I think this goes on the list of names that may have been ok once upon a time, but are not good for the 21st century. See also Urana Daniels.
In the Bible, Vajezatha is another of Haman's sons, killed in the Book of Esther. I've given up trying to understand why New Englanders gave their children the names of people they believed to be the enemies of God. And such horrible names!
Obscure Bible Names Alphabet
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> I've given up trying to understand why New Englanders gave their children the names of people they believed to be the enemies of God
Did they close their eyes and open the Book at random, choosing the first name their eyes lighted on? Or is that nomenclatural method apocryphal? (As opposed to canonical.)
That's what David Hackett Fischer says, but I'm not sure what the primary source evidence is. Other than, of course, the ridiculous names.
I would just think that if you opened up to the Book of Esther, you might go with Mordecai over Vajezatha.
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