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amother
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 Mon, Oct 11 2010, 6:48 pm
I had checked up where the origin of this name is: Yiddish nickname of Henrietta which is a form of Harriet which means "mistress of the house, ruler, lord." In Hebrew I'd think it were Malka or Sara.
However, just recently I checked it up again and it says it is the Yiddish nickname from Hannah- a completely different meaning...
Does anyone know? I was thinking about naming after a family member with this name, but would prefer to just use the meaning and not the exact Yiddish name. Now I'm not sure what it means, though!
TIA!
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Nuts
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Mon, Oct 11 2010, 7:31 pm
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I also heard that it is derived from the hebrew name Hannah-Chana.
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mandksima
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Mon, Oct 11 2010, 11:02 pm
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My dd's English middle name is Hannah and in Hebrew, she is Chenya (Chet-nun-yud-hay), named after a great aunt. Is that the same as Henya? We don't use our English names here so she uses the Chenya as a middle name (which doesn't get used much anyway.) Israelis always think it is Chana for some reason...
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BeershevaBubby
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Mon, Oct 11 2010, 11:17 pm
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amother
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Tue, Oct 12 2010, 9:47 pm
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my middle name is spelled "chenya"- pronounced "Chee-ye-na", it means Charisma- the root is yiddish, chein.
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BeershevaBubby
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Tue, Oct 12 2010, 9:49 pm
| amother wrote: | | my middle name is spelled "chenya"- pronounced "Chee-ye-na", it means Charisma- the root is yiddish, chein. |
Except chen is Hebrew.
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