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Why would you hate a name because it means married? What is wrong with marriage? It is quite a beautiful name. I like it.
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Just awful.
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Beulah Quo (1923 – 2002) was a Chinese-American actress and activist. The spelling of her last name changed from Kwoh to Quo because she was constantly asked if KWOH was a radio station. She starred in many films and television series beginning in the mid-1950s, and was best known for her appearances in General Hospital (1963), Chinatown (1974), and Brokedown Palace (1999). She was also an advocate of more and better screen roles for Asian actors, and founded several organizations in pursuit of that goal.
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Beulah Woodard (1895 – 1955) was an African-American sculptor and painter based in California. Woodard was the first African American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art.
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Beulah (born Beulah Garside), is an English female singer-songwriter and record producer.
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Beulah Gundling (1916 - 2003) was an American synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author. In 1965 Beulah Gundling was the first synchronized swimmer to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. In 2000 she had her final aquatic appearance in the documentary The Mermaid's Club: A History of Synchronized Swimming by Paul Carvalho.
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I like it! I think the pronunciation is cute and it looks beautiful when it's written. I also think that it should came back to life.
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Honestly, I didn't know about the existence of the name Beulah until now! And now that I know how to pronounce it, it sounds like a good name to me. I know the comments are a bit mixed, some love it or others just hate it, but I think it doesn't sound bad at all. It has a certain charm, don't you think? To be honest, I'd rather call my daughter Beulah than Stormi, I'm just saying that.
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I adore Beulah! It has a certain pleasant lilt to it that sounds at once strong and delicate. It also sounds both old and young, in a good way. And you hardly ever see it used anymore so it stands out well.
The first I'd ever encountered Beulah was actually a male character, so for a long time I'd thought it was some obscure old masculine name that happened to sound feminine to the ear (hey, Noah & Elijah have similar endings!) Masculine/neutral use of this name is still a guilty pleasure of mine, but it's of course no less lovely for a girl.
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The first I'd ever encountered Beulah was actually a male character, so for a long time I'd thought it was some obscure old masculine name that happened to sound feminine to the ear (hey, Noah & Elijah have similar endings!) Masculine/neutral use of this name is still a guilty pleasure of mine, but it's of course no less lovely for a girl.
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Beulah Thumbadoo is the founder of Everyone's Reading in Africa (ERA).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Thumbadoo
https://beulahthumbadoo.co.za/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Thumbadoo
https://beulahthumbadoo.co.za/
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Beulah Poynter (June 6, 1883 – August 13, 1960) was an American author, playwright and actor. Poynter was probably best remembered by theatergoers for her title rôle in Lena Rivers, a drama she had reworked for the stage from the novel by Mary J. Holmes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Poynter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Poynter
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Beulah Elizabeth Burke (1885–1975), was one of the nine original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Burke
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Burke
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Dame Beulah Rosemary Bewley DBE (2 September 1929 – 20 January 2018) was a British public health physician and past-president of the Medical Women's Federation on the General Medical Council.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Bewley
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Bewley
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Beulah Elizabeth Hazelrigg Brown (November 24, 1892 – March 26, 1987) was a painter, educator, and textile designer who is best known for her bold, colorful, abstract patterns for fabrics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_H._Brown
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_H._Brown
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Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 – January 11, 1981) was an American actress. She was in It's a Wonderful Life, Street Scene, The Waltons, Vivacious Lady, and several others. She was active 1895-1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Bondi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Bondi
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Beulah May Annan (née Sheriff; November 18, 1899 – March 10, 1928) was an American suspected murderer. Her story inspired Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago in 1926.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Annan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Annan
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In my high school, there was a girl with this name and also a boy. They were in different years. Their names were pronounced with the beu pronounced as it is in beautiful. I wouldn't use the name but it isn't ugly as most people are saying.
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It is ugly.
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I love it. Marriage is good, guys.
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Quite unattractive, and why would you use a name that means "married"?
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Can't anyone else see the connection between Beulah and the word beautiful? Isn't the first syllable of Beulah pronounced the same as the first syllable of beautiful? I see the name Beulah as a contraction of the word beautiful with the common feminine ending -ah tacked on the end (like Sar-ah or Paul-a). Granted Beautiful-lah is a little long for everyday use, so contracting the word beautiful down to beaul-ah makes the name Beulah a great choice for a beautiful girl or woman. And the meaning is just as good: married women were desired and chosen and generally are (re)productive (have kids), just like "married land" means it's productive--it produces a harvest, which is what you want land for, so you can grow food and live there. Quite honestly, can't see anything ugly or meaningless about this name.
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Horrid at it's finest.
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This name is a beautiful name.
I've had it for 17 years and its meaning is the main purpose of my life...'espoused to the Lord Jesus'
Forgetting all the hate comments this name will be a pretty sweet name for a baby girl.
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I've had it for 17 years and its meaning is the main purpose of my life...'espoused to the Lord Jesus'
Forgetting all the hate comments this name will be a pretty sweet name for a baby girl.
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I absolutely hate this name sooo much, I can only imagine the bullying geared towards a poor kid whose parents decided to name them Beulah.
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A truly awful name. Not even fit for a dog or other pet.
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I feel sorry for anyone with this name. It just looks and sounds hideous. If it’s pronounced boo-lay then it might change my mind. The meaning is pretty because it’s hilarious.
