If I love Hepzibah..

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We won't be finding out the gender but I have always loved Hepzibah for a girl. It's not set in stone but a strong contender! Totally stumped for boys names though and in need of suggestions for equally unusual, strong names please!

Oh I adore that name! You might like Hezekiah for a boys name? (Who happened to be married to a Hephziba)

Ezekiel immediately sprung to mind, I also like Zachary and Josiah, Ezra and Asa or moving away from biblical names Xavier, Cassius and Maxim/ilian.

Other less common girl suggestions - Keziah, Talitha or even Mehetabel?

Jabez

Abraham
Zebedee
Oswald
Theophilus
Barnaby
Zachariah

Argh I thought you were looking for more girls names and was going to suggest Bathsheba.

Jedidiah, Ishmael, Hector, Quentin, Nathaniel, Ignatius, Bartholomew, Jasper, Sirius, Cornelius, Ellarby, Ambrose, Alban. I taught a little Horatio once who was awesome and lived up to his name...he was really bloody smart, intelligent and a brilliant conversationalist.

I know someone with a Hepzibah, her brother is called Humfrey.

Nimrod
Zachariah
Zebediah
Xerxes
Ataxerxes
Alaric
Ethelred
Habakkuk
Demetrius
Ghenghis
Severus
Jehu
Ingelram
Absolom
Prometheus

Girls:
Talitha
Keziah

Boys:
Isaiah
Melchizedek
Jedidiah

Zebulon - Zeb for short.

I've only really ever linked Hepzibah to Carrie's War so boys names that spring to mind are Nick and Albert!

Amos was my grandad's name and I love it! Nn moss/ mossie?

For biblical names, look to Joseph’s brothers from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Rueben, Simeon, Levi, Naphtali, Issachar, Asher, Dan, Zebulun, Judah, Benjamin, Gad.

Like a previous poster, my immediate thought was Ezekiel.

I know a Hepzibah! She goes by Hettie.

@Oddgirlout

Don't use Jabez, really popular Christian book a while ago, ruined the name

Why is that a problem?

Maybe OP is Christian. Or not bigoted.

@Oddgirlout

I'm a Christian! It's just a book with a particular message that would be an odd association for a child.

Thanks for clarifying!

I thought it was yet another Christian bashing attempt which is so prevalent these days on MN and which quite frankly I’m sick of, so I do get a bit defensive.

I’ve not read the book you’ve mentioned but I suppose every child eventually grows up to be an adult and I can’t see what is wrong with the original biblical character from memory.

The name Jabez means “borne of pain” or “he causes pain” due to his difficult birth in the bible.

Silas, because Eppie in Silas Marner is short for Hepzibah.

Ephraim?

I came on to offer Mehetabel in the same vein.

For boys I can only think Abraham, Nathaniel, Josiah.

It reminds me of Silas Marner - 'Eppy'. Unusual name but quite nice.

Some great suggestions thank you! Love Sirius but think HP association is probably too strong now also love Cassius but too close to a very close relatives name sadly

Balthazar
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