Are these girl names accepted in yeshivish circles

amother

Pink

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 5:59 pm

amother Ebony wrote:

I know a few in our Yeshivish community. It's beautiful!! Ashira L'Hashem...
I think its less common in Israel, but I could be wrong.

I wanted to use the name Ashira in Israel but was told she will be teased as it means rich/wealth and not known as a name.
my sister not living in Israel used it.

amother

Ultramarine

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 5:59 pm

amother Wheat wrote:

My daughter is named Emuna.
We are chareidi and live in Israel.
It's not so accepted. She will probably be the only Emuna in her Bais Yaakov school. I loved the name so we gave it to her. I am sure some people think we are weird but I don't care.

How could Emunah not be accepted? It’s a beautiful name.

amother

↑ Iris

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 6:53 pm

My daughter is in a Bais Yaakov school in Monsey and said that all of these names belong to kids in her school except Nava.

jayle

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 7:05 pm

My daughter is called Ahuva, when she was young she once asked me why we didn't call her a frum name like Chani, it just so happened that we were sitting at my in laws when she asked that,
And hanging on the wall was a picture of the Steipler, so I pointed to the picture and asked her, does that tzaddik look frum, because his daughter was called Ahuva.
BH she's very happy with her name now.

amother

↑ Winterberry

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 7:08 pm

jayle wrote:

You can tell her every other baby in Lakewood has been named Ahuva in the last 5 years.

#BestBubby

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 7:21 pm

amother OP wrote:

Adina
Emunah
Ahuva
Aliza
Ayala
Aviva
Elana
Eliana
Tehila
Temima
Leora
Orly
Menucha
Naama
Nava

As a NY Bubby, these are the names I heard growing up ( from your list)

Adina, Aliza, Aviva, Ahuva, Tehilla

The other names are more recent modern names

amother

↑ Forestgreen ↓

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 7:23 pm

#BestBubby wrote:

As a NY Bubby, these are the names I heard growing up ( from your list)

Adina, Aliza, Aviva, Ahuva, Tehilla

The other names are more recent modern names

I’m in my 40s, grew up in a yeshivish community and my name is Ayala. But to be fair, I was the only one.

amother

↑ Stone

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 8:43 pm

Sorry but you won’t hear Elana Emuna Nava Leora Orly Naama or Eliana in yeshivish Lakewood. Maybe a few here or there from 10,000 girls. I’ve worked in many girls schools and lived in a few developments. You’ll hear more yiddish names than these names.

amother

↑ OP

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 8:46 pm

Thank you everyone! Really surprised about Emunah, but it seems that's the only one on the list that's really unusual. Still a beautiful name.

amother

Pear

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 8:47 pm

amother Stone wrote:

I agree besides Elana/Ilana and Orly,
I also think emunah is becoming more common

amother

Ecru

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 8:50 pm

amother Pink wrote:

I wanted to use the name Ashira in Israel but was told she will be teased as it means rich/wealth and not known as a name.
my sister not living in Israel used it.

It would mean that if you would spell it with an ע at the beginning. Ashira with an א means I will sing.

amother

Hunter

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 8:57 pm

I think this is so funny.
My name is one of those that a few people said is less common, I grew up mainstream Bais Yaakov in major Jewish area.
You have both my daughter’s names on that list.
All most all the other names are in my immediate family/in law family. All mainstream Bais Yaakov.
I will say that I loved not having a super common name growing up. There were 5 Estis in my class!
(For the record at least 3 or 4 Adinas in the grade)
Bestbubby, my aunt with the same name as me grew up in Boro Park 50 odd years ago.
My great grandmother was named one of the ones you called “modern”.
They are all heard of enough that no one will blink.

ETA I knew a very chassidish Elana growing up. She went by Lani.

amother

↑ Melon

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 8:58 pm

amother OP wrote:

Adina y
Emunah uncommon
Ahuva y
Aliza y
Ayala y but uncommon
Aviva y but uncommon
Elana uncommon
Eliana uncommon
Tehila y
Temima y but uncommon
Leora uncommon
Orly n
Menucha y but uncommon
Naama n
Nava n

Polling my dd

amother

Calendula

Wed, Sep 04 2024, 10:19 pm

amother OP wrote:

Thank you everyone! Really surprised about Emunah, but it seems that's the only one on the list that's really unusual. Still a beautiful name.

My friend in Lakewood just named her daughter Emunah! Some people nickname Emmie which is also really cute!

amother

↑ Wheat

Thu, Sep 05 2024, 12:15 am

amother Pink wrote:

I wanted to use the name Ashira in Israel but was told she will be teased as it means rich/wealth and not known as a name.
my sister not living in Israel used it.

I know so many Ashiras in Israel. It's actually quite common here.

amother

↑ Forestgreen

Thu, Sep 05 2024, 12:17 am

amother Wheat wrote:

I know so many Ashiras in Israel. It's actually quite common here.

I had a friend ashira growing up in Lakewood many years ago. But she was the only one I knew.

amother

Heather

Thu, Sep 05 2024, 2:29 am

amother Wheat wrote:

I know so many Ashiras in Israel. It's actually quite common here.

I wouldn't say common
I know of one
I encounter hundreds of children a year (work in a pediatric health center)

ittsamother

Thu, Sep 05 2024, 2:47 am

amother Calendula wrote:

My friend in Lakewood just named her daughter Emunah! Some people nickname Emmie which is also really cute!

But why would someone take the beautiful name Emuna, rich with Jewish meaning, and turn it into Emmie which just sounds like the common nonJewish nickname for Emma. Be Jewish and proud!