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amother

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 1:43 pm

Here's my "requirments":

1) A distinctly Jewish name

2)Easily pronouncable by non-Jews/(very!) secular family.

3) One name. I don't want an english and a hebrew name, a name that can be shortened into something "english" sounding is fine.

Some of our ideas, none of which we have agreed on.

Boy: Zachariah (Zach) ---that's about all we have right now! (HELP!!!)

Girl: Eliana, Talia, Maya, Daniella

I feel stressed out about naming this baby! My first DD is Leah (pronounced the Hebrew way), and I LOVE that, simple, easy and distinctly Jewish.
Help me!

TIA!!!

amother

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 1:56 pm

By here Lea is one of the most common names these days, so while it's very Jewish, most Leas aren't Jewish. Like most Davids, Sarahs, etc.

amother

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 2:05 pm

My mother's family is not frum and they have a hard time with any names that have a CH like: chaya,chana, chaim etc. don't start with those names.
Any name like avi,yitzi,yossi eli,Yehuda, sarah, tova,yael,devora were no problem.
Also names like Avigail were majorly mispronounced

amother

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 4:18 pm

amother,

my name requirements are very similar!

We have now a boy and a girl, and are expecting a third
Our kids are Esther and Rafael (pronounced almost the same in Hebrew and English, not common but used in English speaking countries)

For a third we are thinking of, and some we are not considering but that would fit your requirements:

for a boy: Natan, Nataniel, Emanuel (would love to also use Michael, but that's my father's name), Eitan, Ezra, David, Daniel, Dan, Avraham, Aaron

for a girl: Tova, Dina, Sara, Naomi (love this name!), Rina, Aviva, Aliza (love it but husband against!)

manhattanmom

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 8:54 pm

amother wrote:

re: making it easy for not-frum relatives to pronounce, but in today's world, seriously who cares anymore?? I've met kids with interesting names during my experience in NYC Public Schools. Everyone is into ethnic names and in some groups it's like a contest to come up with the least pronounceable name.
And that's all over America today.
Your non-religious relatives will learn to pronounce it for someone they love. My grandparents and cousins (who are not frum) learned all of our names and my (90+ year old) grandmother has her own way of saying my sons' names, but so what?!

rainbow

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 8:57 pm

Is Benjamin (Ben) an option?

amother

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 9:13 pm

OP here!
I knew I would get some responses like yours, ManhattanMom, but it doesn't really matter...this is what WE (my husband and I) want/are comfortable with!

YES, I want something easily pronouncable, it's important to me.

Thanks to those of you who have given some options, I'm writing them all down to discuss with DH! Appreciate it!

manhattanmom

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 9:44 pm

How about:

Boy:

Alexander
Gabriel (Gavriel)
Ari (Ariel)

Girl:

Toby (Toba)
Deborah (Devorah)
Gabriella (Gavriella)
Ariella

amother

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 9:55 pm

what about something like eliezer or eliyahu....both of which can be Eli. Or Aryeh or ariel which can be Ari.

for girls, I like eliana and talia, as those are the names of my twins LOL

Mamish Mama

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 9:59 pm

Yaffa
Orli
Gabriel/Gabriella
Daniel/Daniella
Elan/Elana
Adina
Marni
Naomi
Naama
Noah
Ariel/Ariella
Dalia
Marni

g96be

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 10:02 pm

Lots of great suggestions here!

Kayla
Ayelet
Shalva
Mia
Leba

Kobe (Yaakov)
Eitan
Avi
Ari
Dovi
Ami
Ayal

Mirel

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 10:07 pm

Ruthy - for Rus
Rikki or Becky - Rivka
Tali - Talia
Debby - Devorah
Sari - Sara
Rina
Dina
Adina
Ayala
Gail for Avigail
Zeva

Eli for boy or girl
Avi
Ari
Yair
Yoav
Adin
Aviv
Yona - Yoni
Natan - Yonatan
Aidan
Dovid - Dovi or Davie
Alex - Alexander
Roni - Aron -Aaron

SHMEIJEL

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 10:09 pm

Try: Parents.com
They have 57 pages of Jewish baby names. (Alphabetical order)

http://www.parents.com/baby-names/jewish/

Good Luck!

anonymom

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 10:48 pm

OP, (and mother to Esther and Raphael):

I'm totally on the same page as you regarding names. You can pm me and I can tell you our kids' names.

Boys"R"Us

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:48 pm

A lot of my names are on these lists too!

I always loved the idea of names that are the same in hebrew and in english.

Sarah/Sara
Naomi
Keren

Ezra
Boaz
Asher
Dani
Gil

HTH
Debbie

RachelEve14

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:56 pm

My family is not frum and they do fine with both Nechama & Tzve (we call Avraham Tzvi by both names).

As far as suggestions, I didn't read through them all but I really like Gila & Rena for girls. Most girl Tanachi names I can think of are easily pronouncable (Batsheva, Devora, Sara, Rivka, Rachel, Ruth, Naomi, Na'ama).

Boys I LOVE Asher, Ezra, Elizar, Boaz. Most of Ya'akov's sons (and Ya'akov, Yitzchok would throw some for a loop but I love the name).

amother

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 10:24 am

OP here.

Thank you all SO much! So many great suggestions!!

One question...I really like Asher, but was wondering if it is pronounced with a long A-- as in Apple, or with a U sound as in Usher? DH seems to think the latter is the correct way, but I like it with a long A.

Ruchel

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 11:15 am

A (ah) sher is Hebrew, U (oo) sher is Yiddish.

Pooh

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 6:01 pm

joel (yoel)
adelle

Boys"R"Us

Wed, Jan 06 2010, 12:03 am

amother wrote:

In my experience...
As a Jewish (Hebrew) name, it is pronounced Usher (as in theatre).
As an english name, it is pronounced Ash-er (as in Ash).

~Debbie

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