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Shiloh

Shiloh

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A modern first name for a child often used for both boys and girls
  • proper noun
  • /ˈʃaɪloʊ/
translation icon : Shiloh
  • The Shiloh Eagles are actually headed to the state championship.
  • Shiloh Jolie
  • Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
  • Shiloh Nouvel

And if I my memory serves, the first season they did it, Shiloh was cast as like, the main character.

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Examples

  • After Shiloh came to live with us, two things happened.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Did you know that Shiloh means "place of peace" in Hebrew?

  • You ready to go see your new house, Shiloh Junior?

  • Hey, come on, Shiloh Junior.

  • Well, l was gonna name him Shiloh Two or Shiloh the Sequel, but he wouldn't answer to those, so, Shiloh Junior it is.

  • Next to Judd telling me I can have Shiloh for my own, that was the best news I'd heard in a long time.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Shiloh would wander down to watch us and sit at the fringe of the light.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Let's go, Shiloh.

  • (CHUCKLES) l still can't believe you named our dog Shiloh Junior.

  • My friend named her new baby Shiloh, hoping it would bring peace and happiness.

Compounds

A major Civil War battle in 1862 in Tennessee with very heavy losses

Surface Forms

Shiloh main

Etymology

Shiloh as a given name comes from the same Bible place, often said to mean 'place of peace', so people pick it for a child because it sounds peaceful and a little unusual.