Sunday, April 25, 2010

Our lil' man



When we chose the name Ezra, we never saw it coming that so many people would think that it's a female name. I suppose that living in a community influenced by the Spanish language, a name ending in "a" tends to mean its feminine. That, paired with the fact that Ezra wears a lot of gender neutral clothing, he is often mistaken for a little girl. Which, truly doesn't bother me...except for when we are at the pediatrician's office. We always correct the nurse (the same nurse every time), simply because we don't want her to be surprised when/if she opens his diaper. So, at our most recent visit I dressed him in ALL blue to help her out a bit. But, no luck, our little man got called a "she" once again.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tell people it's a male Hebrew name.
The name Ezra means Help, with the connotation of Strong Vision. And that would suit this amazing visionary and reformer just fine.
(From,abarim-publications.com)
Love, Mom

Anonymous said...

I love reading your new adventures of the green family!

~Rache

Anonymous said...

ezro has a nice ring to it---at least for the out in public moments!

love,
megan