If you could chose any name

amother

Forestgreen

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 10:50 am

Avital
So I named my daughter that 😉

Also love Rena, Adina, Yael. And my name, but I don’t want to give myself away..

amother

Sienna

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 11:26 am

Zachary or zac
Mikey
Sammy
Ariel
Uriel
Joel
Benny

Yael
Adina
Ariella
Daniella
Orli

amother

Offwhite

Wed, Jul 07 2021, 8:20 pm

Boys:
Amichai (but unfortunately my cousin with this name is not religious anymore and using the name would cause a lot of upset in the family so)
Levi yitzchak
Shammai
Simcha Bunim
Nissim
Benzion (actually a family name maybe one day!!)
Gad

Girls
So many gorgeous names here I never thought of!
Emunah
Chulda (after the prophetess)
Shlom Tzion
Tziona

amother

Poinsettia

Wed, Jul 07 2021, 8:28 pm

Hodaya
Love the name.
In America. Have a friend and the name got shortened to Ho. I just can’t do that.

amother

Cantaloupe

Wed, Jul 07 2021, 8:45 pm

Hashem_n_Farfel wrote:

Girls:
Elana
Adina
Rina (my husband and I will name one of our future daughters that name anyway....we’ll probably add a more common name with it)
Batsheva
Elisheva

Boys:
Hillel
Menachem
Menashe
Efraim
Akiva
Bentzion
Nachman
Simcha
Reuven

You can use all of those boys and girls names in chassidishe community except Elana, Adina and Rina. Maybe you like Dina and Reva instead? Elisheva and Batsheva are fine with chassidish just have nn Shevy and Bashy.

agreer

Wed, Jul 07 2021, 9:58 pm

Boy: Daniel (but the American pronunciation DAN-yill, not the 3-syllable Hebrew version)

Girl: Ayala, Menucha

It's a very short list, but we only name after family members so I don't think I'll ever get to use these. but they are my favorite.

amother

Denim

Wed, Jul 07 2021, 10:35 pm

amother [ Offwhite ] wrote:

Chulda in modern Hebrew is "rat" so I would avoid that one.

Tof Umachol

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 1:48 pm

amother [ Melon ] wrote:

Tiferet/Tiferes
Does anyone name that?

I know 3 Tiferets. All in Israel.

Tof Umachol

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 1:56 pm

I have always loved the sound of the names: Sean, Heather, Raquel and Michelle.

I would never use them because I wouldn't give any of my children an English name.

I also love the names Naomi and Netanel, which are Jewish names, but we couldn't use them for other reasons.

amother

IndianRed

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 2:04 pm

amother [ Goldenrod ] wrote:

If I have abiy next id love to name him after my grandfather but dh says the name belongs to his side 🙈...thats why I hate this chasidish chesbonis....my kids are already named after his grandparents and wed go back a few generations (my in laws will never be mevater)

I was mevater to my husband when I didn’t have any names for a second name in a row. And then the next two were mine. Not because of fairness, but because I had an important family name.

I wish I could give my grandfather’s name. And also Shoshana. No shaichis to anything.

amother

Poinsettia

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 2:10 pm

Tof Umachol wrote:

I know 3 Tiferets. All in Israel.

I know 2 Tiferets in NJ.

amother

Arcticblue

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 2:10 pm

Celine.

No idea what it means, but I think it sounds beautiful.

Only Jewish names for me, though!

amother

Ruby

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 2:35 pm

amother [ Poinsettia ] wrote:

I know 2 Tiferets in NJ.

I know 2, one in Israel and one a yoredet.

DVOM

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 2:38 pm

amother [ Lilac ] wrote:

You could! (Obviously if dh agrees)
I could! I actually have Smile

Next up on the list is azriel if it’s a boy, and ella if it’s a girl.

What does Ella mean?

Ema of 5

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 3:26 pm

salt wrote:

Ahava is a more modern and hip version of this name.

I know so many young Ahuvas!!
My daughter had two in her class, our friends have a 3 year old named Ahuva, we have numerous friends with daughters under age 5 who are named Ahuva.

amother

Catmint

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 3:38 pm

Tof Umachol wrote:

I know 3 Tiferets. All in Israel.

I know a couple in the US too

amother

Pear

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 3:42 pm

amother [ Goldenrod ] wrote:

Don't read the entire thread.

But if your gonna do things the chassidish way, most take turns naming after each side and don't only do after one side only.

Such terrible middos.

First Lady

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 3:49 pm

amother [ Pear ] wrote:

Don't read the entire thread.

But if your gonna do things the chassidish way, most take turns naming after each side and don't only do after one side only.

Such terrible middos.

Huh????!!!