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I cannot understand why frum people feel the need to give their children English names in America today. There are so many beautiful Hebrew names. People of other nationalities are not embarassed to use THEIR names; we certainly should not be.
to bh18,if you would like to post your sons full name I(and I’m sure many others) will daven for him.
craziest combination of names given to one person i know someone i promise this is true his name is, here it goes! Peleh Yoeitz Ai-l Gibor Avi Ad Sar Sholom this is a posuk in the navi (i think yeshaya) hows that for an uncommon jewish first name(s)
BSD
Moderator-80, that one is so corny you need to delete it before Pesach so there won’t be any chashash of kitniois on the site during Chol Hamoied!
BS”D
Aish Kodesh Gilmore HYD was a Yid who died al kiddush Hashem at the hands of terrorists. His parents said that even Shlomo Carlebach considered Aish Kodesh a very unusual name.
And Carlebach’s own daughter’s name is Neshoma Tehora Sheyarda Leoilam Beerev Shabbos!
A600KiloBear- so how comes she didn’t write her full name on her CD???!!!
Anyone heard of the name Aviva???
A600KiloBear, in the Chassidish Grunwald family, there are many boys named Amrom originally after the father of the Arugas Habosem. Now there are Amroms of different generations.
Anyone heard of the name Aviva???
Aviva is a very common name where I come from. I know of a bunch of people with that name. Are you saying you never heard of it before???
Aviva? Aviva’s not unusual. I know lots of those!
BSD Thanks Just Me. The (Rav) Amrom I was thinking of is most probably indeed connected to the Grunwald family and was most probably not named for R’Amrom Bloy ZYA.
notitall – hmmm…maybe because it takes up too much room..
A600KiloBear- yeah that was kinda my point!!!
ever heard of the name chananyah? i only know of one person with that name.
thank you rockymountains for your offer of tefillah
my son’s name is elishama pinchas -n devorah leah
may we know of only yeshuos and refuos
One time in camp, I met someone named Avrohom!
Chananya is uncommon but it’s heard of. I know someone named Chanina by the bris and all people thought his name was Chananya.
craziest combination of names given to one person i know someone i promise this is true his name is, here it goes! Peleh Yoeitz Ai-l Gibor Avi Ad Sar Sholom this is a posuk in the navi (i think yeshaya) hows that for an uncommon jewish first name(s)
You understand, of course, that in Biblical times, the rationale behind name-giving wasn’t the same as it is now. And that particular case was as different as name giving today as apples are to stellar quasars.
The Wolf
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shir shalom for a boy. the parents called him shirshy. also recently I met a little one with the name shema yisroel. his parents called him by his full name. this was in eretz yisroel.
I’d venture a guess you won’t find a frum yid anywhere named mohammed or christina. likely no marias, peters or horatios either.
In my life I’ve met one avinoam, one tzurie-l and one frum harrison.
I have a Jewish cousin named Peter (grew up Orthodox, no longer is, but his parents were Orthodox). In past generations, Mary/Maria was used.
My grandmother’s legal name was Mary. I also know a couple of men named John.
I wonder if they knew the history of the name Mary, or Peter. My “english name” is also a name of one of the apostles. My parents liked the name, but had no idea where it came from. They say, had they known they would never have put it on my birth certificate.
Mary and John are no big deal. These are anglicized versions of Miriam and Yochanan. Peter is a Greek version of Shimon.
My cousin’s name is Peretz.
I also have a cousin Peretz:)
Em Eshchachech
Yerushalayim
Tishcach
Yemini
EYTY, or Etai
Netzach
Yisroel
Lo
Yishaker
NYLY, or NiLi
Maybe we are cousins 😉
Jesus is the anglicized version of the latin Iesous which came from the greek Iesous which comes from the hebrew yeshua. Would you name your kid jesus?
Sacrilege- Maybe:)
apushatayid-
I heard that Satmar comes from St. Mary.
Have you heard that?
The oddest FFB Jewish fellow I know is named Elroy.
