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WinnieThePooh
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Interestingly, Simcha is used by Ashkenazim for boys and Sefardim for girls.
Are you counting modern Israeli names as “Jewish names”? If so, there are many- the trend among secular Israelis is to use these “neutral” names, often taken from nature- like Tal.
Joseph, I suspect that names like Tzviya (or Tzivya) and Yosefa originally came about in that manner.