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amother
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 12:24 pm
Has anyone ever met someone recently with this name? It’s very popular in the secular world in recent years, but I haven’t met a young frum woman named this. I have ancestors with this name and always loved it but never encounter it.
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amother
Snowflake
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 12:58 pm
I was in school with a beautiful raya with a gorgeous voice!
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amother
Maple
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:39 pm
It sounds Indian, never heard of it used among secular white people.
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amother
Seagreen
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:45 pm
I have a friend with a daughter Raya. I wouldn't use it as we only do biblical names, but it sounds beautiful to me.
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etky
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 2:23 pm
It's quite a common name among DL here in Israel.
Ra'aya - not Raya.
It's biblilcal - the designation used for the female character in Shir Hashirim.
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zaq
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 2:41 pm
רעיה means the female partner in a marriage, iow a wife. It's a more poetic word than ishah and has a more romantic and lover-like connotation. Many charedi wedding invitations that don't mention women's names will read "Horei hakallah Harav Soandso veRaayato" (Parents of the bride Rabbi Soandso and his wife." Beautiful name.
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zaq
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 2:45 pm
כְּשֹֽׁושַׁנָּה֙ בֵּ֣ין הַחֹוחִ֔ים כֵּ֥ן רַעְיָתִ֖י בֵּ֥ין הַבָּנֹֽות׃
Shir Hashirim 2:2
The word "ra'ayati" is repeated many times in Shir Hashirim.
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jerusalem90
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 3:05 pm
I've known a frum Raaya in Israel.
There is a Disney? Pixar? Dreamworks? Movie feom about 10ish years ago called Raya and the Last Dragon, and it's a good childrens movie, IMO
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amother
Lightgreen
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 5:47 pm
I know a Raaya (American)
And it's common in Israel
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amother
Quince
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 6:11 pm
I know a wonderful chareidi woman Raaya.
I think it’s such a poetic sounding name if pronounced correctly
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amother
Maize
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 6:44 pm
Reminds me of the seminary machon raaya
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salt
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 11:03 pm
I've heard it also spelt with an alef - ראי"ה - a girls' name as an acronym for Rav Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen (Kook).
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amother
Sienna
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 11:06 pm
amother Seagreen wrote: | I have a friend with a daughter Raya. I wouldn't use it as we only do biblical names, but it sounds beautiful to me. |
Same. We don't use words from tanach, only things that were used as names in tanach
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amother
Lightgreen
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Mon, Dec 25 2023, 11:11 pm
salt wrote: | I've heard it also spelt with an alef - ראי"ה - a girls' name as an acronym for Rav Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen (Kook). |
No no no
This is not a name for a person!! It's used as a name for a place (a campus for example)
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amother
Hosta
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Tue, Dec 26 2023, 12:11 am
"Reminds me of the seminary machon raaya"
Because Machon Raaya is named after someone who's name was raaya
I love the name!
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amother
Hibiscus
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Tue, Dec 26 2023, 6:07 am
I know two Jewish women from Russian families with the name Raya (one frum one not). I assumed it was a Russian version of a Jewish name. Anyone know?
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Rabbit613
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Tue, Dec 26 2023, 6:17 am
I know a few girls with this name.
All of them frum and in Israel.
It's very pretty.
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etky
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Tue, Dec 26 2023, 6:24 am
amother Hibiscus wrote: | I know two Jewish women from Russian families with the name Raya (one frum one not). I assumed it was a Russian version of a Jewish name. Anyone know? |
I've also heard Raya as a Russian name but I don't know if there's any connection to Ra'aya.
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