Beulah Name Meaning & Origin
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- Comments and insights on the name Beulah
My mother's name is Beulah. The pronunciation key is incorrect. Her name is pronounced b+you+la. She was born in 1941. I think it's a beautiful name.
Unlike Edna, I don't think this sounds old fashioned
Reminds me of Ferris Bueller! Ack.
How about Buell Gibbons?
His name was Euell Gibbons, not Buell
Beulah is music to my ears. It's old-fashioned and unusual in the best kind of way. When I hear it, I think ... Roaring Twenties ... turbans and peacock feathers ... garden parties ... Don't ask me why.
- Personal experiences with the name Beulah
My parents hung me with this name at birth, and I have always hated it. People have made fun of it all my life. I had it legally changed a few years ago. I don't think there's anything pretty about it.
BNM, how are you doing? I'm the one who had the horrible surname, we used to correspond on Baby Name Reviews. I hope everything's going well with you!
The name has aways intrigued me because of a great-grandmother with a tragic story.
When I was little (in the 50's) there was a radio program called The Beulah Show!
- Nicknames for Beulah
Beuly
- Meanings and history of the name Beulah
From Hebrew, meaning "married." Traditionally associated with heaven.
"You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no longer be termed Forsaken,
Nor shall your land anymore be termed Desolate;
But you shall be called Hephzibah,
And your land Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you
..."-Isaiah 62:3-4- Famous real-life people named Beulah
Beulah Bondi, American actress
Beulah Brown, American artist
Beulah Burke, teacher and co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first African-American sorority
Beulah (born Beulah Garside), British singer-songwriter
Beulah Baird, one of Pretty Boy Floyd's girlfriends- Beulah in song, story & screen
"Beulah Land", song by Tori Amos
"Thomas and Beulah", book of poems by Rita Dove based on the lives of her grandparents
Beulah Moseby, unseen mother of Mr. Moseby on the TV series "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"
Beulah, indie rock band from San Francisco
Beulah, one of the bears in Disney's Country Bear Jamboree attraction at Disney World.