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Help[Opinions] Peleg?
While researching my family tree I found many odd names but the one I had absolutely never heard before was owned by Peleg Matteson.
At first I said pee-leg? Yuck! And I couldn't find it anywhere in any name book or database to find out what it meant or where it came from.
Finally the idea to try a Bible concordance led to the right place. I should have thought of that first because this particular branch of the family were Quakers and used many names from the Old Testament.
So it is pronounced pel-eg and means 'division'. In the New Testament it is spelled Phalec (fal-ek). And I've come to really like it and consider using it as a middle name, not a first, a middle. :)
What do you think of Peleg / Phalec and these combos?
Simon Peleg
Matteson Peleg
Aidan Peleg
Ciaran Peleg
Colin Peleg
Michael Peleg
All comments would be gladly welcome! Thanks in advance! :)
At first I said pee-leg? Yuck! And I couldn't find it anywhere in any name book or database to find out what it meant or where it came from.
Finally the idea to try a Bible concordance led to the right place. I should have thought of that first because this particular branch of the family were Quakers and used many names from the Old Testament.
So it is pronounced pel-eg and means 'division'. In the New Testament it is spelled Phalec (fal-ek). And I've come to really like it and consider using it as a middle name, not a first, a middle. :)
What do you think of Peleg / Phalec and these combos?
Simon Peleg
Matteson Peleg
Aidan Peleg
Ciaran Peleg
Colin Peleg
Michael Peleg
All comments would be gladly welcome! Thanks in advance! :)
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I thought of Pelagia
Pelagia is a Greek girl's name (it means "sea"). I've never seen Peleg before.
I like Simon Peleg best.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Pelagia is a Greek girl's name (it means "sea"). I've never seen Peleg before.
I like Simon Peleg best.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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It sounds best with Simon, I think. It's alright, but you might consider how a child would feel about having it as a middle name.
~*|Bethany|*~
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"To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man"
Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
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~*|Bethany|*~
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"To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man"
Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
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At first I thought you typed peg leg...
and I was vey scared.
and I was vey scared.
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Peleg (peh-leg) means "stream of water" in Hebrew. It is a male name and according to my names book, very rare.
I don't like it but since it is a family name then it is good to use.
Simon Peleg nice
Matteson Peleg interesting since both are family names! Good one, the reversal of the name is also cute
Aidan Peleg nice but trendy sounding
Ciaran Peleg nms
Colin Peleg cute
Michael Peleg good
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
I don't like it but since it is a family name then it is good to use.
Simon Peleg nice
Matteson Peleg interesting since both are family names! Good one, the reversal of the name is also cute
Aidan Peleg nice but trendy sounding
Ciaran Peleg nms
Colin Peleg cute
Michael Peleg good
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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