Using a translation name instead

What is an equivalent name for the name Fruma?
there is a fruma in the family that hasnt ever been named after, but I dont like the name. is there an equivalent or translation that could be used instead?

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Literal translation would be Datit, which isn't a name. You could get by with Chasidah, though as currently used it means a stork. But Chasidah also means "a pious woman". Yeshara means honest or upright, not quite the same nuance as Fruma but in the same ballpark. I don't know any Yesharas myself, but there's Rabbi Yashar Hirshaut.

Use a second or third name, or use Chasida, or a form (Frima, Frimet, Frumtshe etc)?
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oh well, thanks.
I didnt think there was any alternative name, but thought I'd at least try.

to start a new topic, how guilty should I feel if noone ever names after her? its been more than 20 years and counting.
not just because we dont like the name, but also because of what we've heard about her personality.

Another name is Aduka
Frimet is very common
Or just use the F sound for something else or the FR, also done
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If the person was a fine one, I understand guilt about not naming after. Now, here it seems the real problem is not Fruma but the personality. Fruma you can put way behind name(s) you like, the middos and associations that's something else.

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My Hebrew names book gives "Datia"

Flor/a is very Jewish (Sefardic), but it's a name of its own.
Fabienne is rather used in Jewish francophone circles... Fanny/Fani is often for Feiga (that's an old one).

Don't use Fruma, Aduka, Datia, Chasida, Serufa, Charedia or the like - they are subject to the girl being teased. I was thinking Temima, which means complete, but even that's not good in Israel - it means naive. Yeshara? Maybe - she could still be teased. Tova is pretty safe. Tehila means praiseworthy, sort of.
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Why don't you just use Fruma as a middle name? You can add any first name you like and call her by that name, but at least you have given a "nod" to the family name. I would do it, especially if the first name is one of significance, like one of the Imahos, or a tzaddekes, like Tziporah, Moshe's wife. You can even use it as a first name, but call her by the second name, ex: Fruma Leah. I know many boys that have 2 or 3 names and are called by one of the middle names.

Hope that helps you out!

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