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Help[Opinions] Re: Yeshua??
in reply to a message by thepope
Joshua, which is popular to the point of banality, and obviously considered perfectly acceptable, is a version of Yeshua, so I don't see why Yeshua wouldn't be. Also, Hispanics have always used Jesus, it's very common in their culture. So I see nothing wrong with Yeshua.
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Joshua is very common in our society though, while Yeshua is unheard of. I wouldn't have a problem with the blasphemy aspect, it's just that it's SO unique and has no root in either of our backgrounds.
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I really don't think that is a problem. A neighbour of mine named her little girl Persephone- that is extremely unusual and they are not Greek at all. People use very unusual names (Hadrian, Millicent, Obadiah for eg) often, and I would bet my left arm that most young Sophias aren't Greek and many Aliyas aren't Arabic. I don't see it as an issue at all. But if you're not completely comfortable with it, I don't think you should use it. You need to be completely comfortable and confident with the name you pick out
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I agree. My daughter named her son Leonidas, a highly unusual name rarely heard in our culture. When I posted about it back in December, someone said that it was too Greek for non-Greeks to use. My daughter has received many compliments on the name, (although there are of course others who do not care for it), and when my mother-in-law told some Greek acquaintances of hers what her great-grandsons name is, they thought it was wonderful. I do not think one should let the rarity of a name or the fact that it is not common in ones culture stand in the way of using it.
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