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

amother

Camellia ↓

Mon, Apr 08 2024, 11:45 pm

amother Oak wrote:

I have a son named pesachya and it’s an Aramaic name, another name for mordechai hatzadik in the gemara

My son is Psachya as well—he’s an Adar baby and we wanted something different than the more common Adar names. We call DS Sachi. 🥰

amother

↑ Camellia ↓

Mon, Apr 08 2024, 11:52 pm

Rassia

Rasha (why would this be a name in Yiddish given its Hebrew meaning? Same question for Pesha and Pessel. No offense meant, just curious.)

Torah

Nitzana

Tudy

Rhodya

amother

Lightpink

Mon, Apr 08 2024, 11:59 pm

I know girls with the following names (all different circles)
Rashi
Ketziah
Moriya
Geneshe
shlomsy
Nilli

Imaboymom

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:03 am

I had a classmate Gitcha
Have a distant relative toltza krona
I know a couple of Toltzy s
Have a couple of cousins Tuna/ Tuni (female)
Kresel (female)
Peretz (male)
Baba (female)

amother

Almond ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:04 am

amother Honeysuckle wrote:

Shartza babche

This sounds familiar. 😁

amother

Buttercup ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:06 am

I know a Michla, a boy Zusya, a Ditza, a Margalit, and a few Reinas (pooular in Spanish speaking countries) for those of you who said. Oh, and a Choni.

Mazal Tovah got me. And Menorah.

I know a male Sivan.

amother

↑ Buttercup ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:08 am

amother Lightpink wrote:

I know girls with the following names (all different circles)
Rashi
Ketziah
Moriya
Geneshe
shlomsy
Nilli

How does Moriya pronounce her name? I have met non-Jewish women named Moriah pronounced MOE-RYE-UH...

amother

Whitesmoke ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:08 am

My daughter went to school with a Bunya.
I knew a Dusya growing up.
Names like Babshe, Mamale, Mamtzie sound to me like they were nicknames that became so ingrained that future generations forgot the original names and named after their ancestors' nicknames.

I know a Maidy. It is definitely a nickname but absolutely noone uses her real name ever and I'm sure most people don't even know what her real name is. I wonder if in a few generations there will be a slew of Maidys because her descendants will think that it was her real name.

amother

Hyssop ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:14 am

amother Narcissus wrote:

Fali-girls name

I know some of those.
It comes from fala.
And one family has a fala and a mala

amother

Midnight ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:15 am

Yakira
Yachet
I also know some shprintzys, kreindy, ratza I'm blanking on the rest but will try to update as they come to me.

amother

Honey ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:20 am

Dh has a friend Zeida - he goes by Zeidy. (A young very handsome guy)

* imagine if Zeida and Babche get married….

amother

↑ Babyblue ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:21 am

I know a few bunas
A nesha not necha but know those as well
Falik for a boy

amother

↑ Whitesmoke ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:22 am

amother Midnight wrote:

Yakira
Yachet
I also know some shprintzys, kreindy, ratza I'm blanking on the rest but will try to update as they come to me.

You reminded me....I knew two Yachets growing up. The were related though.

amother

Carnation ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:22 am

amother Whitesmoke wrote:

Maidy is my cousin. I think her real name is chaya mattel

amother

↑ Honey ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:28 am

I’ve always found the male name Fishel unusual.

(He can marry Tuna)

amother

↑ Holly

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:31 am

amother Carnation wrote:

Maidy is my cousin. I think her real name is chaya mattel

Ooh is she named after Chaya mattel spitzer? That’s our family name….

amother

Steelblue ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:37 am

amother Pearl wrote:

I know a Rhodya and a Mameleh who are sisters

I know them too!

Someone I knew had a unique name I've never heard anywhere else - Paka. No grandchildren named after her Sad

amother

Birch

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:39 am

I know a boy Zman
A girl Layla as in night
A girl Eliana but spelled with two alefs, no ayin
A boy Kaddish
A girl tayna
A boy Yakov spelled with an Alef
I read a story about a boy named rochel
Not weird, but uncommon: a boy yisachar
I met triplets: gilla Rena and ditza!