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I’ve always loved the story of Esther, which put Esther (with cute nickname Essie) on my short list. I’ve never thought of using Hadassah, but I am thinking I might need to add it now. It is quite pretty, and the organization wouldn’t be much of an association here in the States. I might have to add Hadassah to my list!
I was raised an Evangelical Christian, attended parochial school and supposedly had a “good” Bible-based education. Despite this, I didn’t learn the story of Esther until college, when my Jewish roommate explained Purim to me. I think some Americans are just unaware of the story of Hadassah/ Esther.
When I hear Hadassah, I think of the organization, not a baby name. But, I can see the allure of the name and think Haddie would a cute nickname.
I actually know a little girl named Hadassah. It was a nice change from the plethora of Tovah, Abigail, Leah, Hannah, and Shoshannahs we ususally meet.
I really like Hadassah. Haddie and Dasha are adorable nickname ideas. I have only ever seen the name used on Orthodox Jews. Its weird why names like Jeremiah, Isaiah and Abigail have hit the mainstream, but not this.
I like Haddie, too – then again, I’m a huge Hattie fan. One of the characters on the latest television adaptation of Parenthood is called Haddie. Not sure if it is meant to be short for anything.
The first thing that I thought of was Esther, which means a lot to me because she’s one of my favourite people in the Bible. I view this as a Christian/Jew/Catholic name like Asher, because they’re shared. The charitable organization part doesn’t perturb me as I don’t have it in my country & it’s not really relevant to my country.
What’s odd is that I’ve noticed on many forums that names like Chanel are almost viewed as lesser or as ‘trying too hard’ , which always entertains me as between Chantel/Chatal & Chanel, they’re my -aden trend. Chanel is VERY popular here; I think it’s because of the French names. I came across a Guillaume the other day & was excited!
In terms of sound, the name doesn’t appeal to me & neither do the similar names like Susannah (the Su names have actually been on my ‘Never Ever ‘ list since I was little).The sound also reminds me of Hagatha. Between the ‘hag’ part & ‘Agatha” part, the name just doesn’t appeal to me based on sound or word connotation. In terms of its history, it’s fascinating
Catholics believe that we are Christians. (Actually, I suppose we believe we’re the One True Faith, but hey, doesn’t every church?) For that matter, Mormons identify as Christians, too.
But I’ve heard other Christians refer to Catholics (and Mormons) as something other. And I have heard myself use “Christians” to refer to evangelicals – distinct from, say, Lutherans.
Doesn’t make any sense, does it? But there it is. I do (try to) correct myself, but it is easy to slip up.
There are extra books in the Catholic Bible that aren’t in the ‘Christian’ Bible. Christians & Catholics are similar, though there are huge differences in doctrine on certain topics.A lot of things also differ according to Christian denomination i.e Methodist, Charismatic etc, though in my personal experience & knowledge, I classify Catholicism as a religion on it’s own as opposed to denomination. It’s largely a doctrine thing. I mainly mentioned Catholics out of respect, instead of just saying Christian/Jews. Overall, they are Christians,but separate. I hope that made some form of sense .
The term Christian refers to people who think Christ was the son of god and worship him. Period. It encompasses Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Methodists, etc. Non-Christ religions are not Christians. It’s pretty much as basic as that, isn’t it?
I like Hadassah and agree it has a lot of the makings for what should be a popular name… is it possible it’s not popular just because? No reason, just that it isn’t used, so people don’t think of it, so it’s not used and there’s the closed circle of non-usage? Even though I can appreciate Esther (and it is the style of name I generally like in terms of it being feminine but not frilly), I don’t really have a lot of love for Esther, I prefer Hadassah… funny how the much more frilly Hadassah is far more appealing to me.
I think you might be right on the “closed circle of non-usage.”
I lived in the Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh for a few years – lots of Orthodox Jews, but also the home of mainstream organizations, like the local JCC and the Hadassah office. Since I used to walk by the Hadassah sign daily, that’s a pretty strong association for me – but just like many parents don’t think of Cohen as anything but a local brother for Caden, I figure that must be true of Hadassah, too – right?
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I’ve always loved the story of Esther, which put Esther (with cute nickname Essie) on my short list. I’ve never thought of using Hadassah, but I am thinking I might need to add it now. It is quite pretty, and the organization wouldn’t be much of an association here in the States. I might have to add Hadassah to my list!
Julie, I was clueless about Esther until recently, too. Too bad, ’cause it is a pretty impressive story.
Not a favorite for me, but I think Hadassah is nice. I might lop off the last H to make it Hadassa.
