What are some names you would NEVER use?

ExtraCredit

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:00 pm

amother [ Cerise ] wrote:

1. Agreed about it not being sensitive. Especially when some of your reasons are so arbitrary. Like Faiga means bird and has nothing to do with a faigala. 2. Extra credit I cannot stop laughing at your choice of “do not name” names

Wanted to be safe and not hurt anyone on this forum. If somebody is hurt they must be a troll.

mommy2x

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:01 pm

I don't agree with this post either because people don't always have the choice to skip over names in their family, even if it's not one they prefer. No reason to make someone feel bad in an already bad situation. Most people dont name their child Faiga solely because they like birds or pessel because they are bored. There is an obligation (whether from someone pressuring or from personal feelings such as having been close to the deceased).
But just to clarify one of the names, Chaya means "life" or "animal". A VILDA Chaya is a wild animal. Plain chaya is just "animal". Just saying.

Rappel

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:03 pm

amother [ Ecru ] wrote:

I know two!!! It is common in certain sfardi circles I think

Really?? No way.... Which circles?

DH wanted to use it after he learned the original context, and I'm like "you want to name her what????"

amother

Tangerine

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:13 pm

I think Imanuel is a beautiful name but DH nixed it. He said it sounds like a Conservative temple. Tongue Out

doodlesmom

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:13 pm

ExtraCredit wrote:

I think this is very insensitive dear OP. You wrote plenty common names and I’m sure people around here either have them or have siblings or kids with some of those names. These are the names I’d never use:
Doggie
Hitler
Amelek
Eisav

My dh wants to know why I’m rotfl!!!
Too funny!

amother

Ecru

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:15 pm

amother [ Tangerine ] wrote:

I think Imanuel is a beautiful name but DH nixed it. He said it sounds like a Conservative temple. Tongue Out

My elementary school was the upper floor of a temple called Temple Emanuel. (I happen to love the name Emanuel, but I don’t think my husband would ever go for it, even with its meaning.)

amother

Hotpink

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:16 pm

amother [ Ecru ] wrote:

I will list family names, and apologize to anyone who is offended....
Minya
Musha
Lesha
Feivel
Rasha

For this reason, our children are not specifically named after anyone.

Edit: actually, I don’t like most Yiddish names, and in general prefer Hebrew names, especially names that not everyone has....in my husbands family, there are 5 Esthers

I love the name feivel. It's my sons name.

amother

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:18 pm

amother [ Aquamarine ] wrote:

Tushna
Its a real name I cant imagine why Sad

Oh my, imagine the nickname for this one. Tushy! I wonder what the origin of Tushna is. Is it Yiddish or Russian?

PeanutMama

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:20 pm

lol Immonuel is my husbands first Hebrew name.

He goes by his second (Elisha) and we all call him by his second name.

Both combined have a beautiful meaning.

No idk why he prefers Elisha. Maybe it’s easier for ppl to say lol idk

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ExtraCredit

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:21 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Oh my, imagine the nickname for this one. Tushy! I wonder what the origin of Tushna is. Is it Yiddish or Russian?

Trying to imagine the dirty looks the parents would get for calling their kid that way in public!

amother

Blush

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:21 pm

ExtraCredit wrote:

My anti-Semitic neighbors dog is called Hitler.

No jokes.

PeanutMama

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:21 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Oh my, imagine the nickname for this one. Tushy! I wonder what the origin of Tushna is. Is it Yiddish or Russian?

*CACKLES LOUDLY*

amother

Blush

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:33 pm

For laughs we used to make up funny name combinations-

Tushna Buttman
Ita Burger

Not so bad but I knew an Esther Malka (malka is the last name. It got confusing).

Hmm forgot the rest but feel free to add.

amother

Linen

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:34 pm

amother [ Blush ] wrote:

I know a Meir Mayer

amother

Beige

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 6:35 pm

amother [ Seashell ] wrote:

Would never name a child hotzenplotz

You just made me laugh really hard, are you from OOT?

thunderstorm

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 7:09 pm

amother [ Blush ] wrote:

When I was I camp they announced “Esther Malka you have a phone call”. I always wondered how they knew which Esther Malka they were referring to until one day someone enlightened me that Malka was her last name.

thunderstorm

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 7:10 pm

At my last job one of our clients names was Stage Presence

And I have a friend who’s classmate was named :

Candy Cane