boy name meaning 'pleasant, sweet'

amother

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:07 pm

I am looking for baby boy names that mean sweet, pleasant, happy, etc.
Help please Smile

c.c.cookie

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:10 pm

No'am - means pleasant
Simcha - happy

Zus

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:14 pm

I know a boy called Hemed (from nechmad - nice).

gold21

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:18 pm

shalom means peace.

goldi

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:22 pm

These are more Israeli sounding names, so if you like that...
Adiv = gracious
Chanan,
Chanani (Chananya?)
Adin = fine/gentle

boymom

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:33 pm

Noam is nice.
how about Yonah- I think its the symbol of peace? im not sure.

seeker

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:40 pm

I also thought Noam when I first saw the post title. It's a nice sounding name, too!

Chavelamomela

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 4:44 pm

Chen means charming (hebraicized version of Chanan)
Noam means tranquility or pleasant

chavamom

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 6:05 pm

Another vote for Noam from the mother of Noam, a sweet, tranquil, pleasant boy from birth.

louche

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 6:20 pm

Chavelamomela wrote:

Chen means charming (hebraicized version of Chanan)
Noam means tranquility or pleasant

whaddayamean Hebraicized version of Chanan? Chanan IS Hebrew! As are Elchanan, Chananel and Chananya. Chen means "charm" "grace" or "favor" (ut'nenu lechen, lechessed ulerachamim etc.), not "charming", and Noam means "pleasantness". Nouns, not adjectives. "Naim" means pleasant and is a masculine name in both Hebrew and Arabic.

Chen is also Rashei Tevot for Chayyim nachman, as in the poet Bialik, conventionally called "Chen Bialik".

Chen for a boy is a very modern Israeli name (understand, anything more recent than WWII is "modern" in my book), Noam modern Israeli but not quite as radical as Chen, and Chanan & Co. won't make the traditional, right-wing branch of the family roll their eyes or have conniption fits.

I love ALL those names.

amother

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 8:22 pm

adino, zusha, zissel, zishe...

MommyZ

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 8:27 pm

Naom
Adin
Avinoam
Asher
Simcha

MaBelleVie

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 8:27 pm

I thought of Noam immediately, too. Love that name!

LiLIsraeli

Tue, Aug 24 2010, 8:36 pm

louche wrote:

Chavelamomela wrote:

Chen means charming (hebraicized version of Chanan)
Noam means tranquility or pleasant

I think what she means is that Chen is more modern Hebrew than Chanan, Chananya, or Elchanan - it's not originally a name, but a word that Israelis have transformed into a name.

Interestingly enough, I knew a girl named Chen.