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I don't think it sounds backwoods hillbilly. I think that image of the name might be brought forward in a funny way, if the person with the name seemed like a redneck. But names like that are a sort of niche fashion right now. About fifteen years ago, a peer of mine named his son Elijah, and I heard banjos. But now there's not only Noahs and Elijahs, but Isaiahs and Jeremiahs and Josiahs and Jonahs and Zachariahs all over... even Ezekiel is becoming more common. I think Jedidiah could sound fairly current, and I like the nickname Jed.

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- mirfak