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HelpLoving the meaning but not the name :(
Love the meaning of Jedidiah/Jed (Friend of God) but does it sound too backwoods hillbilly?
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I love the name and the meaning. I personally don't find it too hillbilly to use.
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I love Jedidiah "Jedi" but if you don't like it, don't force yourself to.
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My first thought was "Biblical", not hillbilly. I think it's a nice name. :)
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I love this name and yes, it sounds hillbilly, but so what? A lot of names sound too ________ (fill in the blank). Why does hillbilly have to be negative? Jed is a person who will sit and listen to you for as long as you need to sit and talk. If you like it, use it.
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Some people might, but I don't. Think it's too backwoods hillbilly, that is. I think it's a strong, friendly name with a homey charm. Best way I can describe it is, it puts me in the mind of sitting next to a brick fireplace in a log cabin in the dead of winter while eating a hot bowl of beef stew. It's a very...comforting name, if that makes any sense at all.
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I wish I could answer like Mirfak and say that it could be as mainstream as Elijah and Isaiah, but I honestly never thought of those as backwoodsy - just as uber-Christian...
Jedidiah though - that is straight up Amish to me. I really like the name, so I would love to meet one, but I have to say that the only Jeds I do know happen to actually be Amish. Jebediah is probably the only name more recognizant of Amich culture to me.
That said, it's a cool name and the juxtaposition of a city boy with a country name is always adorable.
If it were me though - I would avoid the cliche Jed and go straight to the nerdy-but-cool Jedi. Just sayin'.
Jedidiah though - that is straight up Amish to me. I really like the name, so I would love to meet one, but I have to say that the only Jeds I do know happen to actually be Amish. Jebediah is probably the only name more recognizant of Amich culture to me.
That said, it's a cool name and the juxtaposition of a city boy with a country name is always adorable.
If it were me though - I would avoid the cliche Jed and go straight to the nerdy-but-cool Jedi. Just sayin'.
This message was edited 2/18/2015, 11:41 AM
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Haha, Amish! That makes sense, but there aren't any (many?) Amish out west. I've never knowingly encountered any, so I wouldn't have thought of it.
FWIW the Elijahs and Isaiahs I've encountered weren't named by anyone very devout. The original Elijah (my friend's son born in the 90s) had atheist parents.
FWIW the Elijahs and Isaiahs I've encountered weren't named by anyone very devout. The original Elijah (my friend's son born in the 90s) had atheist parents.
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Yeah, I can see the current hipster vibe... especially when people go far out of teh box and use Biblical names like Zadoc and Amzi. Though, I do love Amzi.
It's weird how some names like Zipporah are hispter chic, but others like Zacharaias are still a little bit country to me.
It's weird how some names like Zipporah are hispter chic, but others like Zacharaias are still a little bit country to me.
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I agree about it sounding very Amish. If I were to meet a Jedidiah, I'd assume he was either Amish, a hillbilly (isn't this the name of one of the Simpsons hillbilly characters btw?), or maybe Australian because the names that are "hillbilly" here in the states seem to be just generally popular there lol which will be forever weird to me.
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Geez, you just used the word juxtaposition in a sentence. And you prefer Jedi to Jed. It's like we're on the same wavelength or something. ^^;
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One of my life goals is to use as many 10th grade buzz words in sentences as I can. It's a constant struggle to justify that class.
Biggest challenge to date has been sliding ululate into conversation - because, you know, everyone should have a need to describe loud wailing whilst socializing.
And Jedi? Oh, yes.
Biggest challenge to date has been sliding ululate into conversation - because, you know, everyone should have a need to describe loud wailing whilst socializing.
And Jedi? Oh, yes.
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come listen to my story bout a man named Jed ...
Yeah, it's very hillbilly/Duggars/Mountain Militia.
Yeah, it's very hillbilly/Duggars/Mountain Militia.
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Uh. took me forever to get the response title reference!
Then, I had to sing it of course.
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
Then, I had to sing it of course.
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
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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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