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[amandidda.livejournal.com]

My best friend is pregnant with her first child, a boy, and she is dead set on the name Nicodemus. Personally, it's not my favorite. What do you guys think?

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[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

well, they can call him Nico for short- that's cute

[breenah.livejournal.com]

At least he can go by Nick or Nico.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce that?

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

I think you should give her a copy of The Secret of NIMH as a baby present ;P

Nico is a pretty cute nickname- it could be a lot worse.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

omg than you for getting the allusion! <3 <3 haha I've always loved Nicodemus - mind you, only ever as a MIDDLE name possibility :P

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

http://www.sparrowsp.addr.com/images/nimh2.jpg

thats all I can think of when I hear the name.

[la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com]

I think it reminds me of Nicoderm.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll have to suggest it.

Oh, good reason. Have tot ell her that.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

True, problem is her brother's name is Nick. Could get confusing.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

nik oe DEE muss

It's a Bible name. Means "Victory of the people"

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

:) I shall! Didnt even think of that.

True.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Well, it reminds me of Nickelodeon.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Oooh okay. Thanks.

I agree with others. I like Nico for a good nn :)

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

I reminds me of my school's mascot, Nicodemus, the sheep.

[taleofaredhead.livejournal.com]

Couldn't she just name him Nicholas? :\ Nicodemus is super creepy sounding to me.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I kind of like it, actually. Better than most posts here...

[ivegotbaggage.livejournal.com]

This this this! :-)

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Seconded! I love The Secret of NIMH :)

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of epidermis.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

"The leeeeea of the stoooooone".

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Demus doesn't rhyme with penis... DEE-muss, kind of?

[hoochiehoops.livejournal.com]

Sorry but yuck, this is the same thing when my aunt named her daughter Nikita, my mom said everyone is just going to call her Nikki anyways, why not just name her Nicole?

[screamatmyself.livejournal.com]

It may not be exact, like frog and log, but it's close enough it would cause a lot of shit in the kid's life.

Please disregard the following insanity...

[screamatmyself.livejournal.com]

...*ROFL*

Bwahahahaha..haha..haha..

*deep breath* Okay, I'm overtired so I am in a really weird mood and that name is just... not cool. When I was a kid, my parents were strict religious types and we watched this show...*Googles* The Gospel Bill Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_Bill_Show). It's like, a chunk of my childhood. and the deputy's name was... Guess what? Nicodemus!

So to me, Nicodemus is a religious cowboy.

I've sat here and tried to get past it, but uh... it's still a preaching cowboy.

Not cool. At all. In any way. Please, for the love of God, don't.

Convince them to use Nicholas, or Nikolai.

Now, excuse me whilst I go sleep. For a looooooong time.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Actually, because I'm a teachers aid for 6th grade an know how mean little kids can be, all I can hear is "Nico-dumb ass!"

[arbus.livejournal.com]

nicoderm. as in, the stop smoking gum or whatever. thats all i see.

nico is awesome though.

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

I prefer nicolai but I tend to like eastern european names. Either way its a nice biblcal name and I like the NN nico as well.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

My dad is in a band that plays this ancient Finnish folk music and their first album is called Nikodemus. I think it was named after a musician who also played the instrument they play in the band. Anyway, I kind of like it but I don't think it's such a good name for a child. What about Nikolai, if she doesn't want to use the more common Nicholas.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that it was an actual name; I just thought it was a plant that they used on Smallville ones. That's automatically what I thought of. I don't like it very much, but it's not my kid so all the power to her.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a Bible character. The Smallville plant didn't occurs to me until now. Oh crap, she's a Smallville fan! Please dont let that be where she got the idea from.....

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

The more people say it, the more I love Nikolai. She wont use Nicholas cause it's her brother's name.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I think Nicodemus is pretty cool. I don't see a problem with it being the kid's first name. If he doesn't like it, he can go by Nico, as others have said. I think it's great to see something that's different but still legit, especially because it still has a good nn option to offset the difference.

[jennahenna.livejournal.com]

this.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

I once read a children's story with a dog named Nicodemus in it.

Cody would make a nickname possibility.