Baby girl Yiddish names

dankbar

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 10:25 am

My list is not so common so some start bordering on weird but there are nice Yiddish names that are common like Blimy, flower. Goldy- gold. Gitty-good. Mindy. Faigy-bird. Shaindy-pretty, Toby-dovebird, Roizy, Raizy-rose. perry-pearl, Then some Hebrew names that are used in Yiddish speaking circles like Esty, sury, leah'le, ruchy, Rivky, devoiry, chumy from nechama, dassi from hadassa, shevy from batsheva or elisheva. chany, chaya, dini, miriam ( miri) Chevy from yocheved, Malki, bruchy- from bracha,

dankbar

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 10:43 am

more uncommon names
ella-eli, pelly, trana/y, all over uncommon in skver super popular, margalit/margulius/guli uncommon but popular in viznitz, mushke/mishket/mushki popular in chabad,
tirtzah, serach, toltza-toltzy. leviah, lana/y, eiga/y, -agi. zlata-zlaty, zelda-zeldy,

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dankbar

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 1:39 pm

more uncommon names neni, slova-sluvy.bini. idk if you want to go there.

More Hebrew names used in yiddish:
Shiffy from Shifra. Tzivy from tzivia. Nechy from nechama. Bassy/Basya from Batya or Bas tzion. Chavi.

amother

Lilac

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 1:43 pm

From my family: Ida, Reyna/Reina/Rayna
I've known a couple of people named Golda.

dankbar

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 1:47 pm

Kayla is also popular in non Jewish circles as well now, as it is an English name as well.
Baila/Beily/beilu, could be in English Bella.
Bailey/Bayla is popular among non Jewish now as well.

banana123

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 2:08 pm

Adel/Odel
Feiga
Freyda
Breina
Matel
Pesha/ Pesya
Liba/ Leiba
Nechy
Mushka/ Moussia
Sheina
Shterna
Alta
Elka
Runya
Rusya
Breindy
Ita
Kaila
Baila

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Ruchel

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 2:09 pm

amother [ Aubergine ] wrote:

Why would you do that to an innocent child, asks someone with a not-so-common Yiddish name.

Because people love it, signed a mom of kids with uncommon names

amother

Aubergine

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 3:11 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Because people love it, signed a mom of kids with uncommon names

The mom isn't the one going through life with a strange name. I hope your kids are happy with their names, but an unusual name is a burden. Not everyone bears it equally.

amother

Forestgreen

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 3:35 pm

amother [ Pink ] wrote:

Ettel
Charna
Fradel
Fraida/Fraidel
Hendel
Mindel
Rechel
Rachel (rahchel)
Basha
Masha
Rani
Ratzi
Pesya
Pessil
Klerel (can have nickname Clara)
Mamala
Reva is Lashon HaKodesh as are Pia, Pella, Dalia, Malia, and Nicha
Rikel (can be called Rikki)
Zissel
Faiga
Kreindy
Vita
Toba (two spellings)
Frimet
Mishket
Yachet
Yittel/Yitta (our Rebbe says this is the same name as Gittel)
Yetta
Yenta
Sima
Blima
Roiza/Roizel (different from Raizel)
Shlumtza (I think this comes from Shlumtzion)
Faila
Henna
Brana

Then there are very unusual ones that may be a no go like Dvosha, Kreinchy, Shprintza, Kressel, etc.

Sima is Aramaic not Yiddish.

OBnursemom

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 3:38 pm

dankbar wrote:

tuna
Doba-Dobra
Dvoshe
klarel-clary
minky-mincha-mina
Fally
layka-leiku leitchu- ( nickname for leah)
rechama-ruchmy
genendel-genendy-gendy
tzurtel-tzurty

There’s a Yiddish name Tuna? Really?

amother

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 3:43 pm

amother [ Aubergine ] wrote:

Why would you do that to an innocent child, asks someone with a not-so-common Yiddish name.

OP here.
I am the one with the rarest name myself Smile

and always feel really blessed and unique because of it. Hope my daughters will feel the same.

chipmunks

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 3:44 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

OP here.
I am the one with the rarest name myself Smile

and always feel really blessed and unique because of it. Hope my daughters will feel the same.

Okay, but not to interfere too much...please don't name your daughter Tuna! Very Happy

amother

Forestgreen

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 3:50 pm

amother [ Forestgreen ] wrote:

Sima is Aramaic not Yiddish.

Quoting myself- Sima happens to be one of my favorite (non Yiddish names)
Yiddish names I love include
Liba, Shaindel, Breindel, Perel, Ettel, Zissel, Tzirel, Freidel, Baila, Matel, Golda, and Reizel.

Culturedpearls

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 4:03 pm

dankbar wrote:

Tirtzah is not Yiddish but Hebrew. One of the bnos Tzelophhad

chipmunks

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 4:09 pm

amother [ Smokey ] wrote:

I happen to know a Tuna Fisch. No joke Very Happy

I sincerely hope that is her married name, in which case she had some say in the matter, and obviously a sense of humor!

dankbar

Sun, Dec 15 2019, 4:42 pm

Yes טונא. I know one combined with a normal name so it gets swept in together.

I know a madel. Which her mom loves the name to her it's like Model. instead of madel that probably is "girl".