hi. HELP!!!! long but please read :)

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I am expecting a baby boy in April 2010. Having a baby is scary...but what I think is the scariest part of it all, is naming the baby. I thought about names even before I was pregnant, and I never had "favorites". My fiance didn't even want to think about names until we found out if is a boy or girl. Well since we know...he is helping out more.

The night we found out we have a little boy on our hands, he searched czech names (he is part czech) & dutch names (i am part dutch). He come up with some ridiculous names. But he said one...that we both really like. Isaac. But we found a different spellings of the name. I like Izaac and he likes Izaak. What do you think about the spellings? Does the 'z' make sense?
I really want the 'z' in there some place a) because he has a 7 year old son named Blaize & I like that they both have 'z's and b) his last name is Muzik (pronuced just like music) & again I am fond of the 'z'.

But is it too much? Izaak Muzik (i really dont like it both ending in 'k') or Izaac Muzik? And do you feel Izaac Muzik sounds good as a whole name? Muzik, is a really hard last name. Everyone is like its the coolest last name ever, and is giving us silly names like Lyric and Melody (hahaha) but its really tricky!!

Also I need some help on middle names. I love Izaac James Muzik. He hates it.
We have tried Izaac Benjamin which i kinda like and Izaac Thaddeus which is out there but i love it. Throw some middle names out there....we have tried family names but none works.

Any help I would really appreciate!!! Thank you!!!

Comments

[scarletladyy.livejournal.com]

I don't think the "z"'s together sound very good, and I hate "z"'s in names anyway.

I think Isaac is better - both in the way it looks and sounds with Muzik.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't like the way Izaac or Isaac Muzik sounds. At all. The flow is strange :( A middle name will help, but I really wouldn't go with that name.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I agree. the zak/zik ending is too much.

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

IA

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

I love Izaac/Izaak spelled either way, but it sounds a little rhyme-y with your name, unfortunately. Izaac Benjamin is really nice, though.

I don't know much about Czech or Dutch names, but a name like Zachary could be shorted similarly to Izaac but avoids the rhyming problem. Ike might work, too. Your last name is tough, but it is really cool.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I could handle Izaac, but I would never do it with that last name because that's just too many Zs.

[doxerssoldout.livejournal.com]

izaak muzik sounds a little awkward to me. what about using thaddeus as a first name? (i'm not sure how you're pronouncing thaddeus, i'm pronouncing tad-DAY-ooz, similiar to tadeusz.) i think thaddeus benjamin or thaddeus james sound nice.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to try to dissuade you from using Isaac with a last name that sounds like music. They nearly rhyme and end the same way. It really sounds bad together. :/

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Here are some suggestions for names that are either used in Czech, Dutch, or both, and would be okay in English:
Adam
Alexander
Bela
Bram
Cyril
Daniel
David
Denis
Dirk
Dominik
Emil
Felix
Ferdinand
Gabriel
Hugo
Ivan
Jakob
Jan
Johan
Kai
Karel/Karol
Leo
Louis
Lukas
Marek
Marnix
Martin
Maximilian
Milo
Niels
Nikola
Patrik
Pavel
Peter
Pier
Richard
Robert
Roman
Samuel
Stanislav
Stefan
Theodor
Valentin
Viktor
Vincent
Vladimir
Willem
Xander

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I tend to agree with previous posters...Izaak or Isaac both are too rhymey with Muzik. My husband has a rhymey kind of name (think Rhys Ross) and it's very confusing for people. He has to repeat his name a lot, and it incurs a lot of snickers.

Have you thought about other names that have a Z in them but that don't end in a "k" sound? Then they'd be less rhymey.

Ezra Muzik
Zakary/Zachary Muzik
Denzel Muzik
Laszlo/Lazlo Muzik

Or perhaps an X that has a Z sound, like
Xavier Muzik
Alexander Muzik

[frost.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I'm going to have to agree with the others- Isaac (my preferred spelling) doesn't flow well with Muzik. :(

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Isaac (whatever spelling) but NOT NOT NOT with Muzik. They practically rhyme. It sounds like a punchline. It's terrible. Trust me, he will hate you forever if you do this to him.

To be honest, I think the 'z' thing is a little much when there's a 'z' in the last name, but you want to make a little tradition of it, okay, I can deal with that. Here's some other names with Z's in them (most of which I have to admit I hate, but at least they don't rhyme with Muzik):
Ezekiel
Zachary
Lazarus
Dezmond (well, I've never seen it spelled that way, but I guess you could)
Franz
Fritz
Lorenzo
Vincenzo
Ozzie
Salazar
Denzel
Zander
Zane

[lilfaeriegirl.livejournal.com]

Isaac/Izaac/k Muzik sounds really choppy