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| what does the name pessy mean? I know in hebrew its fool but what about in yiddish?
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| Posted: Sun, Jun 03 2007, 7:51 am Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| pessy in Hebrew is with a 'saf' and the name is with a 'samech' so it's not the same word. I think it's usually short for 'Pessel,' which hasn't saved you much if you don't want a name with a not so nice Heb. meaning, but there is also a name "Pessa." Don't know what either of the Yiddish meanings are.
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| Posted: Sun, Jun 03 2007, 10:08 am Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| could it be its just a made up name with no meaning?
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Pesia(h) is Polish for independent.
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| Posted: Sun, Jun 03 2007, 6:31 pm Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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I have heard it could be a female form of Pessach, or a pet form of Perel.
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 04 2007, 10:37 pm Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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its a nickname for Pesya or Pessel
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 04 2007, 11:12 pm Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| what do they mean?
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| Posted: Thu, Nov 29 2007, 2:15 pm Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| I believe that Pessel is Yiddish for Pearl.
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I think perel is yiddish for pearl actually
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| challi wrote: | | I think perel is yiddish for pearl actually |
You're right, my mistake. 
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| Posted: Thu, Nov 29 2007, 4:03 pm Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| I don't recall the source, but Peshe/Peshie/Pesia/Pess'l is a corruption of batya. batya-Basya-Basha-Beshe-Peshe. It's just like the game Broken Telephone.
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| Posted: Thu, Nov 29 2007, 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| louche wrote: | | I don't recall the source, but Peshe/Peshie/Pesia/Pess'l is a corruption of batya. batya-Basya-Basha-Beshe-Peshe. It's just like the game Broken Telephone. |
According to the following site, you are correct!
http://www.yiddishbabynames.com/item.cfm?itemid=20184
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It means the parents named their child Pessy… I also have a yiddishized name… I couldn’t care less what the source is, as long as I turn out to be like my bubby’s mother… I’ll be fine.
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| Posted: Fri, Nov 30 2007, 9:55 am Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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really?
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| Posted: Fri, Nov 30 2007, 3:33 pm Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| I've always been facinated by names and their meanings.
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| Posted: Fri, Nov 30 2007, 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| louche wrote: | | I don't recall the source, but Peshe/Peshie/Pesia/Pess'l is a corruption of batya. batya-Basya-Basha-Beshe-Peshe. It's just like the game Broken Telephone. |
wow, how fascinating! I love linguistics.
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I was never comfortable with that name, as all forms mean something not good in Hebrew- Pessy, Pessel, Pesha...
I know every name could have a bad meaning in one of the hundreds of languages, but this is too close, meaning both Jewish languages...
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| GAMZu wrote: | I was never comfortable with that name, as all forms mean something not good in Hebrew- Pessy, Pessel, Pesha...
I know every name could have a bad meaning in one of the hundreds of languages, but this is too close, meaning both Jewish languages... |
I know what you mean. I could never understand how someone Jewish could give their child a name that (I understood) to mean "idol". Funny that it should have the same meaning as Batya, no?
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| Posted: Wed, Dec 05 2007, 1:15 am Post subject: re: What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean? |
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| ugliest name since the creation of this world. I think only that awful name Yenta takes the cake for being the most nasty name in jewish history. god help us all.
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