Jerusha

I have surprisingly met two or three Jerusha's in the last couple years and all of them seemed very nice and down to earth. I have often used it as a filler name when making a joke, but I actually think it sounds nice and would certainly consider using it. The meaning is a little odd, but doesn't ruin it for me at all.

So beautiful. Love the meaning.

Very ugly, and I hate the meaning.

My great-great grandmother was named Jarusha which is spelled differently. Don’t know why she was named this name. Very unusual, but not in her days of the 1800’s.

This name could not be anything but feminine to me and I love it. It is the name of the wife of a King, which was cool. Also, the meaning is great. A name I get a similar feel from is Keziah.

My name is Jerusha. I get many compliments about it but many people pronounce it wrong too. But no one ever pronounced it as Joshua. My dad named me after Julie Andrews' character in Hawaii. I hated it when I was younger, But now I really like my uncommon name.

It honors Gods jewel Jerusalem.

I am probably a bit biased, as an intelligent, bubbly friend from my childhood was named Jerusha. It's a name that initially intrigued me. I wouldn't use it, but it's an interesting name. Said friend personally loved her name and also loved my nickname for her, 'Roo'.

Despite it ending with an 'a', it sounds really masculine. Don't really care for it.

I love this name, though I prefer the original Hebrew pronunciation: yer-OO-shah.

I generally dislike all Biblical names that go beyond two syllables, and, in fact, even many of the ones that are two syllables long, but I sort of like this name, but only in other languages than English. In English, the name has a harsh sound, whereas in many European languages, this name sounds, or would sound (as no one uses it), quite cute, like a Russian nickname for a Russian name.

Too close to Joshua to be considered feminine to me. It is pretty, though. This name's growing on me.

I think this is a beautiful name. You'd have to be brave enough to give your daughter a very unusual name. It deserves to be more widely used, however, I wouldn't want to see it become too popular.

I like this name. I wouldn't use it, though, because I find obscure Biblical names are primarily confined to 17th century Puritan families and modern Evangelical groups.

This is my name. Although I like it now it was a difficult name to grow up with as it is mispronounced very often.