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    Waverly

    WAY-ver-lee

    English
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Meadow of quivering aspens
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Waverly does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Meadow of quivering aspens", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Waverly.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1890s (0.002% of births), currently steady
    Spiritual meaning
    Waverly trembles at the Spirit's whisper — sensitive to the still small voice, moved by the wind that blows where it wills.
    Verses on this meaning
    • John 3:8

      "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."

    • 1 Kings 19:12

      "And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice."

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