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Beulah
Say it: BYOO-luh
Meaning
From Hebrew be'ulah 'married', the name given to the restored land of Israel in Isaiah 62:4.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken up by Protestants from the Bible and the hymn tradition of 'Beulah Land', and popular in the US around 1900.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 73,372 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1901, about 1 in 279 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.