My FFB grandson’s middle name is Dekel. He was born just after we left Gush Katif. Neve Dekelim was one of the Yishuvim.
Doctor P. Mary. Not a very common name in kiryas yoel, I wonder why.
Temima- that definetly one name that is rare!i’ve only started hearing it more recently!
How ’bout Risha for a name? There’s a little girl around the block who’s name is Rishie!(and that’s her real name- no nickname!)
On the same note, my youngest sister was supposed to be named Dubrish(!) but the name was vetoed!I wonder why…
How about Kendall for a girl?
I heard the Satmar derived from St. Mary idea.
Peretz is not so common, but not unheardof. Ditto, Chananya.
I have an old aunt (I always thought she might be hungarian, but never asked – she’s married to my uncle, a purebred litvak – like he used to say, guys couldnt be picky in the 20’s, now they have lists as long as their arm) whose name is Rasha (the “a” is pronounced like the “o” in cot).
apushatayid, only if he were born in Mexico. 🙂 (Sorry, old joke, couldn’t resist.)
BS”D
1) Peter is not Shimon. Peter means a rock – cf petroleum – oil from a rock.
2) Satmar = Satu Mare = Big Village. Any word for saint in any Latin language, or even Hungarian, has an N in it. The Satmar = S Mary was an old error that even some Satmarer Chassidim perpetrated by mistake (probably because they spoke Yiddish and not Romanian).
3) Risha is very common. I know 2 Risha’s, each one from a very different geographic origin. One is named for her great-grandmother who was from Belarus or Ukraine; the other one is from a Hungarian family.
4) The one Rasha I know is also of former Soviet – Pale of Settlement origin. She was born in EY and I think she pronounces it in a way that would be very embarrassing if she were Sefardi.
oomis1105 most of the names you posted although not common in the diaspora, are very common typical names by many Israelis. to add my two-cents to the pot, my favorites atypical names are: Kasriel, yehonadav, aminadav, Kavod, Kapel, hagadol,and getzel.(sadly this last one isn’t as uncommon as it should be) sorry, no offense.
“craziest combination of names given to one person i know someone i promise this is true his name is, here it goes! Peleh Yoeitz Ai-l Gibor Avi Ad Sar Sholom this is a posuk in the navi (i think yeshaya)”
The xtians already co-opted this name for their savior. they call him all these adjectives in their scripture, sometimes individually and sometimes collectively. “Isiah 9-5/6” (9:6/7 depending on the version of the bible they are using) is one of the most common phrases you will hear from a missionary. The passuk is a reference to Chizkiya.
I didn’t realize some think ‘Peretz’ is uncommon… it’s my son’s middle name & also that of a family friend in the neighborhood.
I did not know the Jetsons were Jewish. I mean the Flintstones, ok, but the Jetsons?
I was also taught that Yushka is really derived from Yemach Shemo…, so that no one would remember his real name.
mishael
Feminine of dov as the animal is duba. No one is named that
I used to have a roommate named Dubba. And I have heard of others.
What about Chasya for a girl?
I know one of those, too.
Anyone heard of the name Aviva???
I know several, including a cousin of mine.
My cousin’s name is Peretz.
I’ve known at least two.
The oddest FFB Jewish fellow I know is named Elroy.
This summer I had an FFB student whose name was Elroee.
What about Rayla? My great-aunt (whom I never met) was Rayla. Every Rayla I’ve ever met, or heard of, was related to me. Until yesterday. I spoke to a Rayla on the phone. Her parents named her for a Rochel Leah but didn’t want to give her that name.
This past summer I had girl students named Tal and Gil. Until recently I had two students named Bar–one a young girl and the other a man.
I have a woman student Nitzan and I recently subbed for another teacher and had a man student Nitzan.
And I work with two women named Hagar!
My FFB grandson’s middle name is Dekel”
They named your grandson after a cut of meat???? (JK)
Yushke – Yehoshua-keh (or Yeshua-ke)
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