Belzorah
I have just recently discovered that one of my ancestors was named Belzorah (b. 1857), does anyone know where this name came from?
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Male or female?
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femaleb
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Ok, next question :-D . . .. . . where did this ancestor live, or what was her language?Zora is a name, and bel- is a common prefix for names. I'm wondering whether it's a combination of Belle (or another bel name) and Zora. However as a whole name it has a biblical feel to it . . . I'll keep looking! :-)
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Um...southern georgia (united states)
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Ok, that fits with what I said in my other posts :-)
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Hmm . . .Both Belzorah and Belzora turned up as female names, mostly from the 1800s in America, in a Google search. There's also a town named Belzora, I think it was in Texas, which was no doubt named after a Belzora. I can't find anything about the origins, though.
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And . . .. . . Belzora and Belzorah are both also surnames, although I couldn't find out where they are/were from. I did discover that Belzora was a more popular spelling than Belzorah, because it got many, many more hits on google!
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