Jezebel?

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I love this name its so pretty, should i use it in spite of some of its negative associations? Its seems such a shame to bin a beautiful name! Thanks guys!

I wouldn't call a pet Jezebel let alone my child. I hope this is a joke thread.

I prefer Floozy.

I think Jezebel is essentially an insult

Dear lord, don't call your child Jezebel.

Religion aside, the name has entered common parlance as a synonym for Harlot.

Do you REALLY want your daughter to go through life with a name meaning Whore? Really?

Harlot and Harrow. Those kids.

go for it. Or have it as a middle name. Scarlett would be a good first name.

Associations aside it is pretty.
BUT it comes with huge baggage. It is essentially calling your child prostitute. Sorry.

I'm sorry, objectively it is a pretty name but you just can't.

It's not some obscure religious reference it's a name which has passed into to common cultural usage.

Please, please don't - it would be cruel.

I say no because I think it's cruel and people will judge her name before they know anymore about her.

Secondly tbh I think it is an ugly word.

Yes of course her parents would shorten it to bell or Jessie- everyone else, and any school child will plump for jezza.

My aunt named my cousin Isabelle, shortening it to bell- she didn't like izzy- guess what she's known as to everyone else?

You will never be able to escape those negative connotations, imagine the teasing at school. If you have to use it as a middle name and prepare for the fact that she will never tell anyone

Don't be so ridiculous. This has to be a joke?

The bible associations may not phase you, but religious or otherwise most people know the connotations.

Really, no. There's even a song isn't there? 'Omg I hope she's not a Jezzie?'

There are some cracking Old Testament names, isn't Zillah one? I like that, bit different.

How about Jessabelle instead?

Dizzy rascal has a song called jezzabell awfulomission

I just wouldnt do that to my child not only because of the religious meaning but as others have said it is known as another word for whore.

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with the names Lucretia or Adolf, either, but you'd have to be a certain kind of parent to lumber your child with them.

Having said that, there is a lovely middle-aged lady on the tills in a local supermarket whose name badge proclaims her to be Jezebel. Just thought I'd mention it!

Another definitely not from me.

Calling her Jezzie would lead to playground taunts of 'Jezzie the lezzie' as if Jezebel wasn't enough to put up with.

Call her jessica Isabel and use jessabel as her family nickname?

I'm not a guy so can I still answer?

It's awful

Please don't call your daughter Jezebel.

I know a child called Cain which has "negative associations" (he killed his brother) and is not what I would choose but even that is not as bad. "She's a real Jezebel" - not nice.

You don't have to know anything about religion or be involved in a religion to understand the (very) negative associations. You just have to speak English.

If you called it across a playground people would think you were insulting your daughter! A bit like
"Come here Tart!' or "Floozy, wait your turn!"

no way.

how about Floozy ?
Hussy

but not jezebel.

I have some sympathy because I also think it is a pretty name and it is a shame about the fact that it means 'whore' now. But the fact is it doesn't matter how much you insist it is just a pretty name, it means whore to everyone else. I would not in a thousand years give a girl this name.

They call her jezebel
Friends call her sket behind her back
She never knew the plot
She Was born off track......

It's great. She might even get called Jizzy in the playground - which would be swell.