What could his hebrew name have been?

ClaRivka

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 2:44 am

His secular name was Henry. What do you think??

(and to my friends who invariably see my name posting in the baby names section- nope, im not pregnant. just curious. Smile

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RachelEve14

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 3:27 am

Could be anything. Maybe (Tzvi) Hirsch. Maybe not even related.

Not to steal your thread, but my uncle also doesn't know what his Hebrew name is. I think it's so sad. His English name is Jason... could be anything.

shalhevet

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 5:10 am

Hanoch?

But there were people who gave unconnected names too - it could have been Avraham or Yitzhak too.

Ruchel

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 5:12 am

My uncle Henri (Heniek) is Chayim Chenech.

amother

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 7:53 am

My relative is Chanoch. His English name is Henry and he also goes by the Yiddish name Henoch.

yo'ma

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 8:39 am

RachelEve14 wrote:

Not to steal your thread, but my uncle also doesn't know what his Hebrew name is. I think it's so sad. His English name is Jason... could be anything.

Could be anything too, but my cousin whose name is jason, his hebrew name is yehuda.

Lakewood

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 9:06 am

I would guess Chaim. But, could be anything and also could of had a second hebrew name.

merelyme

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 10:16 am

Ruchel wrote:

My uncle Henri (Heniek) is Chayim Chenech.

Ruchel, is that second name Henech or Chanoch, maybe?

Ruchel

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 10:17 am

Chenech/Henech is like Chanoch, Yiddish style

lech lecha08

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 12:36 pm

My great-grandfather was Henry and his Hebrew name was Hillel

ClaRivka

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 1:25 pm

thanks for ur replies everyone

amother

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 4:07 pm

usually Chaim
but my great grandfather's hebrew name was chaim and his english name was harold

life'sgreat

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 9:25 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Chenech/Henech is like Chanoch, Yiddish style

There's actually Chanoch, as well as Henech. There are some named Chanoch Henech, which I assume is like Tzvi Hirsh or something.

realeez

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 9:35 pm

My father is Chaim/Henry but he got his English name at customs when he immigrated to Canada.

wispalover

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 10:21 pm

yo'ma wrote:

RachelEve14 wrote:

Not to steal your thread, but my uncle also doesn't know what his Hebrew name is. I think it's so sad. His English name is Jason... could be anything.

Could be anything too, but my cousin whose name is jason, his hebrew name is yehuda.

I know lots of Jason's with the hebrew name Gershon.

amother

Thu, Jul 28 2011, 12:49 am

My FIL's English name was Samuel.

His Hebrew name was Shimon. Come again?

A semi-religious friend of mine in college went by her "English" name, Rebeka Sarah, but she told me once her "Hebrew" name was Raizel Sheyna. Uh, no. Maybe your JEWISH name is Raizel Sheyna, but the only Hebrew names among the four are Rebeka and Sarah.

ElTam

Thu, Jul 28 2011, 1:49 am

I see this all the time in baby announcements (non frum) where the baby is named Daniel and his Hebrew name is Yitzchak. Wha???

Isramom8

Thu, Jul 28 2011, 4:14 am

A cousin's grandfather was named Levi, and at Ellis Island the processor thought he said Davey. So his English name became David. And his grandson was named after him precisely that way - Levi in Hebrew, David in English.

BeershevaBubby

Thu, Jul 28 2011, 4:22 am

my uncle Henry was Tzvi Aryeh.