Baby name you love but will never use?

Rappel

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:03 am

chipmunks wrote:

I also really pushed for Naftali but DH couldn't stand that guy from yeshiva or something so eventually I let it go. (We ended up having a girl that time anyway Smile

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Naftalia?

amother

Cyan

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:06 am

Yehuda...I think it's such a strong beautiful Hebrew name but in my Yiddish speaking community it would automatically become Yidel or Yidela instead...so... no thanks.

groovy1224

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:08 am

chipmunks wrote:

I also really pushed for Naftali but DH couldn't stand that guy from yeshiva or something so eventually I let it go. (We ended up having a girl that time anyway Smile

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That was DH's reason for not liking it..maybe it's the same guy lol

amother

Turquoise

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:34 am

Sarah. It's my favorite but I can't use it for a weird convoluted reason.
Yehuda/Yehudis. I'd love to use either or both, I love the meaning and the characters, but DH thinks they are silly names: "literally naming your kid 'Jew.' "
Shmuel. My first name is Chana and DH thinks it is corny.
Shoshana. This is actually a contender for a theoretical future baby, but it's sort of "modern" for our community and our rav might encourage us to use Raizel instead.
Miriam. Can't use it because it is a close relative's name.
Ovadia. I love it for the meaning but DH thinks it is too Sefardi.

OutATowner

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:37 am

amother [ Apricot ] wrote:

Ayala is a female deer

I know but I don't know why I would name my kid a deer.

amother

Blonde

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:37 am

amother [ Cyan ] wrote:

Yehuda...I think it's such a strong beautiful Hebrew name but in my Yiddish speaking community it would automatically become Yidel or Yidela instead...so... no thanks.

Same here.

OutATowner

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:38 am

chipmunks wrote:

An ayala is a type of gazelle and I think it's in Shir haShirim. Also, Yaakov Avinu says "Naftali ayala" or similar when he's bentching his sons.

Why wouldn't you use the others? I also love Avital.

Ooh, thank you, a source I can look up!
Other ones dh doesn't like. He is into Yiddish sounding names, we try to meet in the middle.

amother

Navy

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:38 am

Gila
Avigail
Batsheva
Menucha

Can’t use it because I’m done having kids.
Only was able to use a random chosen name for my last child because the rest were named after grandparents.

amother

Papaya

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:39 am

I wanted a certain name for our DD but DH nixed it at the time and it's too similar to what we did name DD so I'll never use it.

I love the name Yaakov but then I got a Yaakov as a FIL, may he live and be well.

amother

Apricot

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:39 am

Rappel wrote:

I mean, he did rebel against G-d's Anointed One, and ended up a hanging pincushion. Most people view him as rather wicked. For all those reasons, I couldn't do that to a kid.

Oh interesting. I know regular frum people who use the name, so I guess maybe they use it for the meaning and not after that avshalom.

perquacky

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:43 am

Shachar
I would have loved to use it for a boy or a girl, but since we live in the US, I avoided giving any of my kids "ch" names.
(I've worked with a Hava and a Hani, and neither one was thrilled that very few people could pronounce their names.)

amother

Babypink

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:43 am

I love the name Moriah
But we live in the US so basically she would be called Maria and that would just not fly. We would be constantly correcting people's pronounciation to put the stress on the last syllable.

amother

Burlywood

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:44 am

OutATowner wrote:

I know but I don't know why I would name my kid a deer.

I have a lion and a bird so...

Lizzie4

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:45 am

Rappel wrote:

I love the name Shimon, but our last name would set that kid up for bullying, for sure. (Now y'all can guess what it is Wink

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I also, secretly, love the name and story of Avshalom. But for obvious reasons I can't use it.

Peres?

yerushamama

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:45 am

Shaindel - a close relative's name that I hope to never be able to use

amother

Yellow

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:46 am

I have very controlling parents (I knowwwwwwwwwww I'm in therapy already learning how to deal with them and their crazy demands). So I kinda have to use family names, even though I dont like most of them. I'm pregnant now, and I'm hoping it's a girl because I dont like the boy name I'm left with.

MiriFr

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 10:48 am

OutATowner wrote:

I know but I don't know why I would name my kid a deer.

Hey, I have a tzvi!

Rappel

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 11:09 am

amother [ Apricot ] wrote:

Oh interesting. I know regular frum people who use the name, so I guess maybe they use it for the meaning and not after that avshalom.

Really???? What community???? Were they born to religious parents?

Rappel

Tue, Jul 09 2019, 11:11 am

Lizzie4 wrote:

Peres?

Ha! That WOULD be funny! I actually wrote it in a follow-up post.