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04 July 2013

Zebulon

Happy Independence Day to all my US readers! For everyone else: Happy Thursday!

I'm kicking off my series of names from The Waltons with Grandpa, also known (occasionally) as Zeublon, or Zeb.

Actor Will Geer as Zebulon Walton
in Zeb's final episode. Will Geer died
before the next season began filming.
 Source.
Behind the Name says this spelling is a variant of Zebulun, the Biblical 10th son of Jacob and hence one of the 12 tribes of Israel. The name means "exaltation," so named because Leah (Jacob's unloved wife) hoped her husband would honor her for giving birth to six sons. (If you don't know the rest of Leah's story: Yeah, not so much.)

I personally favour the shortened version, Zeb, which is what Grandma Walton calls Grandpa on the rare occasion she doesn't call him "Old Fool" or some other cute nickname. The name has never ranked in the top 1000 in the US, which is a bummer.

Famous Zebuluns: Zebulun Pike, the guy for whom Pike's Peak is named.

Fictional Zebulun/Zebulons: Just Grandpa Walton, so far as I can tell.

My Zebuluns: Not so much.

Do you know any Zebuluns? Did I miss anyone obvious?

Sources:
Behind the Name
Baby Name Wizard
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The hero of 'blabbin grammies' lastest tale is Zebulon.

04 July, 2013 16:39
Su said...

Nice! Good to know!

05 July, 2013 20:59
Kar said...

I never did watch the Waltons, so I didn't know about Grandpa Zeb. I do like the meaning very much, but...I can see why it's never been popular (much to your chagrin). ;)

(Don't mind me, just revisiting the blogosphere after a long time and wondered how you were doing. :) *Poke.*)

28 July, 2013 17:44

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