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

amother

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Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:13 am

amother Seagreen wrote:

So did I, wonder if it’s the same one. Never heard it since.

Other names I only know one of:
Beinish
Priva
Heard of the name Stisha and when I was younger someone claimed they had a friend Rudala, but I never was sure if she made it up.

Beinish is a name in my family! I know a ton of Beinishes.

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Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:20 am

amother Seagreen wrote:

I know more than one beinish
I know 2 privas
I know a stisha pesha yehudis (called peshy)

amother

↑ Magnolia ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:26 am

OOTBubby wrote:

I know 2 people who had Tushna for their middle name. They were cousins and it was their great-grandmother's name.

So is their nickname Tushie?

amother

↑ Magnolia ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:27 am

amother Seagreen wrote:

Was just thinking about that name, the kids all claim they know someone who knows someone with that name. There’s no way (talking about the last name although would be pretty cruel to name your kid the first name on its own).

Really cruel to name it at all. These are Yiddish Shetl names, I think we can leave them there and stick to mainstream biblical names but that’s my opinion only.

amother

↑ Magnolia ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:30 am

Now, all that being said, my son has a lesser known but beautiful name. I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned here.

Keep in mind in my community it’s expected to name for our living parents.

My son’s name is for my fil. He’s very proud of his name. My mil name is unusual and ugly so as not to embarrass my daughter we added another common but beautiful name and we call her by it. My mother’s name is also very unusual and I have a niece with her name.

amother

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Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:34 am

Shimona
Frumit
Reitza
Odeh
Frada
Masha
Mira
Sonya
Yosefa

Sarah Lasry on Instagram- her daughter is Tunie B. I believe her name is Fortuna (and Bracha, maybe?).

It's so cute! Kind of reminds me of Junie B. Jones. IYKYK.

amother

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Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:37 am

amother Moonstone wrote:

I know someone whose middle name is Rudel, she doesn't use it. Her brothers middle name is Falik and he also doesn't use it.

I know a woman Rudy. It's a cute name.
and I know a boy Falik who goes by Fally.

amother

Dimgray ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:38 am

chocolate moose wrote:

G'nendy

My name is genendel, which is where genendy comes from. I wish my parents had named me Chana, which is the Hebrew equivalent.

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Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:48 am

amother Impatiens wrote:

Lifshsa

I know one!! She’s named after her great grandmother or something like that. It’s a name in their family.

↑ Ema of 5 ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:49 am

amother Red wrote:

Krasi

I know one! Maybe it’s the one you know ;-)

newinbp ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:49 am

Teela
Clara
Gili
Gali (not for Gal, it’s a Yiddish name)
Tzemach

amother

↑ Dimgray ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:57 am

amother Oxfordblue wrote:

I know a Yona who’s a girl

My aunt was going to be yona, after my grandfathers grandmother, but they named her Yonina instead.

amother

↑ Oxfordblue ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 7:15 am

amother Dimgray wrote:

My aunt was going to be yona, after my grandfathers grandmother, but they named her Yonina instead.

I wish my grandmother would’ve been yonina too. I refuse to name my daughter Yona. It’s not fair to her

amother

Peru ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 7:18 am

amother Latte wrote:

It outs that I'm on here, which for various technical reasons isn't something I want made public.

Also the name I have in mind is probably the only one in the world with that name today, so, privacy for them too.

It doesnt out you if you just write "I know a --"
You can be their neighbor, teacher, friend etc. And the world is so big there might just (probably will) be another person with that name.
Otherwise your post just sounds like:
"I know the most uncommon name but im not telling nah nah nah..." I dont get it

↑ BH Yom Yom ↓

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 7:22 am

Bruriah (although I wonder of that will become more common if BJJ alumni start to name their newborn daughters after Rebbetzin David a”h)

syaem

Tue, Apr 09 2024, 7:30 am

I’m very surprised that in 12 pages of responses no one mentioned name Minna. Old shtetl Yiddish name.
other ones are Dusya and Musya. my grandmother A”H had friends with those names