I have fallen for the name Jedediah, it means beloved of God, so I can't think of a better name to give to my new miracle. I know your thinking its abit old and a big mouthful, its ok so am I. I also like the shorter version Jediah.

I can't see him ever actually getting called Jedediah, It would always be Jed. So do I put Jedediah / Jediah on his birth certificate knowing we're only ever going to call him Jed. Or just Jed on the birth certificate. Just wondering thoughts.

So the options are:

Jedediah Samuel
Jediah Samuel
Jed Samuel
Jedd Samuel

Thank you

I prefer Jedidiah over just Jedd/Jed. Jed reminds me of Jedward.. ugh.

Any of the options are fine--it really boils down to your personal taste, so, of course, none of us can answer it for you, but we can give our opinions, like you asked. Personally, I would not use Jedd, just because I don't see the point of adding a letter. Jediah sounds a little strange to me, but maybe only because I'm used to hearing Jedidiah. I love the whole long thing overall, but I do think the two Ds so close sound a little funny. I would possibly change the name a little to a mix of Jedidiah and Jeremiah and make it Jederiah. What do you think of something like that? I just noticed my typo in the previous sentence--you might also like the spelling of Jedidiah, and he could possibly even go by Jedi. Well, I'm getting carried away! I would go ahead and put the longer name on the birth certificate since you like the full name and the nickname. If you didn't like the longer version, I would just use Jed. (Our son is named Luke. He is not Lucas, just Luke. Luke is about the only version of the name we like.) I hope I helped!

What are your other kids names? I mean, if they are Sam, Cassie, and Lucy then go with Jed. If that are Samson, Cassiopeia, Luccianna, go with Jeddidiah.