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amother

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 7:44 am

Thinking along the lines of Meir.
Then their are the maccabim.
having a hard time with this baby’s name.

Any advice?

amother

Whitesmoke

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 7:48 am

Avner

Elfrida

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 8:51 am

Yair
Uriel
Dvir

jerusalem90

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 8:54 am

Ohr
Ori
Uri
Uriel

Maohr
Elior
Ohrel
Nissim (old man's name in my community)

Maoz or Tzur

I think נריה is a boys name, bit not sure how it is pronounced, and it would be unusual

There's also Nir, but I dont like it.

MomBH

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 9:42 am

Matisyahu
Yochanan
Shimon
Yehudah
Alexander
Nissim

Hashemlovesme1

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 9:51 am

Meir along with any of the macabim.
Yehuda Meir
Matisyahu Meir

Or something about how Hashem helped/saved us.
Ezra
Yeshaya

zigi

Sun, Nov 28 2021, 9:54 am

I have a Yehuda meir. Born on chanuka

Tof Umachol

Tue, Nov 30 2021, 2:38 am

We have friends who named their son Maoz because he was born on Chanukah.

Oriel or Uriel

Matityahu

Shraga (means candle in Aramaic)

Tof Umachol

Tue, Nov 30 2021, 2:41 am

jerusalem90 wrote:

There's also Nir, but I dont like it.

As far as I know, Nir means a plowed field (ready to be planted).

amother

Peachpuff

Tue, Nov 30 2021, 9:00 am

Tof Umachol wrote:

As far as I know, Nir means a plowed field (ready to be planted).

Correct.

Once met Israeli walking dog.
He introduced himself as Nir.
Asked the dog’s name.
It was Gershon.

So you are Nir and dog is Gershon?
Uuuum, that is still a head scratcher to me...

To each his own, lol.

But your translation is right.

amother

Peachpuff

Tue, Nov 30 2021, 9:09 am

The Chanukah boys names are gorgeous. Here are the typical yeshivish accepted ones, Im sure there are more but so many nice to choose from...

Mattisyahu
Yehuda
Yonasan
Yochanan
Shimon
Eliezer
Meir
And a bit out of the box-Alexander (can be called Sendy etc)
Nissim (used more in Sefardi circles)

Etc...

Bshaah Tova!

amother

Mulberry

Tue, Nov 30 2021, 11:42 am

Don’t forget the layning. There are the nasim of Yisroel. Today’s is Netanel.

amother

Mauve

Tue, Nov 30 2021, 12:15 pm

My son’s bris was on Chanukah, his name is Hillel Yehuda.

Hillel has the Chanukah connection because we light like Bais Hillel (increasing in light).

Yehuda because Yehuda HaMaccabee (and also the basic meaning of thanking HaShem)

Together: in HaNeiros Hallalu, we say “l’hodos u’lehallel” which has the roots of both those names.
My son now has a menorah with the words “l’hodos u’lehallel” and feels like it’s very much “his”.

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