If our next LO is a boy...

CaffeinatedMommy

  DH wants to name him Abraxas, and call him Brax.  We are far off from TTC(about a year from now), but every now and then we throw out names to each other.  I always liked the name Jack for a boy, but it seems like it's becoming fairly common nowadays.  WDYT?

LadyXaverian

If you like Brax, I'd be more likely to go with Braxton. I've never heard of Abraxas. It sounds made up to me.

CaffeinatedMommy

  I ended up googling it because it does seem like an odd, off the wall name.  Apparently it's Greek and means "a mystical word".  I'm leaning more towards Jack, personally.

forensicmama

That's an interesting name. I don't mind ethnic names. Greek names tend to be pretty interesting. I have always liked Ianthe (ee-an-thee) which means Violet. I wouldn't use it, though. It would look odd with our VERY English last name.

 Jack is my #2 fave boy's name. 

HappyMrsK

I'd go with Jack if I were you. I found this about the name:

https://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=abraxas

https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Abraxas

Just an FYI

 

forensicmama

HappyMrsK:

I'd go with Jack if I were you. I found this about the name:

https://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=abraxas

https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Abraxas

Just an FYI

 

Eeeeep! Harry Potter association AND demon name? OK... I take it back. GO WITH JACK!!! 

strangebird

Yikes! Even without learning the associations, Abraxus is horrendous. I think your son might actually hate you for that one--and I'm usually one to say boys don't really care about their names.

Why not worry about this when you conceive and determine for certain it's a boy? Maybe by then your husband will have developed better taste in names.

vanessaNOV2

Brax is cute. We started calling DS #1 Lem (short for Liam) when he was born. I LOVE the Jack but since I named my cat jack, my H won't go for it for DS #2.

completelyundefinable

I've heard the name Abraxas before....but it was a horse.

QueenBee320

Around here Abraxas is the name of a boarding school for kids who have gotten into legal trouble mostly drug/alcohol problems but other stuff too, it's kind of like juvenile detention center.  I do think Brax is cute though, Abraxas doesn't have a good association for me.

BelleBaby

I said this about another name last week, but Abraxas sounds like a prescription drug.  I imagine some kind of anti-depression medication when I hear it.

amwadas

I prefer Jack.

nursedevivo

QueenBee320:

Around here Abraxas is the name of a boarding school for kids who have gotten into legal trouble mostly drug/alcohol problems but other stuff too, it's kind of like juvenile detention center.  I do think Brax is cute though, Abraxas doesn't have a good association for me.

 

This. Same here and I live in Ohio, not PA like QueenBee who posted this...

starlight8323

It sounds like it's right in line with the Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxton, Paxton, Daxton, Braxton evolution.

If you are calling him Brax, most people will assume his full name is Braxton, eventhough this trend may not have been a part of your DH's thought process.

If you are looking for something MEGA- trendy, then you will want to wait until you are pregnant to come up with a name, as by then there will be a new step in this evolution (I've seen a few Maxtons popping up already, but we'll just have to wait and see)