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Help[Opinions] Zibiah
I discovered this name a little while ago when I was combing through BtN's list of Biblical names (in response to someone's post about underused Biblical names), and it hasn't left my consciousness since. What do you guys think? I'm emphasizing the first syllable, but I'm not sure if that's correct. It means "roe" / "deer," which numbers among my favorite animals, and I have a special fondness for clunky, arcane, often Biblical feminine names beginning with or prominently featuring a "z" (e.g. Zillah, Zilpah, Tirzah, etc.).
What about these combinations?
Zibiah Alice
Zibiah Blythe
Zibiah Carol / Carole
Zibiah Caroline
Zibiah Catherine
Zibiah Cecile
Zibiah Cecilia
Zibiah Cecily
Zibiah Celeste
Zibiah Charlotte
Zibiah Chloe
Zibiah Clare
Zibiah Constance
Zibiah Daphne
Zibiah Dorothy
Zibiah Felicity
Zibiah Fern
Zibiah Florence
Zibiah Frances
Zibiah Helen
Zibiah Irene
Zibiah Iris
Zibiah Joan
Zibiah Josephine
Zibiah Judith
Zibiah Lenore
Zibiah Louisa
Zibiah Louise
Zibiah Lucille
Zibiah Lucy
Zibiah Madeline
Zibiah Margaret
Zibiah Margot
Zibiah Marguerite
Zibiah Martha
Zibiah Mary
Zibiah Mathilde
Zibiah Maud / Maude
Zibiah Patience
Zibiah Rachel
Zibiah Rosalind
Zibiah Rosemary
Zibiah Ruth
Zibiah Susanna
Zibiah Teresa / Theresa
Zibiah Therese
Zibiah Violet
Zibiah Virginia
What about these combinations?
Zibiah Alice
Zibiah Blythe
Zibiah Carol / Carole
Zibiah Caroline
Zibiah Catherine
Zibiah Cecile
Zibiah Cecilia
Zibiah Cecily
Zibiah Celeste
Zibiah Charlotte
Zibiah Chloe
Zibiah Clare
Zibiah Constance
Zibiah Daphne
Zibiah Dorothy
Zibiah Felicity
Zibiah Fern
Zibiah Florence
Zibiah Frances
Zibiah Helen
Zibiah Irene
Zibiah Iris
Zibiah Joan
Zibiah Josephine
Zibiah Judith
Zibiah Lenore
Zibiah Louisa
Zibiah Louise
Zibiah Lucille
Zibiah Lucy
Zibiah Madeline
Zibiah Margaret
Zibiah Margot
Zibiah Marguerite
Zibiah Martha
Zibiah Mary
Zibiah Mathilde
Zibiah Maud / Maude
Zibiah Patience
Zibiah Rachel
Zibiah Rosalind
Zibiah Rosemary
Zibiah Ruth
Zibiah Susanna
Zibiah Teresa / Theresa
Zibiah Therese
Zibiah Violet
Zibiah Virginia
This message was edited 7/6/2012, 4:07 PM
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Hmmm, interesting. Are you pronouncing the i with the long i sound (BYE-uh)? Intuitively, I'd stress the second syllable. Then again, I've never heard Zibiah before. It sort of reminds me of the name of one of my great, great, great, great, etc., grandfathers, Abijah. Can't say I'm wowed by Zibiah yet the potential nn Zibby is rather fetching.
Zibiah Caroline
Zibiah Catherine
Zibiah Charlotte
Zibiah Chloe
Zibiah Daphne
Zibiah Felicity -- Ooh, this is working for me!
Zibiah Josephine
Zibiah Louisa
Zibiah Madeline
Zibiah Margaret
Zibiah Mary
Zibiah Rosalind -- Love it!
Zibiah Rosemary -- Ditto!
Zibiah Susanna
Zibiah Teresa / Theresa
Zibiah Virginia
Zibiah Caroline
Zibiah Catherine
Zibiah Charlotte
Zibiah Chloe
Zibiah Daphne
Zibiah Felicity -- Ooh, this is working for me!
Zibiah Josephine
Zibiah Louisa
Zibiah Madeline
Zibiah Margaret
Zibiah Mary
Zibiah Rosalind -- Love it!
Zibiah Rosemary -- Ditto!
Zibiah Susanna
Zibiah Teresa / Theresa
Zibiah Virginia
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Zibiah Alice
Zibiah Catherine
Zibiah Charlotte
Zibiah Frances *
Zibiah Helen
Zibiah Joan
Zibiah Josephine
Zibiah Judith **
Zibiah Lenore
Zibiah Louise
Zibiah Lucy
Zibiah Margaret *
Zibiah Margot
Zibiah Martha
Zibiah Mary *
Zibiah Ruth *
I will admit that I want the b to be a v. I wonder if it would work from the transliteration of the original.
Zibiah Catherine
Zibiah Charlotte
Zibiah Frances *
Zibiah Helen
Zibiah Joan
Zibiah Josephine
Zibiah Judith **
Zibiah Lenore
Zibiah Louise
Zibiah Lucy
Zibiah Margaret *
Zibiah Margot
Zibiah Martha
Zibiah Mary *
Zibiah Ruth *
I will admit that I want the b to be a v. I wonder if it would work from the transliteration of the original.
This message was edited 7/6/2012, 6:05 PM
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It is pronounced tsib-YAH in the original Hebrew (צִבְיָה)
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Thank you. I would not have intuited that pronunciation at all with the spelling Zibiah. It would take some effortful processing.
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