HADASSAH  

Gender: F
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "myrtle tree"

Popularity in 2008: #988

This Hebrew name of Queen Esther is well used in Israel (especially for girls born around the holiday of Purim) but has been shunned here as hyperreligious, being the name of a Zionist women's philanthropic organization.

Nicknames & Variations:
Haddasah, Hadas, Hadasa, Hada, Hadasah, Hodel, Hadassa, Dassa, Hadaseh

Hadassah is being discussed in our message boards:

• Build a sibling set together!
• Maeve
• Name this girl!
• Sib-Set ideas for Gideon or Ezra
• Is Sibyl that bad?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Hadassah:

• KISSING COUSIN NAMES: Names that don't look related--but are