names I would never use

amother

Sat, Sep 08 2007, 11:48 pm

Orly

amother

Sat, Sep 08 2007, 11:49 pm

dood ___ an Isreali boys name

amother

Sat, Sep 08 2007, 11:50 pm

Yenta

BennysMommy

Sat, Sep 08 2007, 11:55 pm

What kind of thread is this? What if my name was Yenta or Orly? What if my husband's name is Dudy? And why are you all anonymous? Is it embarrassing that you don't like those names?

amother

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 12:33 am

whats wrong with orly?

BennysMommy

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 12:36 am

nothing. I like that name!

hila

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 1:02 am

I would never give a name that has a strange meaning in another language like
"Einat" = "a nut"

or

"Osnat" = Oh Snot

etc . Both are great names in Hebrew, but kids are cruel and so are relatives sometimes. Just think about what a name sounds like before you give it.

amother

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 2:26 am

Genendal. Or Geneshe.

twinkltoes

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 3:41 am

Sagi - Saggy

Dudu - 'nuff said

Dror - Drawer

Now. Put 'em all together and you've got - Saggy Doodoo Drawer!

LOL

chocolate moose

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 9:15 am

I never heard of the name saggy.

MommyLuv

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 9:18 am

Oh, come on, OP.

You don't think this thread can be potentially insulting to all the women on this site who happen to have been given these names? Confused

twinkltoes

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 9:19 am

Me neither until I moved to Israel. It's fairly common here. I just asked my co-worker and it means "happiness". Go figure.

amother

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 9:22 am

I'm sure you didn't mean to offend anyone with this thread. But it hurts my feelings to see that one of the names we are considering for our baby is something that you "would never use."

chocolate moose

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 9:25 am

it's just her opinion! for discussion! if s/o doesn't like it, then can scroll on by.

MommyLuv

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 9:35 am

chocolate moose wrote:

it's just her opinion! for discussion! if s/o doesn't like it, then can scroll on by.

I'm all for inane discussions.... Very Happy

...Just not offensive ones.

chocolate moose

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 11:24 am

MommyLuv wrote:

I'm all for inane discussions.... Very Happy

...Just not offensive ones.

don't make it personal, then. don't forget, names are for a reason - either for beloved family or b/c the parents like the name. what's the diff if some anonymous poster doesn't like it? they don't hve the same feeling you did - or the same aunt or grandmother.

Crayon210

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 11:28 am

Names are a really personal thing for people.

Mimisinger

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 12:02 pm

This is a really rude thread.

mimivan

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 12:54 pm

hila wrote:

Yes, I kind of think this is a rude thread, but one name I do not mind remarking on is Nimrod. Why did so many secular Israelis give this name? Was it a dafka thing???

I hear it's not in fashion anymore. b'h

And I think Yenta is a really nice name, but it would be hard to give it nowadays with the assocation. Although I know people who do and since they are very chassidishe and have very chassidishe friends, and I don't think the kids get any comments in school ...(unfortunately people like me who saw Fiddler on the Roof, unlike them, did a double take when I first heard that name in the frum world...It is out of ignorance, really)

Yes, some names in other languages have different associations...they might sound great in Hebrew or Yiddish but when in a certain country, well...as Hila pointed out.

Piper

Sun, Sep 09 2007, 3:02 pm

Names I would never use:

Christopher/Christian

Christina

Mary

Peter John Mark Matthew

Osama

Mohahmed

Fatima

Wink