Baby Names at this moment in our history - Strength

amother

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 3:34 am

My family and I recently made Aliyah and I am due around Chanukah. We don’t know what we are having but originally we were thinking Shalom for a boy middle name - now I’m feeling like I want something showing more strength, resilience and a bit less passive than “Shalom”
Would love ideas for boy/girl names that mean light, strength, victory etc. Ty!

LovesHashem

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 3:57 am

You can also name after the people who died, many stories of heroes coming out.

Like the person who went to the festival knowing it was being shot up and got 8 people in their car as they drove up to the Merkaz whole being gunned down the whole time.

The driver ended up dying from his injuries but all the 8 people he saved are okay.

WhatFor

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 5:17 am

Strength

Eitan
חזקיהו
יחזקאל

Light
Or/a
Ziv/a
Zohar
Oriel
Oriya
Liora
Lior

Victory
נצחונה

Related generally

Itay can stand for
ראשי התיבות של המשפט "ארץ ישראל תורת ישראל" או "אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני"

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salt

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 5:28 am

מכבי
if you want to be unusual.
I know someone who named his son that.

salt

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 5:30 am

Amichai

Uziel
Uziya
Oz
Or you could combine the names Shalom Oz -
השם עוז לעמו יתן השם יברך את עמו בשלום

amother

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 7:04 am

Op here - can you post the meaning of the names suggested?

salt

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 7:11 am

salt wrote:

Amichai

Uziel
Uziya
Oz
Or you could combine the names Shalom Oz -
השם עוז לעמו יתן השם יברך את עמו בשלום

Amichai - my people live

Uziel, Uziya - G-d is my strength

Oz - strength

passuk - השם עוז לעמו יתן השם יברך את עמו בשלום
May Hashem grant his people strength, and bless them with peace

amother

Strawberry

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 7:26 am

Nili for a girl - netzach Yisrael lo yishaker

amother

Brunette

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 7:45 am

To me, there is no stronger name for a boy than Yehuda. He was a strong figure in tanach and then Yehuda hamacabi. His name is the heart of who we are. Yehudim

amother

Maize

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 8:00 am

amother Brunette wrote:

To me, there is no stronger name for a boy than Yehuda. He was a strong figure in tanach and then Yehuda hamacabi. His name is the heart of who we are. Yehudim

I agree

Also, the concept of shalom is much stronger than physical brute strength, even when strength is necessary

amother

Pearl

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 8:03 am

amother OP wrote:

If a girl, Inbar after Inbar Lieberman. Bsha Tova.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/inb.....dead/

scintilla

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 8:03 am

salt wrote:

Amichai

Uziel
Uziya
Oz
Or you could combine the names Shalom Oz -
השם עוז לעמו יתן השם יברך את עמו בשלום

I once knew an Oz Amichai, the father was a very patriotic Israeli and proud jew. OP Oz = strength and Amichai literally speaking is like am yisrael chai. Am=nation, chai = live

amother

Ghostwhite

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 9:09 am

amother Strawberry wrote:

Nili for a girl - netzach Yisrael lo yishaker

That is DD’s name. I love when people are like oh, how did you pick it? what does it mean, was it a relative? Nope! And I get to explain. Further more-https://nili-museum.org.il/nili-centenary/#:~:text=The%20underground%20Nili%20network%20was,time%20of%20famine%20and%20disease.

AlwaysGrateful

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 10:36 am

I personally would probably go for a name more like Emunah (faith in Hashem) or Yehoshua (Hashem will save).

613mitzvahgirl

Wed, Oct 11 2023, 10:47 am

First, B’sha Tova, Umitzlachas. Second, how about the name Nissim Baruch Yehudah. Because he’s iyh going to be born in a time of many great Nissim, Snd Baruch Yehudah because you’re seeing HaShems Brachohs m, even though we are in a time of war, we are still seeing HaShems Brachohs.
This is just my take. I’m no prophet, just my feeling, if I had a boy. And I’d add Zechariah bc we are very fond of the Wallerstein family.