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Help[Opinions] WDYT of Keturah?
Keturah has been growing on me lately. It's pronounced ke-TYOO-ra ('oo' as in 'boot'). Do you think it's too obscure a Biblical name to be used by someone who's not religious?
Thoughts? Impressions?
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Thoughts? Impressions?
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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I love love love Keturah, but I like the keh-TOOR-ah pronunciation.
I know a girl whose name is Jillian Keturah and I loved it so much I used it for one of my characters. She goes by Ketta for short.
Most non-namers don't know Keturah is Biblical. I'd not think it was "too Biblical" for anyone.
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I know a girl whose name is Jillian Keturah and I loved it so much I used it for one of my characters. She goes by Ketta for short.
Most non-namers don't know Keturah is Biblical. I'd not think it was "too Biblical" for anyone.
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pretty name
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I never liked Keturah
Alright, so at most there are two verses on her, but she just seemed like a replacemnt for Sarah so I never liked her. I don't like the sound of the name either.
Alright, so at most there are two verses on her, but she just seemed like a replacemnt for Sarah so I never liked her. I don't like the sound of the name either.
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I like it, it's cute. ^_^
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I like it. It's uncommon, but not too "out there." And, since it is so obscure, I don't think it matters that it's religious.
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It's OK. I like the way you pronounce it best. It's quite pretty that way. The spelling sounds very manly and ugly, though.
EDIT to add: It's not too biblical to use if you arn't. I really don't look at the orgions of names; if I like it, I like it. If I want to name my child that, I will.
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EDIT to add: It's not too biblical to use if you arn't. I really don't look at the orgions of names; if I like it, I like it. If I want to name my child that, I will.
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Its a pretty name but I prefer the Keh too rah pronounciation myself
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I prefer the pronunciation ke-TOOR-a. The "yoo" sound makes it a bit harder to enunciate. I think it's a really nice name :-)
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I really like it. I used to know a girl called Keturah who was part of a large family (six children, I believe) who home-schooled their children for religious reasons. She went by Ketty most of the time, which I think is a sweet nickname. I'd be surprised if a Keturah wasn't the child of a religious family, but I'm not sure now many people would realise that it was a Biblical name.
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In fact it is keh-too-rah :)
I like both the sound and the meaning but wouldn't use it because I dislike the Biblical person (it is Hagar's second name).
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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
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I like both the sound and the meaning but wouldn't use it because I dislike the Biblical person (it is Hagar's second name).
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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It's pronounced a little differently in English-speaking countries, I think. The only Keturah I've known (a very cute girl at my sister's old ballet school, who went by the nn Ket) used the 'tyoo' pronunciation.
:-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
:-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Oh, ok! It's true that I use the "Jewish way" of prononcing it (like when I learn the Bible, and so on). :)
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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Lol, it doesn't surprise me that it's different for you. It's the Uriel (oo-ree-el vs yoo-ree-el) thing again!
:-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
:-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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I went to school with a girl named Keturah, so I always think of her when I hear or see the name. She pronounced it ki-TOOR-a though. I found out senior year that her middle name was Bathsheba :-/
I don't automatically associate it as a religious or biblical name, and I don't think that most people will either, so you could probably get by with using it.
CIARDA“In the real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning.”
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I don't automatically associate it as a religious or biblical name, and I don't think that most people will either, so you could probably get by with using it.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald –
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