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Comments for HEPHZIBAH:
A famous bearer of the name was the pianist Hephzibah Menhuin, sister of the violinist Yehudi Menhuin.-- Laleroc 7/5/2005
In George Eliot's book "Silas Marner", it was Silas' mother's name. He named the beautiful young girl he took into care Hephzibah and nicknamed her Eppie.-- Anonymous User 10/24/2006
In the Harry Potter books, Tom Riddle visited an old woman named Hephzibah Smith. He killed her and then stole a locket and a golden cup from her.-- Swallowtail 11/28/2007
As well as referring to the mother of Mannaseh (2 Kings 21:1) the name is also used to refer to the people of Israel (Isaiah 62:4) as a people in whom God delights.-- Eps 2/21/2008
I love this name and the sentiment it conveys, however it can be hard for some people to pronounce, so I usually shorten it to Eppie.-- Eps 2/21/2008
Pompous and foreign-sounding, and the nicknames would all surely be crap.-- slight night shiver 6/1/2008
I knew an Israeli girl with this name who spelt it Hefzibah, and I always liked the sound of it. Also, Eppie is a perfectly sweet nickname!-- Pie 10/23/2008
A marginally more attractive English form of the name is Hepsibeth.-- Anonymous User 5/29/2009
Too religious to use, but sounds kind of cool.-- vomiting 6/12/2009
I thought this name was always pronounced "HEP-zi-bah", regardless of whether it is spelled with an "h" after the "p" or not. Perhaps "HEF-zi-bah" comes from too many uninformed people reading the name phonetically.-- JJSkeete 7/29/2010
In Hebrew the letter "pe" can be pronounced either as a "P" or an "F" - that explains the differences in pronunciation.-- tyro49 8/6/2010
Hepzibah Pyncheon is the name of the old spinster in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The House of Seven Gables.-- kkgnoise 1/14/2011
Hephzibah... represents, to me, the "call" of God to His beloved church to come away and rejoice in Him. To separate itself unto His Joy and Peace.-- roxannity 8/21/2011
This name may have a nice meaning, but it's still incredibly pretentious and overly evangelical. And Hepsie is a stupid nickname.-- bananarama 4/2/2012
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