay. I can't complain, it's waaay more interesting than any other names a Duggar has ever put on a child (short of Jubilee Shalom, I guess).

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This message was edited 4/7/2015, 4:26 PM

Interesting. I kinda like Israel as a name, but I would have saved it for the MN spot. David Israel Dillard has better flow too.

Israel, lovely to see it in the first spot. I've always loved it, but I hardly ever hear it used. It goes nicely with David; a bolder first name with a more grounded and common middle. They compliment each other well. Solid combo.

First of all, I love the name Israel David.

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I know both names are Biblical, but I’m really surprised that two Christians (particularly since they're very fundamentalist) chose such a Jewish sounding name.

Israel isn't something I'd personally choose.Its more of a name of a place rather than someones actual name. I'm aware there's plenty of place names out there but "Israel" just doesn't work for me. It isn't the worst out there. Its miles better than other names. David is decent, classic and fine. Can't really go wrong with classics
I'm hoping she doesn't end up having as many or just as many kids as her mother there. :S No one in their right mind really would have that many biological kids-theres no reason to. I'm not meaning to be rude, i'm just being honest. But of course that's their business and concern. I just don't keep up with shows or pop culture such as that.

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Israel David is fine but I prefer Isaac David

Politics

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I am pretty darn sure that it was not only chosen for religious and personal reasons (they like to travel?), but also to wave their political flag very very high.

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Derick was wearing an Tsahal Israeli Defence Forces shirt in one of the People pictures.

This message was edited 4/7/2015, 12:48 PM

The name isn't bad, but personally I don't like the name Israel, and David as a middle name makes it kind of repetitive when you take the last name into account.

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Israel is used here in Brazil, and its usage isn't confined to Jewish families. I know two guys named Israel. Both of them are Catholic. Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Catholics seem to use Old Testament names a lot more often than other Catholics. They're common in Spain and Portugal as well as Latin America. (I wonder if anyone else has noticed this besides me. Given that Iberia had a very influential Jewish community in medieval times, it isn't surprising. The Jews of medieval Spain and Portugal had a strong impact on the culture.)

This message was edited 4/7/2015, 12:55 PM

Hmm, I wonder if they will have a geographical theme?

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Israel isn't bad. I've heard much worse. I associate Israel as a Jewish surname, so to me it is just like someone non-Scottish naming their daughter MacKenzie. Though I do know this is probably just me being odd.

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Edited to say: I didn't know there was a Biblical Israel until I clicked on the name in our database. Shows what I know. ;)

This message was edited 4/7/2015, 11:56 AM

I like it. Israel isn't a name I'd have expected from a Dugger, well Dillard. I'm glad they don't plan on going for a letter theme.

Both names are fine on their own, but Israel Dillard is a bit too rhymey for my tastes (the 'i' in Israel is pronounced the same as the 'i' in Dillard). And what if, somewhere down the line, people start nicknaming him Is or Izzy? Both of those nicknames don't go very well with Dillard.

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I also feel there is an overabundance of 'd' in the full name, what with David containing two 'd' and the surname containing two 'd' as well.

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In short: there is a bit too much repetition in the entire name for me. But that's just my personal taste: I'm one of those people who prefers for given names to have as few letters in common with the surname as possible, for the sake of variety as well as to avoid rhymes.

I like it a lot. But I hope they aren't going with I. That's going to be a lot tougher to pull off than J or M.

I like it. Israel is bold but not unheard of.