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in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
Jezebel and its Hebrew form Izevel are not in use. Izevel means "island of detritus". Athalia isn't use either, but Delilah is rare but used.
I always thought Isabel came from the Carthaginese names Ishbaal / Ezbel, meaning "the wife of Baal / the lord". To me it is very far from Elizabeth, which is also not so close of Elisheva, by the way.
~~ 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
I always thought Isabel came from the Carthaginese names Ishbaal / Ezbel, meaning "the wife of Baal / the lord". To me it is very far from Elizabeth, which is also not so close of Elisheva, by the way.
~~ 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
This message was edited 6/7/2005, 9:55 AM
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Another, perhaps not-so-scholarly take...
A Dictionary of First Names, by the Oxford Press, says Isabel is a form of Elizabeth coined by "... deletion of the first syllable and alteration of the final consonant sound to one that can normally end a word in Spanish."
Source: http://snipurl.com/ff78.
EDIT: Fixed italics.
Miranda
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A Dictionary of First Names, by the Oxford Press, says Isabel is a form of Elizabeth coined by "... deletion of the first syllable and alteration of the final consonant sound to one that can normally end a word in Spanish."
Source: http://snipurl.com/ff78.
EDIT: Fixed italics.
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
This message was edited 6/7/2005, 11:51 AM
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