Anonymous wrote:No clue who Warren Zevon is.

How do you pronounce it? Does it rhyme with Devon/Devon or is it Zee-von?

Devon/Devin

No clue who Warren Zevon is.

How do you pronounce it? Does it rhyme with Devon/Devon or is it Zee-von?

It's a little ridiculous but at the same time I don't hate it?

Anonymous wrote:No no no. Zev is cool though.

Zev is the furthest thing from cool.

Why not

This feels like the kind of name where someone would be like “Oh, like Warren Zevon”, and the mom would say “Who?”

I know that’s not the case here, but still.

Are you Bowen’s mother?

Zev is a Hebrew name meaning wolf. Was common in Germany. Popular among Askenazi Jews.

I know an orthodox Jewish kid with the name.

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

+1

An Internet search tells me that Warren Zevon's father's name before he immigrated to the US from Russia was Zivotovsky. I think that is significant.

Like, in honor of Warren Zevon? I’d pick Warren in that case.

I went home with the waitress the way I always do.
How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?
I was gambling in Havana, I took a little risk --
Send lawyers, guns, and money, Dad, get me out of this!

No no no. Zev is cool though.

Yes.

A la Warren Zevon? Am I being ridiculous?