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The first thing that comes to mind is the Handmaid's Tale. I think if it wasn't for that, I would adore this name; it sounds lovely. I would advise against naming your kid this; if you feel you absolutely must, how about one of the variants, which don't have quite as lovely of a sound to my ear but significantly less association with dystopia?
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Ugh, no. I can only think of the Handmaid's Tale. Creepy.
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Gilad Bloom, Israeli tennis player, born in 1967.
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'No hate, no fear, Gilead's NOT welcome here!' from Canadian demonstrators in The Handmaid's Tale.
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Too associated with the hostile terrorist state from Margaret Atwood's dystopian epic turned TV smash from Hulu, 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Do not use it ever.
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From Jeremiah 8:22: "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?"
This is a relatively famous Bible verse referenced in the African American spiritual "There Is a Balm in Gilead" and in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" ("Is there, is there balm in Gilead? -- tell me truly, I implore"). The phrase "balm in Gilead" is a metaphor for hope, or for redemption through God.
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This is a relatively famous Bible verse referenced in the African American spiritual "There Is a Balm in Gilead" and in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" ("Is there, is there balm in Gilead? -- tell me truly, I implore"). The phrase "balm in Gilead" is a metaphor for hope, or for redemption through God.
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This isn't exactly a famous bearer, but there is an old Negro spiritual entitled "There Is A Balm In Gilead". The chorus goes:
There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole.
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul.
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There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole.
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul.
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The Republic of Gilead is the dystopian society in the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
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