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Help[Opinions] Re: Judah
in reply to a message by Ohad Yigal
Judas has probably got a long way to go! And Judah ... I'm not religious at all, but my issue with both names is their similarity to Judith. But then I hear 'Hey Jude' playing in my head, which is always a delight. I'm interested in the notion of Americans with anti-religious names! I'd love to hear more about that; it's certainly nothing that I've come across so far.
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https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/5367597
I saw some people talking about it here.
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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