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

amother

Maize ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:42 am

amother Carnation wrote:

Shima
Faya Gittel
chiyena
Charna
All in the Feinstein family

Rav Moshe's rebbetzin was Shima so there are descendants named after her.
Pretty sure chayene is a nickname for Chaya.
Charna isn't super common but it's a Yiddish name and I've heard it unrelated to the Feinsteins.

amother

↑ Tomato

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:42 am

amother Poppy wrote:

Cheftziba for a girl.

That's my friends daughter name. After a Moroccan great grandmother who was a really special woman.

amother

↑ Maize ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:47 am

Amatlay (after avraham avinu's mother)
Tehalelya
Annaelle as a Hebrew name
Dodiva
Sadeh (as in field in Hebrew)
Te'ena (as opposed to Tamar)
Livyat Chen

amother

↑ Camellia ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:51 am

amother Honey wrote:

I’ve always found the male name Fishel unusual.

(He can marry Tuna)

Mazal tov(a)! LOL

amother

↑ Camellia ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 12:56 am

I went to school with a girl named Chen חן - pronounced the Israeli way (ie chen instead of chein)

amother

Forsythia ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:04 am

Im really surprised my name wasn't mentioned here. Don't want to put myself but I get comments about the uniqueness all the time (from people not in my circles)

amother

Pumpkin

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:08 am

amother Pearl wrote:

I know an Ayelet Hashachar

Me too! She's married to my cousin. And another cousin named Tal (male) recently got engaged to a woman also named Tal.

amother

Outerspace ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:10 am

Female:
Reshit ראשית
Gemara
Shevut Ami
Levana
Bunya
Yachel יחל
Ren
Haisha האישה
Hudel
Lifsha
Rasha
Resha
Yirat יראת
Lipaz
Mazal Tov
Haleli Tzion
Marim
Michla
Chyena
Brucha ברוכה
Yosefa
Shimona
Reesa
Risa
Reeba
Dvira
Romi
Yaela
Ada
Tzilka
Zohar
Achinoam
Yuval
Chen
Tayna תאנה
Einav

Male:
Marom
Hallel
Yechimelech
Shmelka
Adir

amother

Yolk

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:10 am

amother Tiffanyblue wrote:

My brother's friend named his kid Bina Rikkel Babsha. I thought the confluence of those 3 names was pretty unique.

I also knew a Krashi (Krasha) many years ago.

I wonder if this Salmon Traut was really Solomon and you misheard?

That reminds of a girl named Sara Dina. I couldn't get Sar-dine out of my head.

amother

↑ Whitesmoke ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:13 am

amother Carnation wrote:

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

No. It's definitely a different Maidy.

amother

Hosta ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:25 am

I know someone named Techiya

Side note- but why does no one name after the Neviah, Chuldah? All the other Nevios' names are so commonly used besides for hers! Was always curious about this...

amother

↑ DarkKhaki ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:27 am

amother Outerspace wrote:

I have a cousin Hallel, I'm pretty sure it's used as a girls name in Israel

amother

↑ Cadetblue

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:29 am

amother Hosta wrote:

I know someone named Techiya

Side note- but why does no one name after the Neviah, Chuldah? All the other Nevios' names are so commonly used besides for hers! Was always curious about this...

I know a few chuldas, all related. The translation is ‘weasel’. Maybe that’s why?

amother

↑ Hosta

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:32 am

amother Cadetblue wrote:

I know a few chuldas, all related. The translation is ‘weasel’. Maybe that’s why?

Interesting! I did not know that's what the translation of the name is

amother

Pistachio

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:57 am

I have a cousin named Pella. She goes by the nickname Pelly.

amother

↑ Outerspace ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 1:59 am

amother DarkKhaki wrote:

I have a cousin Hallel, I'm pretty sure it's used as a girls name in Israel

Which is why it's uncommon when used for a boy Tongue Out

amother

DarkViolet ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 2:02 am

amother Grape wrote:

Some of these are not unusual. Yinon, Itamar, Chananel, Yaara, Liad are common in Israel and Matan I’ve heard outside of Israel too.
I’ve never heard of a Shemesh Yinon.
Hebrew speakers like to name kids after things found in nature, Almog (coral), Gal (wave), Erez (cedar), Yaara (forest), Kochava (star) so I guess Shemesh can fall into that category.

Ya'ara does not mean forest, it means honeysuckle. It's my DD's name Very Happy

Some of the names listed here are not uncommon at all.
Noga is very popular here in Israel.
Gal is SUPER popular.