Beulah

A biblical name applied to the land of Israel, from Hebrew beulah "married (woman)", taken up as a given name by Puritans.

Beulah

1. A female given name.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 62:4:

     Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

   • 2003 Rita Dove, Earl G. Ingersoll, Conversations with Rita Dove, Univ. of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 43:

     I was into names then for some reason, and hit upon the name Beulah. When I was a child it was a name like Bertha, and you made a joke about Beulah, Big Beulah. I thought, wouldn't it be nice to use the name Beulah and try to get it in a poem.

2. A village in and the county seat of Benzie County, Michigan.
3. A town in Mississippi.
4. A city in North Dakota.
5. A census-designated place in Wyoming.
6. One of two villages in Wales.