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Hard no. There's the slang word, and then there's the unfortunate Biblical connotation with Jezebel. It wasn't long ago that promiscuous women were frequently called Jezebels. Add j--- and you're set up for instant failure. It's very rare that I feel this way about a name, and I feel bad that I do, but in America (even as a middle name) I genuinely think it's unusable. People my age and younger are constantly using the word j---, even if they don't understand who or what a Jezebel is.

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