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    Heath

    HEETH

    English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Open wasteland; Moor
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Heath does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Open wasteland; Moor", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Heath.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1970s (0.064% of births), currently falling
    Spiritual meaning
    Heath blooms by God's hand — wilderness made glad, desert blossoming as the rose, rivers springing forth where only wasteland was.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 35:1

      "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose."

    • Isaiah 43:19

      "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."

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