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amother

Crimson

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 9:56 pm

Looking for a name with a similar meaning of thanking Hashem, constant gratitude. Strongly prefer names from tanach or other traditional names.

yksraya

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 9:57 pm

Hudya

amother

Wine

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 9:58 pm

Yehudis/ Yehudit?

amother

Pearl

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 9:59 pm

Eliana

Twinster

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 10:30 pm

Hodaya

cozyblanket

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 11:06 pm

Yehudis. You can even call her "Hudi" for a cute nickname that really gets the message across.

Less traditional - like Twinster said, Hodaya -- or Chasdaya.

Peanut2

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 11:12 pm

Yehudit.

Hodayah and Tehillah (I have one of each) are the most stunning names in my opinion. Hodayah is gratitude to Hashem, Tehillah is different - praise.

amother

Crimson

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 11:18 pm

Thanks for the suggestions! I really like Eliana and Yehudis. Is Yehudis the feminine version of Yehuda? Or is it a separate name, and if so, is it also from tanach? (pardon my ignorance)

What are the origins of the name Eliana? Is it a much newer name, or has it been around a while?

cozyblanket

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 11:37 pm

Yehudis is not the female of Yehudah.
But it is very biblical. See
http://www.chabad.org/library/.....s.htm
and
http://www.aish.com/h/c/t/sg/C......html

Is Eliana the female Elan? Like a tree? Not sure...

essie14

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 11:51 pm

cozyblanket wrote:

No, Elana is the feminine of Elan.
Eliana means God answered

amother

Khaki

Sat, Dec 10 2016, 11:55 pm

Odeliya is an exact translation

ysdm

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 12:24 am

Yehudis

shevi82

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 4:44 am

Like Tehila, similar meaning and pretty name.

tryinghard

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 10:18 am

With our first, we were planning to name a boy Yehuda for this reason. We thought about using Leah for a girl (she named Yehuda, was the first person to publically thank Hashem)... but then we remembered that my middle name is Leah Smile

We went with Tehila in the end.

imasoftov

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 10:19 am

cozyblanket wrote:

But it is very biblical.

apocryphal

flmommy

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 11:17 am

Yocheved

amother

Pewter

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 1:14 pm

Hodaya has the same meaning behind why Leah named her son Yehuda- (thanks to Hashem)

ra_mom

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 1:26 pm

According to Aish.com,

Yehudit
Yehudit means "praise" (Genesis 26:34, 29:35), and is the female version of Yehudah. Yehudit appears as a hero of the Chanukah story who bravely killed the enemy general. (variation: Judith)

http://www.aish.com/jl/l/b/489.....e=yes

amother

Cyan

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 3:19 pm

A bit nitpicking I know, but Hodaya means "Thanks", not "Thanks to Hashem", in my opinion.
The 'ya' at the end turns the word from a verb to the noun form.
just like words such as aliya, chanaya, shtiya.
On wedding invitations as such like people write -
be-shevach ve-hodaya la-Hashem => Hodaya means Thanks.
Have a DD called Hodaya. Wonderful name. Popular in Israel - getting a bit too popular.

amother

Pewter

Sun, Dec 11 2016, 3:32 pm

amother wrote:

Youre right. Yehuda technically doesn't have the "to Hashem" part either, it follow later in the passuk.

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