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PeanutMama

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:26 pm

Boys name

Chanoch
Chirtzke

Girls name

Zelda
Neni
Nina (I guess that’s short for penina)
Dali

What do they mean? If they’re nicknames what’s the actual name?

OBnursemom

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:27 pm

Dali might be short for Dalia.
https://www.kveller.com/jewish.....alia/

Chanoch is from tanach.
https://www.kveller.com/jewish.....noch/

Zelda is Yiddish
https://www.kveller.com/jewish.....elda/

Neni is Mrs in Hungarian, but that doesn’t make sense in the context.

Last edited by OBnursemom on Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:32 pm; edited 1 time in total

PinkFridge

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:31 pm

Hashem_n_Farfel wrote:

Boys name

Chanoch
Chirtzke

Girls name

Zelda
Neni
Nina (I guess that’s short for penina)
Dali

What do they mean? If they’re nicknames what’s the actual name?

I think Neni means uncle or aunt in Hungarian. Not that that helps.
Chanoch was an exceptional person in Tanach.

PeanutMama

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:33 pm

Thanks! What about Chirtzke?
It’s very very unusual. I heard this name once

OBnursemom

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:35 pm

Hashem_n_Farfel wrote:

Thanks! What about Chirtzke?
It’s very very unusual. I heard this name once

I imagine it’s a Yiddish nickname. For what I’m not sure. Maybe Ruchel knows. I think she’s an expert on the origins of names.

crust

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:36 pm

Chirtzke? Never heard of it.

amother

Plum

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 2:41 pm

Nina is a feminine name in many, many languages, including English and Russian. Also a nickname for Ann/Anna and any name ending in "-nina."

zaq

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 3:36 pm

Is Chirtzke masculine or feminine? Sounds very much like a Yiddish diminutive, the way Chatzkel , also shortened to Chatzi, is a diminutive for Yechezkel. My dad had an uncle Chatzi. I thought they called him that as a joke, because he was a BIG man. (Chatzi in Hebrew means "half" so it was like calling him "half-pint." )

suremom

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 3:38 pm

Maybe it was Hertzke?

DrMom

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 3:39 pm

crust wrote:

Chirtzke? Never heard of it.

Me neither.

Great Scrabble word.

thunderstorm

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 3:45 pm

Chirtzke might have been a nickname for Hertzka or maybe the name was Chaim Hertzka or whatever and they shortened it.

amother

Green

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 4:30 pm

Neni is a nickname for Genendel

PeanutMama

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 6:01 pm

Yeah I was thinking it was a nickname or something lol but 😂

amother

Cyan

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 9:20 pm

I heard of the name Nena pronounced with a short e.

ExtraCredit

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 9:25 pm

suremom wrote:

Maybe it was Hertzke?

It was probably hertzke with a Russian accent = chertzke

silverlining3

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 11:46 pm

Hashem_n_Farfel wrote:

Boys name

Chanoch
Chirtzke

Girls name

Zelda
Neni
Nina (I guess that’s short for penina)
Dali

What do they mean? If they’re nicknames what’s the actual name?

I'm not sure the meaning of any but I heard of Chanoch-I see few quoted this name is from tanach
Chirtzke, as some pointed out, maybe it's really Hertzke.
Zelda-Zeldy, know of plenty girls with this name
Dali, though I don't know the meaning or source, I know of a certain family who it's a name in their extended family. Not a nickname.
Neni, Hungarian for aunt. Or a name I don't know

Last edited by silverlining3 on Thu, Jun 04 2020, 11:53 pm; edited 1 time in total

amother

Sienna

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 11:51 pm

Hashem_n_Farfel wrote:

Boys name

Chanoch
Chirtzke

Girls name

Zelda
Neni
Nina (I guess that’s short for penina)
Dali

What do they mean? If they’re nicknames what’s the actual name?

I know of a gerrer chossid named chanoch.
Chanoch in tanach lived before Noach.

Zelda is yiddish.

The other names are either not names or nicknames.

tigerwife

Thu, Jun 04 2020, 11:51 pm

I’ve heard of all but Chirtzke. The suffix seems to indicate a nickname.

Mama Bear

Fri, Jun 05 2020, 12:10 am

Nenna is a name.
and Chirtzke indeed sounds to me like Hertzka.

PeanutMama

Fri, Jun 05 2020, 12:15 am

Lol I just spelled it out like I heard it! So maybe it is hertzka! Where does it come from

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