Uncommon BIBLICAL names

suomynona

Tue, Jan 17 2006, 10:48 am

middy wrote:

I used to babysit a kid named "pele yoetz kel gibor avi ad sar shalom!"

Are you for real? what was he called?

supermommy

Tue, Jan 17 2006, 11:26 am

Willow, maybe those parents didn't know they were all that bad, or maybe they had a rebelious streak and did it just because? What

I feel bad for those kids.
I know someone named Milka. and I know some other uncommon names although I don't think they're biblical such as Oshrat and Shachar Shem Tov. I also know someone named Rivital. very unique, especially in the US and they won't have to worry about being confused in a classroom with three or four other children with the same name. Wink

chen

Tue, Jan 17 2006, 3:07 pm

Killy22 wrote:

I have a cousin named Yedidiya- don't know if it's biblical though.

It is one of Shlomo's other names. Definitely Biblical. And not uncommon though not as popular as moshe-dovid- shmuel-avrohom-menachem mendel.

chen

Tue, Jan 17 2006, 3:14 pm

Frumom wrote:

I've been wondering though- about the shvatim- how come people will name their children most of the shvatims names and not others. Why are some more common? They were all Tzaddikim!

I asked my rav once why some perfectly good people in tanach did not become popular for names. my rov said "even a name has to have mazal".

I have personally known at least one person named for each shevet. I can see avoiding Gad in English-speaking countries, as it sounds like G-d. even if you pronounce it Gaaaaaaad, very flat A, it still sounds like an exclamation. (Egads, gadzooks.)

613

Tue, Jan 17 2006, 4:03 pm

I know of a man named yaakov who had close to (if not exactly) 12 sons named after the shevatim and they have 1 daughter named dina!
(I know they for sure have a gad)
I met a kid yesterday named nachshon.
(this isn't from tanach) but I know someone who named their son Mertzag - it stands for Medinas Yisrael Reishes Tzimichas Geulasanu.

Frumom

Tue, Jan 17 2006, 10:42 pm

Frumom wrote:

I've been wondering though- about the shvatim- how come people will name their children most of the shvatims names and not others. Why are some more common? They were all Tzaddikim!

I thought of an answer to my own q while I was teaching hebrew school. Could it be because those shvatim came from Bilha and Zilpa?

sarahd

Wed, Jan 18 2006, 3:38 am

But Naftali and Asher are not uncommon, whereas I've never heard of a Zevulun.

Pearl

Wed, Jan 18 2006, 7:59 am

Quote:

suomynona wrote:

middy wrote:

I used to babysit a kid named "pele yoetz kel gibor avi ad sar shalom!"

Are you for real? what was he called?

they really gave him all these names? which country do they live in, bec here for sure they would not have been allowed so many names!

zevulun is not an uncommon name in israel, altough it's kind of old fashioned.

chen

Wed, Jan 18 2006, 9:02 am

sarahd wrote:

But Naftali and Asher are not uncommon, whereas I've never heard of a Zevulun.

Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) (semicha program of YU)
Knesset member Zevulun Orlev
Late Knesset member and National Religious Party leader Zevulun Hammer
Chazzan Zevulun Kwartin (1874-1952)
Zevulun Poran, editor of the translation of Sefer HaZikaron LeKehilath Yurburg-Lita

Not a real popular name, but it's out there.

sarahd

Wed, Jan 18 2006, 4:17 pm

Yes, now that you mention it, I've heard of Rabbi Charlop and Zevulun Hammer.

middy

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 10:08 pm

ha, they called him sholom! But whenever u would ask him his name he would say the whole posuk!

Mrs.Norris

Tue, Jan 24 2006, 10:07 am

Crayon210 wrote:

Adam is a fairly unusual name.

Adam??
In school I had about 7 Adams in my year, and many of my friends had a brother called Adam.

Someone mentioned the name Dan (as in shevet Dan) - it's always been one of my favourite names.

Mrs.Norris

Tue, Jan 24 2006, 10:24 am

Maybe it's just where I live though, many of the Adams I knew were frum.
I was told it's more popular in England than the US though ...

Friendly

Tue, Jan 24 2006, 10:15 pm

I know a girl named "Achinoam".
Then there's a guy named "Yehoshafat".
Anyone know of an "Avishag"?

shalhevet

Wed, Jan 25 2006, 3:02 am

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Mrs.Norris

Thu, Jan 26 2006, 2:42 pm

Friendly wrote:

Anyone know of an "Avishag"?

I saw it in a baby book but oh what a cruel name ...

Motek

Thu, Feb 02 2006, 6:06 pm

Mrs.Norris wrote:

Crayon210 wrote:

Adam is a fairly unusual name.

Adam??
In school I had about 7 Adams in my year, and many of my friends had a brother called Adam.

seems practically non-existent in the chareidi world

did those 7 Adams pronounce it like in the Chumash?

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I saw it in a baby book but oh what a cruel name

why do you say that?

"Noach" is quite uncommon (yes, I know there are R' Noach Weinberg and R' Noach Orloweck) and when it's spelled that way, it looks like it rhymes with "coach"!

I know a Yedida - it's a Nach name.