There really is such a significance in a name. For two years, I have thought about names I would give to my kids. I am obsessed with the ending “-iah”! So I made up the name Ezeriah, which comes from my obsession with the Hebrew word “ezer”. I favor the name Jedediah, meaning “beloved of the Lord”. I just discovered “Gedaliah” for a boy, meaning “God has made great”. I also just discovered “Keziah”, the second of Job’s daughters. This one I cannot shorten because it would take away beauty. Meaning of Keziah: cinnamon. And the significance of cinnamon is this:
“’I have perfumed my bed with aloes, cinnamon, and myrrh.’ Proverbs 7:17
The primary root of the word ‘cinnamon’ means emitting an odor, while spiritually it speaks of holiness and set-apartness. In the Song of Soloman, cinnamon grows in a locked garden that Yeshua calls my sister, my spouse (Song of Soloman 4:12-14).
Thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphant in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge in Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God (2 Cor. 2:14-15).”
Quoted from Aroma Hut Institute, found at http://www.healwithoil.com/.
I may have to just birth and adopt enough kids just for the sake of being able to give names! I hope I can have enough for every name I end of loving! hahaha