Nashi | Imamother

amother

Orchid

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 10:41 am

I really love the nickname Nashi but have only ever heard it for Menashe which I do not like. Any thoughts on another name I could use? Hebrew only, no Yiddish.

tovli toraspicha

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 11:17 am

Menashe is the classic but what about Nachshon?

cheeseblintz

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 11:27 am

Do your child a favor and don't name him Nashi.

amother

White

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 11:36 am

amother wrote:

I really love the nickname Nashi but have only ever heard it for Menashe which I do not like. Any thoughts on another name I could use? Hebrew only, no Yiddish.

Nesanel asher

Bnei Berak 10

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 11:46 am

amother wrote:

I really love the nickname Nashi but have only ever heard it for Menashe which I do not like. Any thoughts on another name I could use? Hebrew only, no Yiddish.

Nashi sounds very similar to Hebrew word nashi meaning female/womanly.
Try Menny instead.

pesek zman

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 11:56 am

cheeseblintz wrote:

Do your child a favor and don't name him Nashi.

Agreed. This is a terrible name. It reminds me of 'nosh'

amother

Orange

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 1:56 pm

You can do Nachi - for Menachem or nechemyah or Nachshon

amother

Tangerine

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 2:02 pm

My son’s name is Nachman. When I took him to the pediatrician for the first time, one of the nurses called him naSHman. Ever since then we call him Nash as a nickname. LOL

ETA: I also just remembered that my dh met someone a while back who said his name was Nash. When dh came home and told me I asked if his name was actually nachman (because of how we call ours) and he said yes he had asked him too!

FranticFrummie

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 2:34 pm

What is the vowel pronunciation on the "a"?

Is it like "nasty", or is it like "nosh-y". Either way, I can see this kid getting teased a lot.

agreer

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 3:14 pm

In general, I would encourage any mother not to choose her baby's name based on a nickname. Nicknames tend to evolve on their own, like Nash in the above example.

amother

Linen

Tue, Mar 06 2018, 3:19 pm

If the "a" is pronounced like the first letter of "apple" it's ok, but if it's "ah" like "avocado" I would imagine a lifetime of teasing.

imasoftov

Wed, Mar 07 2018, 12:47 pm

pesek zman wrote:

Agreed. This is a terrible name. It reminds me of 'nosh'