Grunia? | Imamother

justanothermother

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 4:47 pm

Has anyone heard of the name Grunia? What does it mean? Where does it come from? What language? I am curious.

anuta

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 4:50 pm

Grunia is a Russian and Ukrainian name. It is not Jewish at all, unless it made it into Yiddish somehow.

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 4:55 pm

Grune/Grina/Grunia is Yiddish. It means green

faigie

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 6:49 pm

I love the name! the every day version is grunny!

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 6:57 pm

justanothermother wrote:

How about Brana/Bryna?

brown/brunette

justanothermother

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 7:02 pm

Are there any other meanings aside from colors?

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 7:05 pm

justanothermother wrote:

Are there any other meanings aside from colors?

not for these 2 names, a name rarely has more than 1 meaning

BH the database is back
Gruna http://data.jewishgen.org/wcon.....A~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD613

Breina
http://data.jewishgen.org/wcon.....A~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD231

justanothermother

Tue, Aug 14 2007, 10:59 pm

Ruchel, thank you for the links.

louche

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 2:29 am

justanothermother wrote:

Are there any other meanings aside from colors?

You can metamorphise some names. My classmate Bella liked to say she was of Italian birth, but her great-grandmother Beileh was Russian. Bela or beileh means "white" in russian. I also once met a woman named Bailey who I thought was a nonjewish brit till she told me her Jewish name was Beileh.

amother

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 5:28 am

those are hideous names...

Please think twice before naming your daughter that.

chocolate moose

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 10:04 am

amother wrote:

those are hideous names...

Please think twice before naming your daughter that.

Who are you? I have a reason for asking.

TzenaRena

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 10:19 am

I know a few Grunia, Gruna and although they are not common, I think it's terrible to verbally assault those who give those names for a beloved relative, and we also shouldn't imply that they aren't Jewish names. If it's a name hallowed by Jewish tradition, it's Jewish! Whatever it's origin, or similarity to names in the "world".
Names like Zushia or Zelig are just as Jewish as Avraham Yitzchak and Yaakov.

chocolate moose

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 10:21 am

TR, you know as well as I do, that in Lub. we tend to use the same names over and over, and that the kids named for relatives or named with unusual names from Novi are tortured.

shopaholic

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 10:22 am

I've heard of a few Grunny's & Bryna/Breini's. I don't see anything wrong with those names. I agree that the anonymous comment before was a little harsh.

Ruchel

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 12:12 pm

louche wrote:

justanothermother wrote:

Are there any other meanings aside from colors?

but indeed Yiddish name Beile comes from Ladino Bella

Ruchel

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 12:14 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

TR, you know as well as I do, that in Lub. we tend to use the same names over and over, and that the kids named for relatives or named with unusual names from Novi are tortured.

so sad to throw away the poor relatives for people named after over and over and over...

myfriends715

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 4:22 pm

our rav always says that just cuz ur grandmother suffered her whole life with a terrible name doesnt mean u have to make ur child suffer the samme fate...

Ruchel

Wed, Aug 15 2007, 4:37 pm

myfriends715 wrote:

our rav always says that just cuz ur grandmother suffered her whole life with a terrible name doesnt mean u have to make ur child suffer the samme fate...

isn't that a bit extreme? how can a name spoil a whole life? and you could always use it as second or third...