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Motek

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:07 pm

I know one Tirtza, one Kalev.

Do you know anybody named Osnas? Elkana? Boaz?

do you know people with uncommon BIBLICAL (Tanach) names? like what?

I also know someone named Chavatzelet which is a word in Shir Ha'Shirim, but it's not a Biblical NAME.

ButterflyGarden

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:17 pm

BS"D
I know atleast one person with each of those names. Here in Israel Osnat and Boaz are fairly common.

stem

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:20 pm

I know an elkana, tirtza, milka, serach, avner

red sea

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:22 pm

asahel, serach, boaz, chagai,

the one that takes the cake though is in sem on a bus we heard a mother calling - okay a lot of years have passed it was either nebuchadnetzar or nimrod!

side point motek, a lot of uncommon names are quite common today among israeli's.

chocolate moose

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:24 pm

I knew someone once who prided ehrself in using those funky names from Nach. for her kids...............

supermom

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:33 pm

Motek wrote:

I know one Tirtza, one Kalev.

I have heard of these two before

youngmom

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:33 pm

I've heard of a Nimrod too

willow

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:40 pm

Here in Israel most of those names are fairly common to hear on the streets.

lucky

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 3:01 pm

I could almost figure out who a girl is by her name. If she is Breindy, she must be from the _____family. If she is Silka she must be from the ___family. My 5 yr old tells me the names of the kids in her class and I like figuring out who they are. So many people here are related, and everyone gives names after family.

I was at Wal-Mart one day, and from the next aisle I hear a mother telling her daughter "___don't touch that" I knew it was a cousin just by the name.

Motek

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 3:25 pm

youngmom wrote:

I've heard of a Nimrod too

anybody named Titus? (not that Titus is Biblical, just want to know how far people go)

what about Potifar? Haman?

hey, if Nimrod is acceptable, why not Haman? Rolling Eyes

sarahd

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 3:37 pm

Well...Omri, Hagar.

My cousin is married to someone named Boaz. They had a son on Shavuos and named him Oved.

My aunt's name was Tirtza and she has a few grandchildren and greatgrandchildren named after her. Tirtza is not such an unusual name, though - I know a few others besides my relatives.

There is a dayan on the Belzer Bais Din named Shammai Kehas. That's pretty unusual, I would think.

frog

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 3:59 pm

my hubbi's second name is boaz and he has nephew called sraya.

Tefila

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 4:15 pm

Osnas (Yosef hatzaddiks wife)
A friend of mine named her baby that.

613

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 4:30 pm

I know a few tirtzas, serach, chanoch, puah, heard of nimrod and ishmael! (there was a R' Yishmael, but haven't heard the name much recently)
frog I know one sraya, too (but he puts an h at the end)

ButterflyGarden

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 4:36 pm

BS"D
I heard of someone naming their daughter vashti!

stem

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 4:44 pm

I've heard of Shmaya

Ozmom

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 5:19 pm

Quote:

I heard of someone naming their daughter vashti!

ur kidding... right?

ok so I've heard the excuse for nimrod is parents wanting to give their kids a strong name.

so whats the excuse for vashti?
is it a segulah against acne?

Last edited by Ozmom on Thu, Jan 12 2006, 5:20 pm; edited 1 time in total

cindy324

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 5:20 pm

Shmaya is not so unusual. I personally know2 Shmayas. One's a good friend of my hub's, the other is my nephew who was named after my husband's grandfather.

SMG

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 5:55 pm

I had a friend in sem who had a cousin named hagar. It bothered my friend so much that her aunt didn't see a problem with the name.

Ozmom

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 6:18 pm

well didn't hagar do teshuvah?

and what about R' Yishmael

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