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amother

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 3:38 pm

Which name would you name your child? Have both options.

amother

Cappuccino

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 3:41 pm

Sara Leah.

Both work, but I prefer this.

amother

Dandelion

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 3:46 pm

Both are very nice names! My daughter is named after a Sara Leah but we had to change Sara to Ahuva.

amother

Offwhite

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 3:47 pm

Sara Leah is softer

flowerpower

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 3:48 pm

Both are very pretty. I’d pick Sara Leah

Elilove

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 3:52 pm

Sara Leah

amother

Peach

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 4:00 pm

Rochel Leah

amother

Oak

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 4:20 pm

They both work and are very even/comparable names. Do you plan on B”H having another daughter? If so, do you have an idea as to what name you would want to use or person you would hypothetically name after? Will that be impacted by what you pick now? I wouldn’t pick this name because I’m worrying about the future, but if you really love them equally, that might be a factor.

Ie, if the next will named after a Shifra or Serach, or Shira, not that you can’t have at with a Sara, you just might prefer not to.
Or, if the next ones middle name would hypothetically be Shifra, maybe you would want to name this one Sara Leah and save the next one as Rachel Shifra. (Because Sara Shifra might not flow for you-not saying it doesn’t work)

But really only think about it like that if you are already realistically hoping to have more girls.

amother

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 4:50 pm

amother Oak wrote:

I had a girl. That’s why I’m asking. I could give both names. Not sure which one is prettier/sounds softer

amother

Oak

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 5:45 pm

amother OP wrote:

I had a girl. That’s why I’m asking. I could give both names. Not sure which one is prettier/sounds softer

Mazel tov.
They are both beautiful.

finallyamommy

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 5:46 pm

I prefer Sara Leah.

agreer

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 6:06 pm

I like Sarah Leah much better.

Both are nice and popular combinations.

You can't go wrong. Mazel tov!

amother

Apricot

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 7:00 pm

I like Rochel Leah better.

amother

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 7:15 pm

Thank you

amother

Obsidian

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 7:36 pm

My daughter is Sarah Leah so I vote for that. Named after my grandmother Sarah. Leah was added since she died at a young age. We call her Sarah

amother

Indigo

Wed, Nov 29 2023, 7:56 pm

I'm a Rochel Leah. I think the Yiddish pronunciation of Rochel (like rhymes with "ugh-uhl") is much harder than the Hebrew pronunciation of Rah-chelle, which to me is much prettier.

I once heard from someone, I think a rebbetzin in sem, that some people have an inyan to not give two names because according to that way of thinking, each name has its own mazal or strength or something, I forgot, and giving two names can make a person more turbulent or something like that, instead of having a straightforward tachlis. She said that those people might use the name Rochel Leah, however, because Rochel and Leah were said to be two halves of the same neshama, so therefore it's really like giving one name.

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