NO uncommon yeshivish-friendly girls names?!

amother

Beige

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 4:53 am

I have a huge list of boys names that I like and aren't super common, but can't think of any nice girls ones - either they are used a lot or they're not so nice. We don't want made up names or yiddish names - something acceptable in yeshivish circles but still a bit unusual.

Boys' names that I like:

Zecharia
Micha
Azaria
Uziel
Yeshaya
Rachamim
Yedidya
Elisha
Eliyakim
Shamaya
Eliya

pizzapie

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 5:01 am

Try going through tanach and find less commonly used female names. Some exams off the top of my head: machla, chedva, milka, tirtza (bnos tzelafchad) chulda (one of the neviyos) yiska. I'm sure there are more

amother

Denim

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 5:04 am

Ayala, Chedva, Tzofia, Orli, Noa, Naama, Ruchama, Bruria

amother

Beige

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 5:07 am

Thanks!

We love the name Ayala actually.

Yiska I think I like because it's Jessica in English...

salt

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 5:08 am

amother wrote:

Ayala, Chedva, Tzofia, Orli, Noa, Naama, Ruchama, Bruria

Where do you live?
Ayala and Noa are very common in yeshivish circles in Israel.
My 6 yr old DD has 3 Ayala's and 2 Noa's in her charedi beis Yaakov class. Maybe in America they are more original.

Do you want only names from the tenach?
What do you mean by made-up? I mean Ayala is made up. It's an animal. It's just fairly well accepted as a name, so maybe it's not considered made-up.

amother

Beige

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 5:12 am

salt wrote:

Yeah, as in not a modern invention.

chanchy123

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 5:18 am

Don't call your baby Chulda - there is a reason it's uncommon and never gained much popularity in the Jewish world even though it belonged to a neviah - it means a rat. Yeah, I know we have bees and bears among us - but honestly, wouldn't you rather be a bee or a bear than a rat?

Bnei Berak 10

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 6:11 am

chanchy123 wrote:

Totally agree - only wicked parents would ever call their daughter Chulda these days.
Orli/Orly is a name used for nonreligious circles exclusively. Yeshivish cirles would probably frown on that name.

pizzapie

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 6:23 am

chanchy123 wrote:

I completely agree! Just threw that name out as part of uncommon yet still tanach based names

weasley

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 6:28 am

I love the name orli! (Maybe bc my close friends called that!)
Shalva
Adina
Ashira

amother

Sienna

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 6:37 am

Yardena, Noa, Naavah, Naama, Emuna.... I have a Yardena which is uncommon but not too out there and we live in a yeshivish community. People love it and always comment on how pretty it is.

heidi

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 6:40 am

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

There are tons of Orlis in my daati leumi community.
Efrat is one ofthe most common yeshivish girls name in Israel.
I have never heard of a charedi Yardena

salt

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 7:31 am

Naomi
Dina
Avigail
Hadassa
Tamar
Bat-Tzion

(I associate Yardena with the country Jordan - King Hussein, etc. )

Bnei Berak 10

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 7:33 am

heidi wrote:

There are tons of Orlis in my daati leumi community.
Efrat is one ofthe most common yeshivish girls name in Israel.
I have never heard of a charedi Yardena

OP wants something which goes in yeshivish circles.

amother

Jade

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 7:40 am

Amalia
Tehilla
Simcha
Chedva
Gila
There are ten words of simcha found in the Avos D'rebi Nosson. Look through them for great ideas.
Shifra
Yiska was Sarah Imeinu
Tzipporah is surprisingly less common than you'd expect
Ayala and Talya are common here
Tamar may become more common as people remember the name of Rav Shteinman's wife.
Avishag
Naama

amother

Cobalt

Thu, Jan 18 2018, 8:37 am

naama, ayala, nechama, maayan, batchen, moussia, hulda, jona