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Which name do you like better?

Meir

55%

[ 15 ]

Yair

44%

[ 12 ]

Total Votes : 27

amother

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 10:16 am

If both would be pronouced with the Israel accent May-'eer or Ya-'eer, which would you like more?

Tamiri

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 10:48 am

With an Israeli accent it's Meh-EAR as opposed to May-EAR.
Yah-EAR is more modern, I don't know any young Meirs here.

Seraph

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 10:53 am

Was gonna say- meir is more traditional. Yair is more modern.
Both nice.

Ruchel

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 4:32 pm

I like Meyer (yiddish), but not Meir pronounced may-ear.
Yair is Biblical but still sounds much more modern.
I like both.

ChossidMom

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 5:24 pm

My 7 year old is named Meir, after his paternal grandfather.

He really does light up a room with his smile.

That being said, I like Yair too. It's more modern though, if that's what you're looking for.

mummy-bh

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:19 pm

Do people really choose their baby's names based on what a bunch of anonymous women think?

ChossidMom

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:27 pm

yentaof8

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:28 pm

My bechor (firstborn son) is Meir and I was working for a secular company when he was born. When I told them I named my son Meir, they all responded "as in, Mayor of the city?" I didn't realize how it sounded - so they used to ask "how's Koch doing?" since Koch was the mayor of NYC at the time.

ChossidMom

Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:30 pm

yentaof8 wrote:

That's actually funny.

My husband's name is Elazar and he is known as Luzer.
All the secular people have a problem with that because they don't think he should be called "Loser". LOL

amother

Tue, Mar 18 2008, 2:34 pm

My Yair is named after a Meir but didn't want the "mayor" prob. Already had that with another name, another child. He still gets called "YA-ear" instead of "ya-EAR".

chocolate moose

Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:05 pm

Hey, she said it, not me.

smiley:)

Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:30 pm

amother wrote:

My Yair is named after a Meir but didn't want the "mayor" prob. Already had that with another name, another child. He still gets called "YA-ear" instead of "ya-EAR".

My Yair also ALWAYS gets the YA-ear. Even from his own grandparents who I have repeatedly asked to do otherwise. I always laugh when ppl ask me his name and I say Ya-EAR. "Oh. hi "YA-ear." Like, and is your name "Ju-DEE?"

Newsie

Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:33 pm

Well, in Israel, people probably pronounce it correctly

mimsy7420

Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:38 pm

I think Meir is easier to pronounce

amother

Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:38 pm

smiley:) wrote:

amother wrote:

My Yair is named after a Meir but didn't want the "mayor" prob. Already had that with another name, another child. He still gets called "YA-ear" instead of "ya-EAR".

My Ya-KEER is always being called YA-keer. I don't like it ! Wink

We try to gently correct ppl.

amother bec I dont want to be recognized by my son's uncommon name!

smiley:)

Wed, Mar 19 2008, 12:32 am

Newsie wrote:

Well, in Israel, people probably pronounce it correctly

I am in Israel. Think again. Although most of the mispronunciations are from Americans.

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