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Oomis: You are also ignoring the fact that Yiddish names are written with L”K aleph Beis which we all agree is holy, most have an official accepted spelling and almost all have corresponding Psukim (with the first and last letter of the name matching the first and last letter of a possuk from Tanach) that are easily found to say at the end of Shemona esra. If one starts with English names he’s essentially starting from scratch with no mesorah on spelling and there might be no Posukim that match.”
I apologize, Mammale but what you said made absolutely no sense to me. So what if they are written with L”K letters? The name Adolph can be written Aleph,Daled,Vov,Lamed, Phey Sofis. THAT makes it a Jewish name??? I would tend to think that the secular words (like feigel or hersh or ber) that were used in lieu of actual Hebrew names Tzipporah, Tzvi Dov), did NOT have “pesukim” attached any more than an English name transliterated to L”K letters might.
You may find pesukim for virtually ANYTHING, if you really want to. One can find “proofs” that fit any theory, given the desire to do so. I am really not certain what point you were making, and that might be my own failing, but I don’t see it.