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Huldah the Prophetess
The Biblical prophetesses were Sarah, Miriam, Dvorah, Hannah, Avigail, Huldah, and Esther.
All these names are extremely common today, except for Huldah who is unheard of as far as I know. Do you know why? I'm really curious about it, and I can't find any explanation...

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My dear ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian
My dear ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My dear ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
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It means weasel. The others mean things like princess and star...ddfsfd
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I think it's the sound. It's similar to Hilda and Helma, which aren't very popular today either.EDIT: "... aren't popular" in this context! Aren't!
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This message was edited 5/20/2005, 2:18 PM

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Hilda and Hulda/hThere is an old Scandinavian name Hulda too, which is considered too "old-lady". But Hilda (and Matilda) are rather popular in Sweden. I think Hilma will be next, as people look for an alternative to the popular Alma and Hilda. Old names come back but in USA Mathilda and Hilda seem to be still unpopular.
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Huldah (Chulda) ist the Ivrit word for "rat" - this should do as an explanation.
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