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Which name do you like better?
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Emunah (nickname Emma) |
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Ma'ayan |
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Eliana |
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amother
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Wed, Aug 20 2014, 11:17 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm pregnant with my first and expecting a girl. We love the name Emma and think we'll call the baby Emunah when naming her at Shul, but we can't come up with a middle name that goes that we like. We are very into the modern-Israeli names...
Thanks!!
Becky
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Miri1
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 12:12 am
I've encountered Maayan twice - once female, once male. The noun itself is masculine - not sure how you'd figure out whether it's used more often as a female or a male name....
It's meaning is beautiful though.
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saw50st8
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 8:19 am
I love Emunah!
Eliana is really common. Maayan is nice but also increasing in popularity (at least where I live).
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amother
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 8:23 am
Does anyone have any ideas for middle names for Emma/Emunah?!?
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Choirmistress
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 11:04 am
Hi, "another amother".
I am absolutely fascinated by given names and their origins and meanings, but before I can make suggestions, I need to know a few things:
What are you trying to match? First name only? Surname only? Both? If so, what are they?
Do you want to match the meaning? The sound?
Do you want a Hebrew equivalent of Emma? Do you want an English middle name that will match Emma? And if so, is it for the meaning or the sound?
Regards,
Choirmistress
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Choirmistress
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 11:15 am
Hi again.
Kindly ignore my reply of a few minutes ago. I did not see the earlier versions of the thread, in which you offered a narrowed-down list of just three.
Of those three, I think I prefer Emunah.
I have a next-door neighbor, born in Israel (but VERY irreligious), named Amnon. I don't know what the feminine equivalent would be, but the MEANING is definitely related to Emunah. ("Amnon" = "believer", masculine singular; "Emunah" = "belief, faith".)
There are only two Hebrew feminine names I like enough that I decided years ago I would give to my own daughter if I had one, irrespective of any family members to honour with their own names: Tehilla and Chassina. I love both their sound and their meanings.
Have you considered looking up the meaning of Emma before deciding? Maybe there's a precise Hebrew match?
Regards again,
Choirmistress
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shevi82
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 12:13 pm
Emunah is a nice name.Why do you need a middle name?
If you like a name you like it, you don't need to add more names on to it.
If you like Maayan, what about Meital it also means water.
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amother
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 1:03 pm
My daughter's english name is Emma. We don't call her that regularly but it sounds like her Hebrew name.
When the Uncle Moishe song plays: I said "M" I said "Mi" ... Mitzvos.
She always thinks he is saying "Emma". It is cute.
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mazal555
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 1:09 pm
I like Emma flora, if it was me. But if you want an Israeli name I would do Maayan. It's very common for girls. I never met a man named Maayan.
How about Emma Sara? Or Emma Lital? Emma Nofar?
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amother
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 1:22 pm
Hi OP- are you asking for a middle name for Emma or Emunah? If you want to use the name Emma, I thought you said that Emunah would her Hebrew name?
I like Maayan and Eliana very much. I would say Eliana is easier to pronounce than Maayan so for that reason alone I would go with that probably, even though Maayan is beautiful. But I also really like Alana. I'm not sure if it's a Hebrew name though, but I think it's really pretty.
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Sanguine
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 1:51 pm
Why does she need a middle name? For her wedding invitation? If there's no reason (like the middle name is after someone) why have a middle name? How about just a middle initial? Actually I think the classy way is to have the initial first.
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CatLady
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 2:34 pm
Quote: | Why does she need a middle name? |
So she knows when you're really made at her! As in "Emma Faith, get over here right NOW!"
I am suggesting Faith as a middle name, because it's the literal translation of Emunah and I think the two English names go well together.
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mazal555
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 2:55 pm
No I always wished I had a middle name, give her a middle name, please
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cheeseblintz
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 4:15 pm
Don't name her Emma! It's so overdone.
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amother
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 5:16 pm
My cousin named her kid Emunah Temima and we all thought it was weird.
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tichellady
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 6:46 pm
cheeseblintz wrote: | Don't name her Emma! It's so overdone. |
You are the parent and get to choose the name. I love the name Emma and don't think it's overdone at all. What does it mean for a name to be overdone anyway?
I think emunah and emma are very cute together. You can do Emunah Maayan, I think they sound beautiful together and the meaning is lovely, or emunah maya (as in faith from God). I like the name Eliana but generally people save it for a baby they have been praying for (as in a couple who was suffering with infertility) but that's obviously not a rule.
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SorGold
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Thu, Aug 21 2014, 7:02 pm
My coworker has a daughter Emma Rose. If ur not using hebrew you can do Emuna Raizel. Its Yiddish I know but sounds nice.
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amother
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Fri, Aug 22 2014, 3:29 am
What about something that goes with the meaning? The only thing that came to mind was "Emunah Tzemacha" - growing emunah. But I'm sure there are other ones.
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Ruchel
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Fri, Aug 22 2014, 7:26 am
Both Flora and Emma are used by Sefardim (Ladino names).
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