favorite names? | Imamother

spring13

Sat, Dec 03 2011, 11:13 pm

do you have any general guidelines? do you prefer modern/classic/Israeli/Yiddish/Ladino or anything like that? Biblical characters/historical figures vs. meaningful words/ideas? Anything to work with?

ellie23

Sat, Dec 03 2011, 11:23 pm

for boys I like soft sounding names like aviel, yonah, ariel
for girls I like shalva, atara, ariella, aliyana

I generally dislike names with a "ch" sound in them...very soft names with vowels, Ls and Rs are nice to me..

WWG1WGA

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 12:30 am

Boys: David, Binyamin, Chaim, Ezra, Yehuda, Yitzchak

Girls: Rena, Sharon , Rivkah, Miri, Shani, Batsheva, Ruthie

finallyamommy

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 3:18 am

In approximate order of favorites....

Girls: Elisheva, Rivka, Miriam, Chaya, Nechama, Shoshana, Sara, Meira

Boys: Aharon*, Dovid**, Avraham, Moshe, Menachem, Ovadya, Shmaya, Akiva, Ezra

*Aharon is not actually something I like enough to use it stam, but it is the name of my grandfather a"h, and will be our first boy's name, iy"H.

**Dovid was not a favorite till we got married and I realized what my husband's name meant for this name. Now I want a Dovid ben Yishai. LOL

(edited to add some names I forgot the first time)

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pobody's nerfect

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 9:27 am

girls: meira (got to use it! yay!), shalva, avigayil (can't use cuz MIL's name), chaviva, hadassah, menucha, odelia (DH would never let!), rachel (pronounced the israeli way, rah-chEL), tikva, zahava

boys: Doniel (can't use cuz our last name is too similar), Avigdor, Dov, Dovid, Ephraim (can't use cuz it's my father's name), Gedalia, Meir, Mordechai, Ovadia, Saadia
(I'll never get a choice though, cuz DH feels our boys should be named after gedolim. I've put my foot down so far on his #1 choice, Alter Chanoch Henach....)

spring13

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 4:25 pm

ok, after thinking, here's my list

Girls: Talia, Ayala, Gavriella, Moriah, Tirtzah, Tehila, Orly

Boys: Yonatan, Yochanan, Azaria, Michah, Avner, Elitzur

chocolate chips

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 4:51 pm

boys: aryeh (ari), shimmy, moishy, yisrael (sruly), menachem, tzvi, avi (cant think of anymore)

girls: atara, chaya sora, dini, racheli, ayala, ayelet, adina, (lots of as lol), suri, sheindy, faigy, miriam, and I cant think of anymore now.

good luck choosing there are soooo many names out there!! lol

medola

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 7:22 pm

I am also b'H also in the market for a nice baby name :-)
Problem is I really can't stand the sound of most super-frum names... lol. 98% of them rub me the wrong way!
Well, here's a few I like... (some are family names) But still haven't found "the one", I don't think.

Girls: Dalia, Ellina, Zahava, Tiferes, Zohar, Yecheved, Naamah Basya, Eliyana, Adina, Josephina, Sarai. (esp like the last two - but does anyone name their dd Sarai/Saraiah ? Not sure if we typically name for Sarah's original name, before H' changed it? )

Boys: Shaya (Yeshaya), Micha, David, Jeremiah, Zacharia, Jonah, Asher.

tryingmybest

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 9:09 pm

Sorry if its doubles:
boys: Chaim, yehuda, Yechezkel, Eliyahu, Mayer, Akiva, Aaron, Tzvi, Arye, Asher, Dov, David, Daniel, Avrohom (avi's my favorite), Yaakov

girls: Chani/Chana, Bina, Yocheved, Shoshana, Avigail, Devorah, Bracha, Shira, Shifra, Shayna, Reva, Rivka, Leah, Sara, Esther (esti's my favorite), Aliza, Rochel, Hindy, Faigy, Hadassah, Dina, Miriam, Nechama, Shaindy, Raizy, Yehudis, Aviva, Tehilla, Talia, Adina,

You can do combinations, variations, etc. Good luck!

Honesty

Sun, Dec 04 2011, 11:08 pm

rain wrote:

looking for ideas...
boy or girls names
what are your favorites

Girls- Esther, Yehudis

Boys- Moshe, Yakov

gold21

Mon, Dec 05 2011, 12:23 am

boys: all the Eli names- Eliyahu, Eliezer, Elisha/ peaceful names- Yona, Shalom/ biblical names- Aharon, Moshe, Dovid, Yaakov, Daniel, Yehuda, Binyomin

girls: Rina, Sarah, Rochel, Esther, Avigail

amother

Mon, Dec 05 2011, 3:23 am

Not going to share my top favorite names which I've already used as it'll give me away...

Boys: Eliya, Eliezer, Ovadia, Chananya, Yedidya, Gamliel, Azarya

Girls: Nechama, Ilana, Sarai, Chagit, Elisheva, Bracha, Batya

miriamnechama

Mon, Dec 05 2011, 3:42 am

tryingmybest wrote:

like MIRIAM NECHAMA Smile

well I don't know what will be with favourite names cus the next child be it boy or girl will b after my mother/fil, so right now no spaces for choosing favourite names!!!

miriamnechama

Mon, Dec 05 2011, 3:45 am

shevi82 wrote:

Boys: Yehuda, Ariel, Dovid
Girls: Shira, Rachel, Elisheva

I was told that Shira is a problematic name to give? I know of some shiras who went to a certain godal for a brcha for whatever reason and he said shira what name is this and made them all change their names to something biblical..

mind you my niece is shira rachel but is known as shira...

Leesah

Mon, Dec 05 2011, 5:42 am

pobody's nerfect wrote:

girls: meira (got to use it! yay!), shalva, avigayil (can't use cuz MIL's name), chaviva, hadassah, menucha, odelia (DH would never let!), rachel (pronounced the israeli way, rah-chEL), tikva, zahava

boys: Doniel (can't use cuz our last name is too similar), Avigdor, Dov, Dovid, Ephraim (can't use cuz it's my father's name), Gedalia, Meir, Mordechai, Ovadia, Saadia (I'll never get a choice though, cuz DH feels our boys should be named after gedolim. I've put my foot down so far on his #1 choice, Alter Chanoch Henach....)

Well,
Avigdor - rav Avigdor Miller
Meir - Rabi Meir Ba'al Ha'nes, Rabi Meir from the gemora
Ovadia - A novi! And Rav Ovadia Yosef
Saadia - Rav Saadia Gaon

Just choose a name you like and then find a gadol, it's very easy!