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Re: Judah
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/5367597
I saw some people talking about it here.
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Thanks for the reference! I'm a bit sceptical, though: where the OP cites 'the rising popularity of Delilah and Lilith', I think that the presence of Lil- and -lil- in both is likely to be more influential than biblical references. And a lot of people, including a surprising number of Christians, are familiar with the Bible stories they like and don't know about the others; don't read widely, in fact. So Lilith would be just another name to them, and a preferable, because less popular, version of Lily. Delilah ... even in the Tom Jones song, she's an unfortunate namesake. So I don't know about that one!
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