Yisroel | Imamother

amother

Mon, Apr 04 2022, 11:13 pm

Is it spelled Yisrael or Yisroel? Any nice ideas/meanings behind the name? And what would go well with it besides Meir?

Ema of 5

Mon, Apr 04 2022, 11:26 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Is it spelled Yisrael or Yisroel? Any nice ideas/meanings behind the name? And what would go well with it besides Meir?

Some people spell it with an A, some people with an O. It’s really up to you.
Yisrael Chaim
Yisrael Zev
Yisrael Tzvi
Yisrael Simcha
Yisrael Yosef

amother

Mon, Apr 04 2022, 11:33 pm

Ema of 4 wrote:

Some people spell it with an A, some people with an O. It’s really up to you.
Yisrael Chaim
Yisrael Zev
Yisrael Tzvi
Yisrael Simcha
Yisrael Yosef

I really like Yisroel Chaim. Is that a common name?

amother

Diamond

Mon, Apr 04 2022, 11:36 pm

My DS is Yaakov Yisroel. I love the name.

It's also the name of the Steipler.

amother

Feverfew

Mon, Apr 04 2022, 11:37 pm

My son is Yisroel. With an O.
We named him Yisroel Pinchas.

amother

Razzmatazz

Mon, Apr 04 2022, 11:57 pm

amother [ Diamond ] wrote:

My DS is Yaakov Yisroel. I love the name.

It's also the name of the Steipler.

I love Yaakov Yisroel! (or Yisrael!) Such a beautiful name!

amother

Cadetblue

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 3:02 am

amother [ Feverfew ] wrote:

My son is Yisroel. With an O.
We named him Yisroel Pinchas.

And I know a super cute Pinchos Yisroel!
(He is called Yisroel not Pinchos)(with an O)

Bshaar tova OP

Iymnok

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 3:23 am

The o is to emphasize the komatz under the reish. It’s a beautiful name on its own.

cuties' mom

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 6:34 am

I have a Yisrael. The reason I spell it with an a is because my brother is Yisroel Tzvi, and there were people who pronounced it with a long o. I thought that spelling it with an a would solve that problem, but instead there are people who pronounce it like Israel but with a y in front.

amother

Glitter

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 7:28 am

Yisrael is more jpf, modern orthodox and YU crowd. To me, Yisroel screams yeshivish. I have a Yisrael.

Ema of 5

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 7:30 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I really like Yisroel Chaim. Is that a common name?

I know a few

amother

Canary

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 10:14 am

My bro in law is Yisroel Tzvi
My son not named after same person is Yisroel Yehuda

Ema of 5

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 10:30 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

What are people's thoughts on yisroel chaim after rav chaim?

My thoughts are….that wasn’t his name, only one part of his name. I don’t know how he felt about giving a partial name after someone, but if he felt that names shouldn’t be broken up or changed, they you probably shouldn’t do it as naming AFTER HIM. Does that make sense?

amother

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 10:35 am

Ema of 4 wrote:

Yes makes sense. I guess it's a shaila for a rav if someone names after Rav Chaim do they need to use all 3 names or is just the name that he went by sufficient.

Does anyone have any nice meanings/explanations for the actual name yisrael?

amother

Midnight

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 10:54 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

The Chumash tells us explicitly what the name means - you have struggled and prevailed.

וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שִׁמְךָ כִּי אִם יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי שָׂרִיתָ עִם אֱלֹקים וְעִם אֲנָשִׁים וַתּוּכָל.

amother

Chocolate

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 10:56 am

I have a son Yisrael Shalom. IMO it’s the most beautiful name, and he’s a beautiful kid, inside out.
We call him Yisrael.

amother

Charcoal

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 11:14 am

I have a Yisroel and I love the name. We spell it with an O.

You asked about meaning, it comes from the word "sar" which means officer. So it means "officer of Hashem".

amother [ OP ] wrote:

What are people's thoughts on yisroel chaim after rav chaim?

Beautiful!!
I know a Yisroel Chaim and it flows very nicely.

ail

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 11:27 am

Yisroel chaim! A beautiful name!
I just gave a week ago my sweetest newborn this name...

Ema of 5

Tue, Apr 05 2022, 11:30 am

ail wrote:

Yisroel chaim! A beautiful name!
I just gave a week ago my sweetest newborn this name...

Mazal tov!!