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Ezra is my pet rock's name, and I hope none of you give your baby this name. Why not? Because I'm a selfish twat. That being said, I love his name, and think that having a unique name that doesn't rhyme with anything is great! No one really made fun of him in school, but they did make fun of me for having a pet rock. I saw someone wrote that their son Ezra's name is confused for a female name. We moved to a Hispanic neighborhood and had the same issue. His little rock friends wanted to call him Ezro or Israel because the "a" ending is feminine in Spanish. They just could not make sense of it. But that confusion is a small price to pay for a cool name! I've only met one other Ezra in my life and both of the Ezras I know are amazing, thoughtful, brilliant rocks.

Personal experiences with the name Ezra: | Edit

I named my son Ezra. I love the name, but wasn't prepared for every other person we met when he was a baby assuming it was a girl's name. I thought it was too old and solidly masculine to be confusing, but apparently the -a ending was too much for some people. Also, people here in the South seemed to have never heard of it--I would say "Ezra," and they would say "Israel?" "Asriel?" "Asra?" I had to go through my, "You know, like Ezra Jack Keats? Ezra Pound? Ezra in the Bible?" speech to more blank looks than I expected. Still, I wouldn't change it--it's a beautiful, strong old name with a lot of tradition and it appears to be making a comeback.

Nicknames for Ezra: | Edit

Ez, Ezzy, Razz, Ray, RahRah, Ezrahrah, Ezzro, Ezzer

Meanings and history of the name Ezra: | Edit

Hebrew "help"

Famous real-life people named Ezra: | Edit

Ezra Cornell, American business and philanthropist (a founder of Western Union and Cornell University)

Ezra Jack Keats, American children's book author and illustrator (The Snowy Day)

Ezra Pound, American poet

Ezra Koenig, Lead singer and guitarist for Vampire Weekend

Ezra Taft Benson, President (Prophet) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 1985-1994

Ezra in song, story & screen: | Edit

Better than Ezra, an American alt-rock band

The Biblical Ezra, a Jewish priestly scribe immortalized in the Hebrew bibles's Book of Ezra

Ezra Fitz, English Teacher and Aria's secret fling on "Pretty Little Liars"