I was raised an Evangelical Christian, attended parochial school and supposedly had a “good” Bible-based education. Despite this, I didn’t learn the story of Esther until college, when my Jewish roommate explained Purim to me. I think some Americans are just unaware of the story of Hadassah/ Esther.
When I hear Hadassah, I think of the organization, not a baby name. But, I can see the allure of the name and think Haddie would a cute nickname.
I actually know a little girl named Hadassah. It was a nice change from the plethora of Tovah, Abigail, Leah, Hannah, and Shoshannahs we ususally meet.
Ditto the Christian/Catholic thing. I have a tendancy to differentiate the two 🙂
I don’t have Hadassah on my list but I do have Hedasaa. It’s mostly there as a way to get to Hedy but it’s been growing on me.
No Hedwig? 🙂
😀 Hedwig is a guilty pleasure (I named my Honda thus), but it seems like a lot to ask of a little girl 😉
I really like Hadassah. Haddie and Dasha are adorable nickname ideas. I have only ever seen the name used on Orthodox Jews. Its weird why names like Jeremiah, Isaiah and Abigail have hit the mainstream, but not this.
I like Haddie, too – then again, I’m a huge Hattie fan. One of the characters on the latest television adaptation of Parenthood is called Haddie. Not sure if it is meant to be short for anything.
I saw that, too. I thought she was Hattie, then saw it was Haddie and it left me wondering what it’s short for.
The first thing that I thought of was Esther, which means a lot to me because she’s one of my favourite people in the Bible. I view this as a Christian/Jew/Catholic name like Asher, because they’re shared. The charitable organization part doesn’t perturb me as I don’t have it in my country & it’s not really relevant to my country.
What’s odd is that I’ve noticed on many forums that names like Chanel are almost viewed as lesser or as ‘trying too hard’ , which always entertains me as between Chantel/Chatal & Chanel, they’re my -aden trend. Chanel is VERY popular here; I think it’s because of the French names. I came across a Guillaume the other day & was excited!
In terms of sound, the name doesn’t appeal to me & neither do the similar names like Susannah (the Su names have actually been on my ‘Never Ever ‘ list since I was little).The sound also reminds me of Hagatha. Between the ‘hag’ part & ‘Agatha” part, the name just doesn’t appeal to me based on sound or word connotation. In terms of its history, it’s fascinating
Christian/Jew/Catholic? I thought Catholics were Christians. Could you enlighten me?
Catholics believe that we are Christians. (Actually, I suppose we believe we’re the One True Faith, but hey, doesn’t every church?) For that matter, Mormons identify as Christians, too.
But I’ve heard other Christians refer to Catholics (and Mormons) as something other. And I have heard myself use “Christians” to refer to evangelicals – distinct from, say, Lutherans.
Doesn’t make any sense, does it? But there it is. I do (try to) correct myself, but it is easy to slip up.
I know exactly what you mean about the whole reference thing, Abby ! I do the same.
There are extra books in the Catholic Bible that aren’t in the ‘Christian’ Bible. Christians & Catholics are similar, though there are huge differences in doctrine on certain topics.A lot of things also differ according to Christian denomination i.e Methodist, Charismatic etc, though in my personal experience & knowledge, I classify Catholicism as a religion on it’s own as opposed to denomination. It’s largely a doctrine thing. I mainly mentioned Catholics out of respect, instead of just saying Christian/Jews. Overall, they are Christians,but separate. I hope that made some form of sense .
The term Christian refers to people who think Christ was the son of god and worship him. Period. It encompasses Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Methodists, etc. Non-Christ religions are not Christians. It’s pretty much as basic as that, isn’t it?
Not even close! Seriously. It can be a subject of raging debate – and almost certainly is, at some other blog. 🙂
I like Hadassah and agree it has a lot of the makings for what should be a popular name… is it possible it’s not popular just because? No reason, just that it isn’t used, so people don’t think of it, so it’s not used and there’s the closed circle of non-usage? Even though I can appreciate Esther (and it is the style of name I generally like in terms of it being feminine but not frilly), I don’t really have a lot of love for Esther, I prefer Hadassah… funny how the much more frilly Hadassah is far more appealing to me.
I think you might be right on the “closed circle of non-usage.”
I lived in the Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh for a few years – lots of Orthodox Jews, but also the home of mainstream organizations, like the local JCC and the Hadassah office. Since I used to walk by the Hadassah sign daily, that’s a pretty strong association for me – but just like many parents don’t think of Cohen as anything but a local brother for Caden, I figure that must be true of Hadassah, too – right?