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Hephzibah

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Chunkamatic · 23/01/2008 23:12

We have just been discussing girls names... even though we're convinced we are having a boy!

Think we have decided on Martha Edith, but we both really love the name Hephzibah... it's a hebrew name that means something like 'my delight is in her'. It would be shortened to Effie or Eppie, but we're not sure we're brave enough.

Your thoughts please.....

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themildmanneredjanitor · 24/01/2008 12:44

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Boco · 24/01/2008 12:41

Oh jolly good.

Although, the Hepsi i know if very popular and rather lovely.

bethoo · 24/01/2008 12:40

Boco - Lola is a cute name. no i am talkign about the Hebrew name on the title thread! htat poor kid would get teased no end!

Threadie · 24/01/2008 12:38

Used to know a little boy called Miles.

Everyone called him Kilometers for short.

Boco · 24/01/2008 12:34

I hope that nnnooooo-etc was about Hepsibah and not Lola. As Lola is a fine name.

themildmanneredjanitor · 24/01/2008 12:33

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bethoo · 24/01/2008 12:32

nnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooo, dont do it!

BeMyLilBaby · 24/01/2008 12:29

im planning on naming my first DD Lola, whether showgirl or transexual, its a nice name

bundle · 24/01/2008 12:29

i was at school with a boy Lindsay and i felt sorry for him

personally I don't really like the name Hepzibah. dh wanted to call a boy Meirion (welsh nonsense boy name) - thank god we had girls both times...

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eleusis · 24/01/2008 12:27

I lov that Kinks song. I saw them once in Kansas City and they came out on four encores. It was a fab show. (Gawd I'm old!)

Threadie · 24/01/2008 12:26

My DS2 is named after someone who was cuckolded by God, and someone who was thrown into a pit by his big brothers because his dad bought him a nice coat.

Boco · 24/01/2008 12:24

Hey! DD1 is Lola. What exactly is wrong with naming your child after a lapdancing tranxual?

themildmanneredjanitor · 24/01/2008 12:23

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Threadie · 24/01/2008 12:23

protestantism

CountessDracula · 24/01/2008 12:22

Yeah but showgirl better than tranny

Threadie · 24/01/2008 12:22

WoW! They are still quite restrictive in France aren't they? So it's a combination of protistantism and non-conformism that gives UK its Old Testament tradition? I like the fact that my boys' names are both profoundly 'English' and also indebted to an international Judeo-Christian tradition with origins in the east.

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CountessDracula · 24/01/2008 12:20

also Melody = Catwoman name IMO

ilove8pm · 24/01/2008 12:20

also LOVE martha!! but round where we live in this particular part of south london, there are alot of marthas. keeping it on my list for any future girls though.

CountessDracula · 24/01/2008 12:19

Gawd
I agree

I was at school with someone whose parents were very confused. She was called Ashley and her brother Lindsay

DH wanted Melody as dd's second name (something to do with a Stones song "Melody, it was her second name" and when I listened to the song it was about a prostitute or something )

I always wonder if people with Lolas are too young to remember the kinks song

eleusis · 24/01/2008 12:19

She will soon be Hepsi Pepsi...

Anna8888 · 24/01/2008 12:19

Threadie - Catholicism likes Saints' names - here in France you had to give your child a saint's name until pretty recently.

PrincessPeahead · 24/01/2008 12:16

hello CD!
christ your dd had a lucky escap
my FIL wanted to call his second son quercus oakapple as he was born on oakapple day (WTF??)
luckily he didn't...
but he called him Nigel instead . I think I prefer Quercus

Boco · 24/01/2008 12:16

I know a little girl called Hepzibah, and everyone calls her Hepsi, which i think is sweet.

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