Brocha

Posted: Mon, Sep 14 2009, 5:45 am Post subject: re: Brocha

Bruche
My uncle's mil was Bruche called Bruchtshe
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Posted: Mon, Sep 14 2009, 5:57 am Post subject: re: Brocha

The spelling I'm used to is Bracha.
The only nickname I know of which is actually used on a daily basis even in older girls is Brachi/Brochi (depends on your accent).
But I agree with all the previous posters - who cares, as long as you like the name and you can pronounce it it doesn't really mater. Enjoy your baby.
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Well, I disagree that there are any "rules," but I do feel like everyone should have a name, one name, that is "pronouncable" in the country they live in. One of my sons is Yosef, and that's exactly what we put on the birth certificate -- not americanized, but certainly pronouncable -- even if the person never saw it before. We've been considering Elchanan as a name, but if I did name a son Elchanan, I would add a middle name that was Hebrew (because I feel very strongly that a child should not have Jewish and a non-Jewish name) but didn't include any sounds that don't exist in English. And I might just put the other name on the birth certificate.

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I think the spellings for Brocha are hard because brocha-sounds like bro-your bother and cha sounds like the cha cha
same with bracha-even worse on the first half the name
and adding an h just looks confusing
what do you think?