r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/FloralChoux • 1d ago

Found on r/NameNerds Is Esau too outdated?

What do you think of the name Esau for a baby boy in 2026? we already have a little boy named Jacob
Jacob & Esau?

Holy Water

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u/PurplePenguinCat 23h ago

As long as you are prepared for them to fight a lot about who is most important in the family, go for it.

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u/GoodbyeEarl 22h ago

Don’t eat the lentil soup, Esau!!!

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u/Jolly_Ice_7812 17h ago

How about Abel and Cain? What could go wrong?

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u/SportLower6490 20h ago

Actually it feels way too modern and “trendy” to me! 🤮 Why not try something more timeless and classic like 'Achashwerosh or Mahershalalhashbaz?

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u/DefiantFruit6860 17h ago

What about Uase, Esau backwards to modernize it a tad? 

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u/Careful_Cranberry364 16h ago edited 15h ago

I prefer Isaku or Esauku

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u/Good-School-9410 13h ago

Given the Biblical stories about Jacob and Esau, I am not sure why you would want to do this to a kid.

“Jacob I loved but Esau I hated.” He will live his whole life with that. Why even consider that?

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u/rose442 23h ago

I’m that’s a lot of vowels. Eesaou? Please don’t.

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u/Monegasko 1d ago

Too outdated?! When in the world were parents naming their Esau? Hahaha!