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In 2018, 83 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Beulah who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 261st most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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Beulah Davis is a character in the Broadway hit Come From Away. She is based on two real life people: Beulah Cooper and and Diane Davis, who both worked at a school in Gander, Newfoundland. Beulah was instrumental in helping several stranded passengers begin healing after the tragic events of 9/11, including providing support and comfort for a mother of one of the firefighters lost in the World Trade Center.
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Beulah was given to 14 girls in America in 2015.
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I actually think this is a very pretty name! Could be very difficult for people to spell and pronounce though.
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The name Beulah is VERY ugly. Go with names like Beth or Bella!
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Actually, I've changed my mind about the name Beulah! I now think this name is pretty sounding! Forget what I said before. ^^; I mean, Beth and Bella are nice names, but this name deserves to be used as well! Seriously, you never expect names that you originally dislike to grow on you! Xo :)
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And a thing I personally find cool about this name is the first 3 letters spell out "Be u" in the name which is an awesome message! So yeah, just be you. :)
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Very old and sinister sounding.
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This has to be, hands down, the ugliest name I've ever heard.
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This is Jackie's embarrassing middle name on That 70's Show. I think this is a pretty ugly name... makes me think of a cow or something.
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Beulah does mean "married," but it caught on among Christians during the Reformation because of the metaphorical meaning -- marriage is a metaphor for reconciliation into a loving relationship with God. Isaiah 62:4-5 states, "No longer will they call you Deserted or name your land Desolate, but you will be called Hephzibah and your land Beulah for the Lord will take delight in you and your land will be married. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you." The land of Israel had turned away from God in disobedience, but God forgave Israel and accepted the people back into a loving relationship with him (a "marriage"). The name Beulah embodies the idea that God loves, forgives, and accepts.
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When I hear this name, I think of the "Leave it to Beulah" TV advertisement (she's a modern-day slave) in the mockumentary "C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America."
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Am I the only person that actually likes this name?! I think it's pretty, but only when pronounced a certain way. Most people pronounce it Byool (like the word mule) uh, which I must admit, does sound quite ugly. But when pronounced Byoo (like the word you) lah, I actually think it sounds nice. I know it's a very subtle difference, but it's the little things in life, I swear. Hahaha.
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Beulah was among the top 1,000 girls' names in the United States from the 1880s to the 1950s with its peak of popularity being in 1900 (77th position). The 1950s television show Beulah, starring Ethel Waters in the title role of the Negro cook working for a white family in the southern United States, may have contributed to its falling out of the top 1,000 after that decade, the only decade when the television show itself was aired.
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"Beulah, peel me a grape!" is a line spoken by Mae West in the 1933 movie I'm No Angel (which West wrote along with starring in it). Beulah (played by Gertrude Howard) is West's character's personal maid.
This quotation so well-known that it is included in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
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This quotation so well-known that it is included in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
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Beulah is my friend's name, and she is 17 years old. She loves her name, and I think this name is pretty, too. The name Beulah is just to mature for a baby. But, for a 17 year old is okay.
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A famous bearer of this name was actress Beulah Bondi (May 3, 1888 – January 11, 1981). She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in "The Gorgeous Hussy" (1936) and "Of Human Hearts" (1938).
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My roommate first mentioned the name Beulah to me, and I've been finding it more and more in my law hypos as I study for the California Bar, so it prompted me to find this site.
I was hoping it wasn't actually from the Hebrew b'ula, but apparently it is. It really doesn't mean a married woman. I mean we hope she's married, but it just means a woman who's been around the block (not necessarily slutty, but it means a woman who's had sex), as opposed to a b'tula - virgin. It's used a lot in Jewish legal texts (g'mara / talmud) to mean an unmarried woman who is unchaste, for purposes of measuring dowry, or fitness for marrying the kohen gadol (High Priest), which is where I know it from better than y'shaya (Isiah).
It is related to the word for husband - baal (or owner), but so is one of the Hebrew words for sex (b'ila, livol - to have sex).
How this got to be a name in English is beyond me.
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I was hoping it wasn't actually from the Hebrew b'ula, but apparently it is. It really doesn't mean a married woman. I mean we hope she's married, but it just means a woman who's been around the block (not necessarily slutty, but it means a woman who's had sex), as opposed to a b'tula - virgin. It's used a lot in Jewish legal texts (g'mara / talmud) to mean an unmarried woman who is unchaste, for purposes of measuring dowry, or fitness for marrying the kohen gadol (High Priest), which is where I know it from better than y'shaya (Isiah).
It is related to the word for husband - baal (or owner), but so is one of the Hebrew words for sex (b'ila, livol - to have sex).
How this got to be a name in English is beyond me.
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"How this name got into English I don't know"
Because that's how it is spelled in Isaiah: Beulah. That's how English translators transliterated the Hebrew word into English, and English-speaking people looking for Biblical names saw it there and chose to use it.
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Because that's how it is spelled in Isaiah: Beulah. That's how English translators transliterated the Hebrew word into English, and English-speaking people looking for Biblical names saw it there and chose to use it.
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Beulah is also the land of peace described in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress".
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Beulah Annan was a nineteen-twenties murderess. She murdered her lover after he tried to break it off. She is the woman Roxie Hart is based on in "Chicago".
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I don't like this name. Not only is it unpleasant-sounding and prone to misspelling, but how does it make sense to give a baby a name that means "married"?
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My parents hung me with this name at birth. I've always hated it, so I finally had it legally changed. Think of Ben Stein saying "Bueller," over and over in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." I grew up being called almost that by my family, though I never used it or introduced myself that way. Don't do this to your little girl!
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This name is pronounced beh-oo-lah in Hebrew.
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