PSA Ayala | Imamother

amother

↑ OP ↓

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 7:58 pm

amother Hotpink wrote:

How do you know it’s not Hindel = Hindy?

Sometimes it is. So you dont "know". You'd need to ask to know.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 8:04 pm

amother Nemesia wrote:

I just feel bad for anyone named for a chicken

From an emotional standpoint, im with you.... and I hsve tjis name in my family Hiding

But logically speaking how is it on a different from Faiga, Devora (an insect!!!), or Zev and Dov mentioned earlier?

amother

↑ OP

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 8:18 pm

amother Navy wrote:

https://tora-forum.co.il/threads/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%9C.34865/

An even worse take here

Care to share the take for the less lomdishe among us?

amother

Calendula

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 10:13 pm

HINDEL DOES NOT MEAN CHICKEN!!!

It is the Yiddish version of Chana.

amother

Saddlebrown ↓

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 10:15 pm

amother Calendula wrote:

HINDEL DOES NOT MEAN CHICKEN!!!

It is the Yiddish version of Chana.

I named my daughter Chana after a Hendel, I think Hindel is a different name. Ayala, as everyone says.

amother

Plum

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 10:26 pm

I had an aunt named Hinda. When she was in an Israeli school in the 40s they Hebraized her name to Ofra. Which means deer

amother

↑ Navy

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 11:26 pm

amother OP wrote:

Dear fellow Ima, whats your name?

If you read the thread - I think its rather clear.

amother

Peach

Wed, Aug 02 2023, 11:54 pm

R kanievsky said that Ayala is translated in Hebrew from hinda and paskened we should add the name Ayala since hinda was extremely rare in Israel 20 years ago

Queen Of Hearts

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 12:05 am

Didn't read through whole thread...
But if my name was Hinda I'd rather be named after a graceful doe than a squawking chicken!

↑ Elfrida

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 2:58 am

amother OP wrote:

From an emotional standpoint, im with you.... and I hsve tjis name in my family Hiding

But logically speaking how is it on a different from Faiga, Devora (an insect!!!), or Zev and Dov mentioned earlier?

Faige = Tzipora, the wife of Moshe Rabbeneinu.
Devora - one of the greatest neviot. Also the nurse maid of Rivka Imeinu.
Ze'ev - associated with shevet Binyamin since the bracha given to him by Ya'akov Avinu.

They all have much wider associations than the animal with which they are associated.
On the other hand, the only Jewish associations that I can think of for chickens, are soup!

amother

Lilac

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 4:36 am

And here I thought this PSA would be to warn parents that if you name your kid Ayala, she's going to be one of three in her class. Make sure the name works as a first name-last name combo because that's probably what she'll be called.

(I say this as someone with a daughter named Ayala. No regrets.)

↑ Iymnok

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 5:02 am

amother Lilac wrote:

DD has 3 Ayala and one Ayelet! She calls them Ayalot.

amother

↑ Clematis

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 6:33 am

My DD is the only Ayala in her class but each of my girls has at least one Ayala in their class, so it's definitely popular.

Should we now discuss how to pronounce the name? Very Happy

If you ask my daughter what her name is in English, she says it a-YA-la
If you say איך קוראים לך? she says it aya-LA

amother

↑ Saddlebrown ↓

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 7:59 am

Opinions please!! I’m expecting a girl BH and love the name Ayala, but we already have a Yael/Yaeli, are they too similar in sound?

mommy3b2c ↓

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 8:00 am

amother Navy wrote:

Thank you. OP - as someone clearly triggered by your PSA, can you remove it.

I hope you’re not serious ….

↑ mommy3b2c

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 8:05 am

amother Saddlebrown wrote:

Opinions please!! I’m expecting a girl BH and love the name Ayala, but we already have a Yael/Yaeli, are they too similar in sound?

Yes they are very similar . I would not do that . I like atara or Aviva much better anyway . And they both have beautiful meanings. Crown and spring .

amother

↑ Crystal

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 8:26 am

amother Clematis wrote:

My DD is the only Ayala in her class but each of my girls has at least one Ayala in their class, so it's definitely popular.

Should we now discuss how to pronounce the name? Very Happy

If you ask my daughter what her name is in English, she says it a-YA-la
If you say איך קוראים לך? she says it aya-LA

What a smart girl!!! Laugh

kenz

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 9:01 am

Oy, all of you bemoaning the fact that you’re “named after a chicken,”” (or not, or don’t want to be) you’re not! You’re named after a family member your parents presumably loved very much, or at least wanted to accord them the respect and zechus of being named after. Can’t you just look at it that way?

amother

Yellow

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 9:09 am

By the way, just to make things more interesting, Hendel is a last name too.

amother

↑ Saddlebrown

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 9:25 am

mommy3b2c wrote:

Yes they are very similar . I would not do that . I like atara or Aviva much better anyway . And they both have beautiful meanings. Crown and spring .

Thanks. That's my gut feeling but I love the name, oh well. I have an Adina too (we're a mostly girly family!) so Aviva is a little too similar-sounding for my liking and Atara is not one of my favorites.