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Hepzibah

American  
[hep-zuh-buh, -suh-] / ˈhɛp zə bə, -sə- /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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I recognized this as the purely fictional place where Hawthorne’s Hepzibah Pyncheon opened a store in the opening pages of his novel.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018

Slay: People haven’t “slain” each other since they wore raiment of fine linen and had names like Ham and Hepzibah and Jehoshaphat.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018

His mother and his two plump little sisters, Hepzibah and Yaltah, will go with him to Northampton.

From Time Magazine Archive

They have had able tutors for him and his sisters Hepzibah & Yaltah.

From Time Magazine Archive

The elf obediently took the boxed cup, and Hepzibah turned her attention to the much flatter box in her lap.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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