Baby girl name | Imamother

amother

Turquoise

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 9:40 pm

One of the very many Yiddish derivative from the hebrew name yehudis.

amother

Ecru

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 9:43 pm

Yes. That was my grandmother's name. I had only boys since she passed away. Some grandchildren gave Ita, some Ita (plus a name they liked), some yehudis, or yehudis plus a name or esther plus and name.
Rabbi Dovid cohen said same derivative as esther and yehudis.

amother

Gray

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 9:55 pm

I know quite a few ita brachas. Not related to each other. Seems to be a common combination

marriedgal

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 9:59 pm

OP here- thanks for the reply everyone!

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marriedgal

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 10:50 pm

amother [ Slateblue ] wrote:

I know two bracha ita's

Do they go by both names or just bracha?

marriedgal

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 10:59 pm

amother [ Ecru ] wrote:

thanks- I cant use the name Yehudis. do you know how we know that it's a derivative of esther/yehudis?

Kiwi13

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 11:14 pm

Depends on exact lineage and intention given when your grandmother was named. We couldn't figure out whether my husband's grandmother was Itta with the intention of coming from Yehudis or Esther. She went by Edith. We couldn't use Esther or Yehudis anyway, so we used Itta as our daughter's middle name.

amother

Seagreen

Mon, Jan 04 2021, 11:41 pm

Kiwi13 wrote:

Interesting - my grandmother Ita also went by the name Edith. Never heard of the name being a derivative of Esther or Yehudis. Do you have a source for that?

amother

Taupe

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:02 am

I named a child Ita and I too was concerned about Esther, as it's a name I can't give. R' Chaim Kanievsky's sefer about names says it is from Yehudis, not Esther. This is as per my very emotional postpartum recollection of my husband's research, so double-check Very Happy

amother

Saddlebrown

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:06 am

My friends daughter is Tzivia Itta. Goes by Tzivi.

Kiwi13

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:15 am

amother [ Seagreen ] wrote:

Interesting - my grandmother Ita also went by the name Edith. Never heard of the name being a derivative of Esther or Yehudis. Do you have a source for that?

No source. I learned it on here too. :-)

amother

Lemon

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:31 am

My daughter is Etty and I only found out later that it’s from name Esther...

singleagain

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:57 am

In my family there is a Rachel itta and an itta Sara

amother

Forestgreen

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 4:06 am

amother [ Lemon ] wrote:

My daughter is Etty and I only found out later that it’s from name Esther...

Some Ettys are derived from Esther, but there is also a name Ettel (that's my sister's name).

marriedgal

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:31 pm

amother [ Taupe ] wrote:

what's the book called that goes through what Rav Chaim says about names? Thanks!

amother

Teal

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 12:36 pm

amother [ Lemon ] wrote:

My daughter is Etty and I only found out later that it’s from name Esther...

The name עטיל is definitely not from Esther. It's from the non Jewish name Ethel of german origin.

oneofakind

Tue, Jan 05 2021, 1:21 pm

My Israeli cousins were named Yitta and Hebrewsized, if that's a word, to Itta.