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Help[Opinions] Re: Jabez
in reply to a message by queenv
I don't guess the meaning of a name has often stood in the way of its popularity. I mean, Paul is popular and has been for generations, and it means small. And Mary is often defined as sorrow also, or bitterness, and look how popular that's been.
On the other hand, I think Jabez is destined to remain unused unless somebody with that name gets to be very famous, and even then I'm not sure. I'm also not sure how to pronounce it.
I remember reading a poem when I was little about a mean boy named Jabez Dawes, and if I remember right, Jabez rhymed with babies in the poem. So Jay-Beez? If so, it rhymes with rabies and scabies. Yuck.
On the other hand, I think Jabez is destined to remain unused unless somebody with that name gets to be very famous, and even then I'm not sure. I'm also not sure how to pronounce it.
I remember reading a poem when I was little about a mean boy named Jabez Dawes, and if I remember right, Jabez rhymed with babies in the poem. So Jay-Beez? If so, it rhymes with rabies and scabies. Yuck.
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What made me think of this name and post about it is that TCM showed the 1941 movie "The Devil and Daniel Webster" earlier today, and the main character's name is Jabez. They were pronouncing it JAY-bez in the movie. It didn't rhyme with babies, rabies, or scabies at all.
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