1. Do you tend to give them one name or two (i.e., Reuven ben…, or Ruven Shimon ben…)?
Two of my kids have two names. The other has three.
2. Do you tend to name after relatives or great Torah scholars?
We named after relatives who were very special to us or others in the family.
3. Would you name a boy after a female relative? I won’t ask the other way around, since it’s clear this is not a good idea (kedusha should go upwards).
No.
4. Would you name a child after a non-choshuv relative (some will do this, but will have a different more choshuv person in mind when actually doing the naming. It matters not what you tell your relatives in terms of who the baby is named after – you know the truth)
Depends on your definition of “choshuv.” None of the people we named our kids after were rabbanim. Some weren’t even frum. Yet, they were all “choshuv” and special to us.
5. And do you give you children English names? If you only give them one Hebrew name, would you give them an English middle name?
Our children’s legal names are their Hebrew ones. Those are the ones on their birth certificates.
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