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Meaning & History
Simply from the English word, given in reference to the biblical story of Job (see Job-rakt-out-of-the-ashes) and/or the phrase ashes to ashes, dust to dust, also considered a vernacular form of Hebrew Aphrah (a place name taken from Micah 1:10).According to the English antiquarian William Camden (1551-1623), the given names Ashes and Dust were in use during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I.