Comments for HADASSAH:

The name Hadas: the meaning is: "Myrtle Tree" that is blessed for one week, each year, by the Jewish religious people on their holiday Succot. It's a little different than Hadassah, and it's a common name in the Jewish culture.

-- hadas  4/3/2005

I know a girl with this name, only she spells it Hadessa. I have to say, though, I like Hadassah better.

-- Anonymous User  10/9/2005

Hadas means myrtle tree. Hadassah means compassion, hence the women's charity in Israel, Hadassah. Usually adding the -ah would mean a female myrtle tree, but this is a separate case. The -ah changes the meaning entirely. Hadassah, meaning compassion, is a lovely name.

-- Yahalome  1/2/2006

I love the name Myrtle, but I know a lot of people find it ugly. Hadassah is a bit "prettier" and means the same thing, so I like it.

-- Belldandy  1/23/2006

Pronounced hah-dah-sah.

-- Miss Claire  7/29/2006

This is my Hebrew middle name. It's quite lovely. (:

-- 1crzychick  10/14/2007

She is my hero! She was so brave. In the BIBLE!

-- IAmTabby  3/12/2008

The Russian name, Dasha, is very close to Dassah, the short form for Hadassah. There used to be many Jewish people in Russia and the rest of the then Soviet Union until, probably, the 1917 revolution. Since then, I think, people in the then Soviet Union (and the countries that it was composed of) had grown so nationalist from communism and global technological competitiveness, that they had grown very racist, as well.
Perhaps this is what sparked the name to be changed into 'Dasha', which is now like a nickname for 'Dariya/Darya/Daria/Darja/Darija' in some places, for some people.

-- S3AQu33N  8/2/2008

Hadassah has nothing whatsoever to do with the Russian name Dasha (as another user stated), because it's a diminutive of Darya. It's very stupid to actually relate these names together since Jewish names have nothing to do with Russian names especially if they are Jewish biblical names.

-- Anonymous User  10/1/2009

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