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HelpRe: Would you call these names Biblical / religious?
in reply to a message by JemimahGertrude
I'd recognize them all as biblical names, since I'm very interested in those and even considered writing a thesis on biblical names or name changes.
Apart from Nicodemas which is actually just a version of Nicodemus and not literally biblical.
I try to find categories of my associations. It's a non-english perspectiv on the english useage.
I named Cyrus and Nicodemus twice.
very biblical:
Abner
Cyrus
Ephraim
Hiram
Ichabod
=> I'd most likely not coose a name of this category because some people might be prejodiced towards the child (or me) - thinking we might be fanatics or fundamentalists
religious, but not too weird:
Damaris
Rhoda
Tirzah
Nicodemus
I know, their in their origin is biblical, but they seem normal to me:
Ira
Jared
Tobias
Judith
Names, that just happen to be mentioned in the bible, but aren't religious (jewish or christian origin):
Cyrus
Felix
Linus
Rufus
Claudia
Julia
Drusilla
Nicodemus
Variants of biblical names:
Nicodemas (seems religious to me)
Apart from Nicodemas which is actually just a version of Nicodemus and not literally biblical.
I try to find categories of my associations. It's a non-english perspectiv on the english useage.
I named Cyrus and Nicodemus twice.
very biblical:
Abner
Cyrus
Ephraim
Hiram
Ichabod
=> I'd most likely not coose a name of this category because some people might be prejodiced towards the child (or me) - thinking we might be fanatics or fundamentalists
religious, but not too weird:
Damaris
Rhoda
Tirzah
Nicodemus
I know, their in their origin is biblical, but they seem normal to me:
Ira
Jared
Tobias
Judith
Names, that just happen to be mentioned in the bible, but aren't religious (jewish or christian origin):
Cyrus
Felix
Linus
Rufus
Claudia
Julia
Drusilla
Nicodemus
Variants of biblical names:
Nicodemas (seems religious to me)
This message was edited 3/12/2023, 6:34 AM
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Why is Cyrus on both the "very biblical (seems fundamentalist)" and "not religious (incidentally biblical)" list?
Why is Nicodemus on the "not religious" list if Nicodemas does sound religious to you?
Why is Nicodemus on the "not religious" list if Nicodemas does sound religious to you?
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Nicodemus is on the one hand just a greek name that happens to be in the bible - non-religious in the origin (greek) and meaning ("victory/victor + the people"). One the other hand it's a rather prominent person in the bible, one of the "good guys".
So even if by origin its not religious, I'd expect the parents of a Nicodemus to be religious. That's why I put the Name in both categories.
It's similar with Cyrus.
It's just a persian king that happens to be mentioned in the bible, on the other hand the Cyrus-Edict is so important and (at least to me) the name is so rare, that to me it's very biblical. Though I wouldn't worry, that Cyrus in particular would appear fundamentalist. I'd have that worry with some of the other names (not with all of them, though).
So even if by origin its not religious, I'd expect the parents of a Nicodemus to be religious. That's why I put the Name in both categories.
It's similar with Cyrus.
It's just a persian king that happens to be mentioned in the bible, on the other hand the Cyrus-Edict is so important and (at least to me) the name is so rare, that to me it's very biblical. Though I wouldn't worry, that Cyrus in particular would appear fundamentalist. I'd have that worry with some of the other names (not with all of them, though).
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