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    Dashiel

    DASH-el

    French
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    From the ash tree; Heaven
    Origin
    French
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Dashiel does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "From the ash tree; Heaven", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Dashiel.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Dashiel bends but does not break — troubled but not distressed, cast down but not destroyed, the ash tree whose flexibility comes from divine sustaining.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 42:3

      "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth."

    • 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

      "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed."

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