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[highrider]

FWIW Aiden is actually a traditional Irish name.

Yeah I know but it’s like every kid now, my son’s basketball team is like Braden, Jaden..

 

[boiled goose]

Biblical
Too common
Generic

 

[finalflame]

dope tbh

 

[Cameron122]

Mark Antony betrayed the Roman Republic to become King of Egypt but my uncle Mark is pretty nice so im 50/50

 

[eKongDiddy]

I want to name two of my kids

Elisha and Ben-Judah. I don’t care what my future wife says. That will be two of their’s name!

 

[Matrix XII]

I think Mark is a good name.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

It's good. The world could do with heading back towards traditional names for a while instead of playing this silly game to 1up each other in terms of how unique their child's name is, earning them certain bullying until they're 18.

 

[Fast Forward]

BTW, I don't get the negative religious comparisons, and I say that as a Atheist.

At the end of the day, if Mark sounds good to you... go with it.

In that regard, hell, I have a little brother named Jacob, and it's not like he's a church going Christian because of the origins of his name. More like he does not give flying F either way.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Just a shade better than Jabroni.

 

[Maengun1]

Personally I greatly prefer Marcus/Markus over the one-syllable version

 

[Eylos]

Go rad, Go Marx

 

[Not]

Go rad, Go Marx

Marx is actually great

 

[Escape Goat]

Another vote for Marcus.

Just say no to Mucous, I mean Marcus.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

It's solid, Biblical names are like the bulk of the names I can take seriously.

That includes Nebuchadnezzar.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Biblical
Too common
Generic

I don't know anyone else called Mark, only 1 person called Marcus.
You could say a lot of names are biblical, but it's certainly no David, Michael, Andrew, Matthew etc.

OP, go for it. A number of women I've dated have said they really like the name Mark.

As a bonus, my old man decided to give me the middle name Antony too. Who was a bit of a badass.

 

[Necron]

Mark is my middle name. It's good enough.

 

[Korey]

Have you considered naming him after a cabbage?

For example, "Kale"

 

[Ambition]

ugly name

 

[Ravelle]

Mark is fine but you should ask your wife first before GAF.

 

[NekoFever]

Max....middle name: Power

My friend with the last name Blehs (pronounced Blaze) named his son Max. That kid is going to be an 80s cartoon hero.

 

[Shadax the wizard]

Go for Thor, Stu, Marc or Earl.

 

[Regginator]

Biblical
Too common
Generic

I thought Mark had a Roman origin before Christianity? Something to do with Mars or whatever.

 

[RoadHazard]

What happened here, did he have a stroke?

 

[FortuneFaded]

I have a rule against names found in the bible.

But you are okay with ones found in Sonic fan-fiction?

 

[SonicXtreme]

Mark is a fantastic name. One of the best names. I know a lot of great Marks.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Mark is still a very good, if a bit uninspired, name for a chap to have, though I must admit I am a bit of a sucker for Michael and Mikaela as far as M names for guys go (maybe I just like writing an 'a' followed by an 'e'?)

Edit: new page so may as well add some extra thoughts.

I work with a number of people named Mark and they are all well groomed, reliable individuals which is kind of expected given the names history and connotations, though I would feel bad naming my child something that could lead to not being the only one in class with that name (there were 2 Luke's and 2 Daniel's in my senior year) so I would always go with something a bit 'different' without straying too far from centre. Hence Michael, it's nice, similarly respected as a normal name but a bit less common overall.



Funnily enough I am seriously intending to name my first son Mikaela, as I've always had a soft spot for that name and along with my last name it sounds sort of ... 'Right'?

You're going to ruin your son's life if you name him Mikaela.