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amother

Sun, Oct 23 2011, 12:31 pm

dh and I concider naming our baby iy´´H boruch (if a boy) or feigi (if a girl).
first of all: how would u spell the names?
which nicknames exist for the names?
is berel a nickname for boruch?

finallyamommy

Sun, Oct 23 2011, 1:02 pm

Well Feigi is already a nickname for Feiga. I've also heard Feigele and Fay. Boruch...now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever heard any nicknames for it. Berel is a diminutive of Ber, Yiddish form of Dov--totally different name. I suppose you could call him Berel if you really wanted, but I see no point, as the only similarity is the first letter. It'd be sort of like saying "this is my daughter Rivka, but her nickname is Rochel."

I'd say to spell them Boruch and Feiga, or maybe Faiga. If you meant how to spell them in Hebrew/Yiddish, then ברוך and פייגא, I think.

Mommy3.5

Sun, Oct 23 2011, 1:28 pm

baruch, whould be spelled Bet resh, vav, chaf sofit,

Faigy is a nickname for Faiga, I have seen it spelled mostly fey, yud,yud, gimmel, alef. On rare occasion I have seen it spelled with a heh, instead of the alef.

FAIGA (פֵייגָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feiga, meaning "fig."
FAIGEL (פֵייגל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feigel, meaning "bird."
FEIGA (פֵייגָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feige, meaning "fig."
FEIGE (פֵייגֶע): Yiddish name derived from the word fayg, meaning "fig."
FEIGEL (פֵייגל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feygl, meaning "bird."
FEYGL: Yiddish translation of Hebrew Tsipporah, derived from the

amother

Sun, Oct 23 2011, 3:47 pm

amother wrote:

dh and I concider naming our baby iy´´H boruch (if a boy) or feigi (if a girl).
first of all: how would u spell the names?
which nicknames exist for the names?
is berel a nickname for boruch?

I know someone named burry (not sure how it is spelled)

Mommy3.5

Sun, Oct 23 2011, 9:56 pm

amother wrote:

dh and I concider naming our baby iy´´H boruch (if a boy) or feigi (if a girl).
first of all: how would u spell the names?
which nicknames exist for the names?
is berel a nickname for boruch?

I know someone named burry (not sure how it is spelled)

Berry is usually short for berish. I think that is a form of beryl.

amother

Sun, Oct 23 2011, 10:44 pm

Mommy3.5 wrote:

amother wrote:

dh and I concider naming our baby iy´´H boruch (if a boy) or feigi (if a girl).
first of all: how would u spell the names?
which nicknames exist for the names?
is berel a nickname for boruch?

I know someone named burry (not sure how it is spelled)

Berry is usually short for berish. I think that is a form of beryl.

Yes it is, but the guy I know is burry, and his name is baruch. I'm just not sure how to spell it.

Ruchel

Mon, Oct 24 2011, 9:51 am

I think with a heh is more Israeli.

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