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    Wisteria

    wis-TEER-ee-uh

    English
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Wisteria flower; Cascading beauty
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Wisteria does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Wisteria flower; Cascading beauty", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Wisteria.
    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
    Wisteria cascades with morning mercies — compassions that never fail, joy after weeping, the flower of faithfulness renewed each dawn.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Lamentations 3:22-23

      "It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."

    • Psalm 30:5

      "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

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