S/O what's the most uncommon name you know personally?

amother

Raspberry

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 2:22 pm

penuella
yisraella
te'eina
gedalyahu
genendel
razili
tzafra
pircha

amother

Periwinkle

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 3:02 pm

Eden boy. Like garden of Eden.

newinbp

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 3:02 pm

I know a Nitzeves (girl)
And Chana Michla who goes by Chali

amother

Celeste

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 3:07 pm

And I know a Chana Michla who goes by Chana Michla Smile

I wonder if they're cousins.

I don't think Eden is so uncommon for Israelis. I know some.

Pirchei (girl)

amother

Aubergine

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 3:23 pm

amother Celeste wrote:

And I know a Chana Michla who goes by Chana Michla Smile

I wonder if they're cousins.

I don't think Eden is so uncommon for Israelis. I know some.

Pirchei (girl)

I know a Pirchei! I wonder if it's the same one.
I know a Badonna, apparently R' Chaim had a relative with that name (an aunt maybe?)
The person who named their baby asked R' Chaim if the name was real and he said his relative was named Badonna

amother

Skyblue

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 5:15 pm

Rebetzin Carlebach from the Mir's name is Bat-Tzion.
She is Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztl's wife's sister. Her father was the previous Mir Rosh Yeshiva before Rav Nosson Tzvi.

Another mom

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 6:18 pm

baked ziti wrote:

Tuna
Yes. I know someone with that name. No ideas as to what the meaning is . She has it paired with a common name and only goes by the common one.

Is she Sfardi? It can be short for "Fortuna" which is Mazal

amother

Lavender

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:26 am

I have a chassiddish classmate with a second name Tziona.

amother

Nemesia

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:31 am

I have only ever met one person with each of these names:
Genusya
Genesha
Fulya
Breindel
Kreindel
Minky
Priva
Ronya
Emanuela
cheftziba
Machla
Dikla

purplebutterfly

Fri, Apr 12 2024, 7:40 am

amother Hawthorn wrote:

Is Tani a boy because that would be short for Eitan.

Chalom is just the french spelling Shalom

Rotem is not uncommon in Israel.

I know several Tanis, short for Netanel

amother

Grape

Fri, Apr 12 2024, 9:04 am

readreread wrote:

Kelila.

Kelil and Kelila are beautiful names.
They’re quite common in certain circles.
A lot of the uncommon names here are just names from a different community. You won’t find Kelilah, Opher and Yinon in a chassidish community and you won’t find Dreizel, Breindel and Fishel in Kiryat Arba or Shilo but that doesn’t make them uncommon.

amother

Almond

Fri, Apr 12 2024, 9:06 am

amother Nemesia wrote:

I have only ever met one person with each of these names:
Genusya
Genesha
Fulya
Breindel
Kreindel
Minky
Priva
Ronya
Emanuela
cheftziba
Machla
Dikla

Minky is a family name and in the city where I’m from there are a bunch of them

Ruchel

Fri, Apr 12 2024, 9:15 am

amother Firethorn wrote:

Vita

Both yiddish and ladino
Life

newinbp

Fri, Apr 12 2024, 10:11 am

Ruchel wrote:

Both yiddish and ladino
Life

So neat! But what’s the nickname, vitti?

I’ve heard dikla before not so uncommon in israel I think

amother

DarkOrange

Fri, Apr 12 2024, 10:25 am

newinbp wrote:

So neat! But what’s the nickname, vitti?

I’ve heard dikla before not so uncommon in israel I think

My daughter is named after my great aunt, Vitza. Same meaning as Vita from my research. Assuming the name somewhere originally was Chava.
It's my daughter's middle name and not used much, occasionally my husband calls her Veetzee.

amother

Lightyellow

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 4:55 pm

Kenya (Kenia?). Like the country.

amother

Poinsettia

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 5:13 pm

I know a Kenya, they call her Kenny. So cute!
I also know a Chana Vita. I think it's a gorgeous name.

amother

Whitesmoke

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 6:41 pm

amother Nemesia wrote:

I have only ever met one person with each of these names:
Genusya
Genesha
Fulya
Breindel
Kreindel
Minky
Priva
Ronya
Emanuela
cheftziba
Machla
Dikla

My mom has one of these names. It's funny because I read through this entire thread and did not even think about my mom's name until I saw it mentioned here, I'm so used to it. It is one of the more unusual ones even on this list.