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Several impressions, all somewhat negative.
First, ancient desert-dweller in sandals. Not my scene. Second, dour and credulous Puritan willing to burn a few witches before lunch. Third, austere Victorian do-gooder in high hat, uplifting the deserving poor. Doing the right thing in the wrong way. And finally, heavy fundamentalist, probably with a brother named Abednego. This one might well be a Micaiah, but not the others.
A lot of people would assume that a two-syllable name ending in -a or -ah should be female, and might therefore find Micah weak on a male. I don't, but even if I liked the name, that kind of popular perception might lead me to use it as a mn rather than a fn that would be likely to attract negative attention. Since I don't identify with any of the groups likely to name or to have named their sons Micah, my impression would be that I'd be unlikely to know them socially. But they could well be perfectly nice people who don't happen to think my way. Humble makes no sense to me. Pretentious? Not really. In-your-face religious, yes, but that's not the same thing.
First, ancient desert-dweller in sandals. Not my scene. Second, dour and credulous Puritan willing to burn a few witches before lunch. Third, austere Victorian do-gooder in high hat, uplifting the deserving poor. Doing the right thing in the wrong way. And finally, heavy fundamentalist, probably with a brother named Abednego. This one might well be a Micaiah, but not the others.
A lot of people would assume that a two-syllable name ending in -a or -ah should be female, and might therefore find Micah weak on a male. I don't, but even if I liked the name, that kind of popular perception might lead me to use it as a mn rather than a fn that would be likely to attract negative attention. Since I don't identify with any of the groups likely to name or to have named their sons Micah, my impression would be that I'd be unlikely to know them socially. But they could well be perfectly nice people who don't happen to think my way. Humble makes no sense to me. Pretentious? Not really. In-your-face religious, yes, but that's not the same thing.
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