Yerachmiel | Imamother

amother

Sun, Aug 29 2010, 10:27 pm

Any ideas for a nickname? I think calling a little baby yerachmiel may be too long and hard.
(Also not sure if the baby would have a second name and what I'd choose..)
I definitely would love to use this as the name he'd be called. (IF I have a boy lol)
Any ideas?

Bliss

Sun, Aug 29 2010, 11:40 pm

lech lecha08 wrote:

DH's cousin is Yerachmiel and the family seems to call him Yerach mostly

That's cute. My son is also Yerachmiel, but we call him by his other name.

Shuly

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 3:21 am

enneamom wrote:

Hpw about Rocky? 8)

I know a Yerachmiel who is called Rocky and another one who is called Rachmiel.

Yerachmiel does not have any more syllables than Elisheva or Avigayil, so it's not really that long!

amother

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 8:02 am

No offense to anyone with a son called Yerachmiel, but I feel I must warn op that this name is one of the most mocked in Israel. It's like a stereotype Shlumiel. This may be totally irrelevant to op - but if she's thinking of making aliya ever or if she already lives here, it's food for thought.

amother

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 1:43 pm

in response to the # of syllables being the same as elisheva/avigail:
I happen to think those names are too long as well, and I'd prob use a nickname if I'd choose those for my girls. But at least they don't have a "ch" sound. I think that is what makes yerachmiel such a hard name: 1. bec it is so long. 2. bec it has a hard "ch" in it.
Because of the "ch" it is hard to find a nickname without that harsh sound. I'm looking for something softer bec the meaning is soft (at least imo). rocky is not very soft.
yirmy is interesting. that's a possibility.
yerach, rachmiel, rachmi all have the ch which I prefer to avoid.
I don't really love any of the nicknames so I'm still open to ideas.
Thanks for all the ideas so far. Please keep them comiing!

amother

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 2:46 pm

amother wrote:

I LOVE this name! Im somewhere between MO and RWO and live in the states. I, as a rule, dont do "ch" names. But this one is amazing.

-Yery
-Rachy
-Chemi
-Eli

Eli! Thats a good one. Very common and easy to say.

yo'ma

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 3:04 pm

amother wrote:

-Chemi
-Eli

Eli! Thats a good one. Very common and easy to say.

I would never think a person's name is Yerachmiel if they're called, Eli.
I know a Chemi and Rocky. I guess their names are Yerachmiel Confused

Tamiri

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 3:12 pm

amother wrote:

Totally news to me, but then again I don't know any Yerachmiels IRL (I know a Yerach) and only know of one, Yerachmiel Bigun.

amother

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 3:13 pm

yo'ma wrote:

amother wrote:

-Chemi
-Eli

Eli! Thats a good one. Very common and easy to say.

I would never think a person's name is Yerachmiel if they're called, Eli.
I know a Chemi and Rocky. I guess their names are Yerachmiel Confused

Why the confusion? So what you wouldnt guess backwards that Eli is Yerachmiel? It's just a nickname- there are no formal rules. And I think it makes sense that any time a name ends in ___el, a nickname could be Eli. They're just nicknames, OP you could use "Buster" if you wanted! lol

WriterMom

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 3:13 pm

amother wrote:

I love the name, but was roundly shot down by everyone I ran it past (in midwest USA, not Israel.) It's a lovely name, both in sound and in meaning, but ... I wasn't up for picking a name that all my family and friends thought was dreadful.

Shuly

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 4:57 pm

lol - did you ever hear that Yerachmiel is the Russian form of Helena?!!
http://www.babyzone.com/babyna.....hmiel

I happen to love the name Yerachmiel, but I thought that link was hysterical!

runninglate

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 5:11 pm

I have a nephew named yerachmiel, and my brother nicknamed him Rocky. SIL and brother are not the type - did not appreciate it! it became something of a joke in the family! but I never dreamed ppl would use it as a nickname by which the child is really called!
another yerachmiel I know ended up being called miel, but it sounds a bit strange.

yo'ma

Mon, Aug 30 2010, 5:19 pm

amother wrote:

yo'ma wrote:

amother wrote:

-Chemi
-Eli

Eli! Thats a good one. Very common and easy to say.

I would never think a person's name is Yerachmiel if they're called, Eli.
I know a Chemi and Rocky. I guess their names are Yerachmiel Confused

Just to point out first, I'm not into nicknames whatsoever. Even ask my sisters who call their chilldren by a nickname, but I don't. I also think a nickname is not something that should be planned. Now that I got that out of the way, the only Eli's I ever heard of are ones when their name starts with Eli, like Eliezer, Elimelech, etc.., not at the end.