Mehitable
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Mehitable is a feminine given name, a variant of the Old Testament name Mehetabel (meaning "God benefits").[1] During the British colonial period, it was a name used in the New England colonies, as the Protestants took many of their children's names from the Old Testament.
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Biblical Hebrew |
| Meaning | "God rejoices" |
| Other names | |
| Nicknames | Hitty, Mabel |
| Related names | Mehetabel, Mehitabel |
People
- Mehitable Rowley, daughter-in-law to Samuel Fuller whose father, Edward Fuller was a Mayflower Pilgrim and signatory of the Mayflower Compact.
- Mehitable E. Woods (1813–1891), heroine of the American Civil War
Other uses
- "Mehitable Lamb", a short story by Mary Wilkins Freeman about a girl by this name.[2]
- The alley cat "Mehitabel" of Don Marquis's fictional writings, Archy and Mehitabel.[3]
- A doll named Mehitabel (Hitty) in Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1930), the Newbery Medal-winning children's novel written by Rachel Field.[4]
- A historical character named "Mehitabel Freeman" in the Mary Higgins Clark book Remember Me.[5]
