I'm personally not a fan of Hephzibah, but I like Mehetabel. Go figure. ;o) I can see why you like it, though. Fun syllables, letters that aren't normally combined in a name; it's truly different among all of the "we wanted her to be different" names out there. And as long as you don't call her "Heph," I'm totally cool with it!
As for whether it could work on a (future) child in the US - I see no reason why it couldn't. I mean, with difficult spellings like Mykkenzeigh or Ehvanjalynne or D'Evaughn, at least Hephzibah is a name with substance.
edited to change "are" to "aren't."
This message was edited 2/15/2007, 12:05 PM