Too many girl names, help me narrow it down!

amother

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 1:52 pm

There are way too many beautiful girls’ names out there! The following is a list of me and DH’s favorites.

Tehilla (me)
Tzipora (DH)
Chaya (me)
Liba (me)
Rus (DH)
Shoshana (me)

If it gives you an idea of our style, other names I like but can’t use include Chana, Miriam, Bracha, Rivka, Sara, Leah, Shayna, Nechama. DH likes (but we can’t use) Avigayil and Elisheva.

We would love for a name combination to mean something, even loosely (for example Tehilla Chaya, “praising Hashem for her life”. Wouldn’t use that because we know someone with that combination and that would be odd). We’re open to substitutions (like Hadassah instead of Esther or for the names I already said we’d consider Raizel for Shoshana), although we don’t know of any for the two Tanach names mentioned.

We both love the character of Rus and would like to use the name, but by itself it just seems so short/abrupt, it doesn’t seem to flow well as the first of two names, and I don’t like how it sounds as a second name with most of the options above. And we’re not sure what it means.

Would love ideas of combinations including with names I might not have thought of yet. Thank you!

amother

Pumpkin

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 1:58 pm

Shoshana Rus?

amother

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 2:09 pm

amother [ Pumpkin ] wrote:

Shoshana Rus?

Don’t like how it sounds Sad

amother

Copper

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 2:11 pm

I love how Tehilla Rus sounds.

amother

Lemon

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 2:14 pm

what about avital rus?

amother

Floralwhite

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 2:16 pm

Some of those names are beautiful. Tbh chaya is a very plain jane name eh. Doesnt fit with this list. The other name I personally strongly dislike is Rus- it always reminds me of pus like from a wound.

amother

Pumpkin

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 2:16 pm

amother [ Pumpkin ] wrote:

Shoshana Rus?

I have a plain Shoshana and I love it Smile

Crookshanks

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 3:02 pm

I like Tehilla Rus and Shoshana Liba. It sounds better when you have one longer name and one shorter name.

amother

DarkCyan

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 3:17 pm

You have very good taste in names... All four of my daughters names made it to your list Wink

amother

Forestgreen

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 3:24 pm

Nava tehilla

amother

Lightcyan

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 3:42 pm

I love
Michal
Avital
Ahuva
Liba

amother

DarkCyan

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 3:44 pm

Would you be open to calling her Ruty for rus? Not as abrupt

amother

Mocha

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:04 pm

Chaya Liba - Loves life

amother

Dill

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:12 pm

Rina Tzippora
Sara Tehila
Naomi Liba

amother

NeonPurple

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:14 pm

Chaya tzippy
Tzipporah chaya

amother

Eggplant

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:16 pm

Ahuva Raizel, a lovely rose

dena613

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:17 pm

amother [ Forestgreen ] wrote:

Nava tehilla

Personally, I wouldn't do that because it sounds like a part of a passuk, layesharim nava sehillah.

dena613

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:17 pm

amother [ DarkCyan ] wrote:

Would you be open to calling her Ruty for rus? Not as abrupt

Or Russi/Ruthie

dena613

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 4:19 pm

I know of a Chaya Rus

SuperWify

Tue, Jun 15 2021, 5:43 pm

I vote Tehila.