Naming after a Lillian

amother

Orange

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:33 pm

No Hebrew name that I know of. Any ideas besides Shoshana or Raizel?

simcha2

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:35 pm

We have a lieba for a Lillian (but that was her jewish name).

Could also do something similar sounding, lilah, Layla etc.

amother

Red

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:36 pm

According to name-doctor.com, it comes from Elizabeth which is Elisheva.
And if you just want to do something that sounds similar (same initial), Leah is a nice name

amother

Orange

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:43 pm

amother wrote:

According to name-doctor.com, it comes from Elizabeth which is Elisheva.
And if you just want to do something that sounds similar (same initial), Leah is a nice name

I actually already have an Elisheva. But I'm shocked, how does Lillian come from Elizabeth? I thought it was from lily?

simcha2

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:51 pm

amother wrote:

I actually already have an Elisheva. But I'm shocked, how does Lillian come from Elizabeth? I thought it was from lily?

I'm also surprised, especially as my grandmother Lillian had a sister Elizabeth.

nchr

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:56 pm

simcha2 wrote:

I'm also surprised, especially as my grandmother Lillian had a sister Elizabeth.

And why would that be a problem? Isabella too. They are different names, regardless of meaning or where they come from.

nchr

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:58 pm

What about Eliana? Just sounds like Lillian to me.

simcha2

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 5:59 pm

nchr wrote:

And why would that be a problem? Isabella too. They are different names, regardless of meaning or where they come from.

Not a problem. Just never heard that before. Always thought if lillian as a contraction of Lilly Ann.

sub

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 6:02 pm

My neighbor whose name was lily
Her hebrew name was Leah
Can you find out if your lilian had a Hebrew name?

amother

Orange

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 6:04 pm

sub wrote:

My neighbor whose name was lily
Her hebrew name was Leah
Can you find out if your lilian had a Hebrew name?

I wish. There's no family left who would know and no ketubah that anyone knows of, and no gravestone either Sad

amother

Orange

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 6:06 pm

sub wrote:

I think the lily is
חבצלת in
Hebrew

Oh, I thought Shoshana was either lily or rose.

Batyah85

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 7:02 pm

I had a great aunt Lillian- her Hebrew name was Leah

sub

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 7:19 pm

amother wrote:

I wish. There's no family left who would know and no ketubah that anyone knows of, and no gravestone either Sad

So sad. Any letters or paperwork? What about husband’s headstone is her name on it?

sub

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 7:21 pm

amother wrote:

Oh, I thought Shoshana was either lily or rose.

I went back to check and I found that yes שושן is also lily
So it seems that lily can be interepteted into two hebrew names

amother

Orange

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 7:30 pm

sub wrote:

So sad. Any letters or paperwork? What about husband’s headstone is her name on it?

No. For a few generations already the family pretty much only used English names including on headstones. I actually want to write to my great-uncle, who's 93 years old and the oldest person in the family, and ask him for anybody's Hebrew names that he remembers, but I'm not sure how he'd take that. And he didn't know Lillian anyway, so that wouldn't help.

sub

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 7:33 pm

amother wrote:

Great idea. He might just be waiting to talk about the past. Record everything he says.

thegiver

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 7:38 pm

Pls dont do layla or or isabel. Horrible connotations for jews.

amother

Burlywood

Sun, Dec 23 2018, 8:01 pm

In my family Lillians were - Leah and Liba.