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amother
Ginger
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 Wed, Jul 25 2018, 8:44 pm
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I know an Ashkenazi girl Simcha, but it's definitely more common for boys. Maybe you can call her Simi, even though that's a nickname more commonly given for Sima.
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amother
cornflower
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Wed, Jul 25 2018, 9:42 pm
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We're heimish. We named a girl simcha after the chassam sofer daughter. We call her simi. Relatives who gave the same name call simi as well. All's good.
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mom39
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Wed, Jul 25 2018, 9:48 pm
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I have a niece who named her daughter after her grandmother, Simcha. They call her Simi bec it's very uncommon for it to be a girl's name in the Chassidish world. I also know a Simchi.
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amother
Khaki
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Wed, Jul 25 2018, 10:05 pm
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"Simcha" sounds feminine with the -a ending. I was surprised to find out that it's usually a boy's name (I'm from an assimilated English-speaking background). I wouldn't be surprised if it became a unisex name.
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soap suds
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Wed, Jul 25 2018, 11:28 pm
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I have an ashkenazi cousin named Simcha and I know of one other Simcha - not sure of her family background, but her last name is a very ashkenazi (Yiddish) one. Both Chasidish.
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agreer
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Thu, Jul 26 2018, 12:27 am
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Simchi is such a boy's nickname. Don't call your daughter that if you do use Simcha...but you shouldn't.
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mom2u
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Thu, Jul 26 2018, 12:36 am
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I know a chasidish girl named simcha she's called simchi. But it's definitely more common by boys
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amother
Purple
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Thu, Jul 26 2018, 5:21 am
| amother wrote: | | Are you trying to substitute it for fraidy or you can name the child Aliza? I have an aunt that went to very a Zionist school which is okay I'm also a Zionist but this goes back 50 years ago and that's what my great-grandparents named her simcha I don't think it's very acceptable in our community. |
In Israel nowadays, Aliza is an old lady name. Go for Simcha, which is a feminine noun. The question should really be why Ashkenazim started using it as a boy's name.
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thunderstorm
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Thu, Jul 26 2018, 6:34 am
| amother wrote: | | We're heimish. We named a girl simcha after the chassam sofer daughter. We call her simi. Relatives who gave the same name call simi as well. All's good. |
And I know two guys named Simcha who are nicknamed Simi and I always found that weird.
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amother
Mistyrose
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Thu, Jul 26 2018, 7:13 am
Simcha can go for both boys and girls. There are several Jewish names like that.
I know several simchas. All Ashkenazi, though it's possible some have some Sephardi blood...I've also heard of Simi for Simcha.
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