Male version of Baila?

amother

Saddlebrown

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 7:42 pm

We just found out that we are expecting a baby boy and would like to name him partially after my great aunt whose name was Baila. I know the whole naming a boy after a woman discussion and we would like to do it anyway. Any ideas for names that would work for a way to honor her?
Thanks.

simba

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 7:44 pm

Anything that starts with a B.
What does Baila mean? Is there an male name with a similar meaning?

amother

Saddlebrown

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 7:51 pm

simba wrote:

Anything that starts with a B.
What does Baila mean? Is there an male name with a similar meaning?

From what I understand, it is a Yiddish derivation of Bella.

simba

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 7:52 pm

amother wrote:

From what I understand, it is a Yiddish derivation of Bella.

Were you able to find out the meaning of the name Bella?

amother

Vermilion

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 7:54 pm

I have seen that the name Baila (according to it's 'spelling: Beit, Double Yud, Lamed, Aleph, is an acronym for: Baruch Hashem L"Olam Amen.
"Beit" - Baruch "Yud, Yud" - Hashem's name "Lamed" - Le'Olam "Aleph" - Amen

what about the name Baruch?

AFAIK Baila means beautiful

amother

Olive

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 8:22 pm

baila is yiddish and comes from a slavonic version for 'white'. there are some other colurnames like gwenn, alba, fiona, luke or blanche (white), zlata/zahava/golda (gold) or bruna/broyne/ (brown), royze/ blush/rose/shoshana (could be either the flower rose or the colour rose), violetta (violette), chloe/hürriett/legolas (green in greek and türkish), azura and livia (blue), ...

the male version of white is tricky...unless levan is an option Wink

... so why not just stick witha name with bays'b' like boruch, benyomin, ...

OOTBubby

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 9:10 pm

octopus wrote:

Some say baila is really a corruption of the name bilhah

This is what we were told by a name expert when we researched Baila.

daagahminayin

Tue, Jul 31 2018, 9:13 pm

I always assumed Baila was the Yiddish version of Bella, meaning beautiful. “Yaffa Baila” is a common combination for parents who want the Israeli equivalent to go in front of the name.

Chana is a name that often goes with Baila or Yaffa, and I once heard that Chayn, meaning Grace, or the unearned, free-gift type favor we receive from Hashem, is also the internal beauty that attracts people, and Yofi is an external beauty. So maybe for a boy a name like Chanania, Yochanan, or Chananel? Yosef was also known for his chayn.

amother

Honeydew

Wed, Aug 01 2018, 12:17 am

Is there a male version for the word beautiful? יפת
Wink

Baila comes from Spanish bella.

amother

Green

Wed, Aug 01 2018, 12:26 am

octopus wrote:

Some say baila is really a corruption of the name bilhah

Then Yaakov might be appropriate, or the name of one of Bilhah's sons - Dan or Naftali.

Or, to satisfy some of the many options here: Baruch Chananya Naftali.

Alternatively, since anyway Bilhah was Rochel's maidservant, Benyamin Chananel.

B'Shaah Tova OP! May your baby bring you (and Baila A"H) much nachas!

amother

Emerald

Wed, Aug 01 2018, 3:34 am

This is funny. So many options.

In Hebrew, the name Bella means - Devoted to God.. Hebrew Name Meaning - Devoted to God.

in hebrew for a boy lemuel?

finallyamommy

Wed, Aug 01 2018, 8:23 am

I like the option of Baruch. Same letter as well as beginning of the acronym.

thanks

Wed, Aug 01 2018, 1:31 pm

amother wrote:

This is funny. So many options.

In Hebrew, the name Bella means - Devoted to God.. Hebrew Name Meaning - Devoted to God.

in hebrew for a boy lemuel?

How did you come up with that? What's the Hebrew root?

My great grandfather was Bella bentzion. (Rov in Humgary)

Bella is from the Latin root for beautiful. (French, Spanish, etc.).

amother

Emerald

Wed, Aug 01 2018, 2:21 pm

thanks wrote:

How did you come up with that? What's the Hebrew root?

My great grandfather was Bella bentzion. (Rov in Humgary)

Bella is from the Latin root for beautiful. (French, Spanish, etc.).

https://www.imamother.com/foru.....rt=20

just by the way the mens name bela in hungary was after the hungarian kings who were many of them called bela with an accent on the e so pronounced long like bayla