What are the most unusual first names in your family tree?

amother

Lightgray

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 4:08 pm

amother Peach wrote:

I know a Serach

I have a cousin Serach- they just liked the name
Interesting family names
Elchanan
Zecharia
Gittel

amother

↑ Catmint

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 4:15 pm

amother Lightgray wrote:

I have a cousin Serach- they just liked the name
Interesting family names
Elchanan
Zecharia
Gittel

These are all regular names in my cicles.

amother

↑ Cerulean

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 5:02 pm

Chayalle wrote:

Assuming we might be speaking of the same family....my friend told me that originally her great-grandfather accidentally named his daughter Sarah. As they all went by English names, he forgot that Sarah was his wife's name! The Rabbi changed Sarah to Serach, and now all the descendants have a Serach....

Interesting. I never heard that, but how many families could there be with a bunch of Serachs.

amother

Clematis

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 9:14 pm

Between my very typical kids names, and the most typical last name, I got a Ratzy, Daphne, and Zechariah

amother

Latte ↓

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 9:21 pm

One of my middle names is Mansa. I am the only one with the name after my great great grandmother....

doodlesmom

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 9:22 pm

amother Latte wrote:

One of my middle names is Mansa. I am the only one with the name after my great grandmother....

My other great grandmother was Mariam (NOT miriam) I have a cousin and niece with the name now

I know a bunch of Mantzy einiklech…maybe it has a similar origin

↑ Chayalle

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:03 pm

amother Latte wrote:

One of my middle names is Mansa. I am the only one with the name after my great grandmother....

My other great grandmother was Mariam (NOT miriam) I have a cousin and niece with the name now

My great-grandmother AH had a sister Mariam, and I have met some of her descendants. Our family has tons of girls named after my great-grandmother, and they all have Mariams.

amother

White ↓

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:13 pm

amother Latte wrote:

One of my middle names is Mansa. I am the only one with the name after my great grandmother....

My other great grandmother was Mariam (NOT miriam) I have a cousin and niece with the name now

I have a cousin Chaya mansa. never heard the name otherwise!

amother

↑ Latte ↓

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:18 pm

amother White wrote:

I have a cousin Chaya mansa. never heard the name otherwise!

I thought I was the only one with that combo!

amother

Bottlebrush

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:28 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Stisia/Stisha is written as still in use by BEIDER
He wrote Finkel as not still in use but I heard of one
I love Dreizel. Would G-d give me another daughter, as I bh don't have family to name for anymore I might use it

Who is Beider?

We have Stischa in my family tree as a middle name, but my grandmother was only named for her first name so Stischa wasn't passed down. I've never heard of the name besides for that one great, great grandparent.

amother

Mayflower

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:44 pm

amother OP wrote:

Question in title. What are the weirdest, most unusual first names in your family tree? All the posts about names made me wonder!

Pinya
Edna -from Sefer bereishis

amother

↑ Hibiscus

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:46 pm

Surprised no one said Yachet. (Not my fam but I never heard of it until magazines)

amother

↑ White

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 10:54 pm

amother Latte wrote:

I thought I was the only one with that combo!

are you my cousin?? Very Happy

amother

↑ Latte

Tue, Oct 01 2024, 11:02 pm

amother White wrote:

are you my cousin?? Very Happy

Lol...nope...

amother

Poppy

Thu, Oct 10 2024, 11:17 pm

amother Mayflower wrote:

Pinya
Edna -from Sefer bereishis

Pinya for a girl or boy?