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

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 4:04 pm

I also know
- Emanuelle (girl)
- Michaela (Like Hebrew Michael with an ah at the end)
- Meitar (girl)
- Marnina (girl, from same shoresh as Rina or Renana)
- Raneena (girl, also same shores as Rina or Renana)

- Gefen (boy)
- Neri (boy)

amother

Caramel

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 7:58 pm

I have some weird ones not mentioned

Boys
Sar shalom
Shiloh
Alyashiv (not after the rabbi)
Matanel
Shiki
Yekutiel
Tzaachi

Girls
Gnesha
Tzila
Brana
Smadar
Lotan
Nesya
Shaked
Nessa
Amalia
Li- el
Nesya
Chefziba
Nizana
Surprised to not see Yentel here too

amother

↑ Poinsettia

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 8:24 pm

amother Caramel wrote:

I have some weird ones not mentioned

None of these are weird, just uncommon and unusual in some circles.

amother

↑ Nectarine

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 10:41 pm

amother Caramel wrote:

Quite a few that you mentioned are pretty common in my circles and some were mentioned upthread.

amother

Eggshell

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 12:12 am

amother Hyssop wrote:

I know a few draizys, but it’s pronounced with “ay” sound

The original pronounciarion seems to have been with a segal (Drezel) but all the Draizels I know pronounce it with a tzairai (a relative checked it out before she got married to know the proper spelling on the kesuba)

amother

Rose

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 12:47 am

Mamela
Ratza
Ziskind (first name of a boy)
Neshama - girl

Success10

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 12:49 am

amother Eggshell wrote:

Draiza is a name in our family. But of course it's given with another name....

amother

Purple

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 3:50 am

amother OP wrote:

What's are the most uncommon names you know personally? And their meanings if you know

I know:

Girls:
Itael (G-d is with her)
Adili (jewel for me)
Adiya (jewel of G-d)
Tifara (like Tiferet)
Kreincha (it's Yiddish and I don't know what it means)

Boys:
Ptachya (G-d opened, it is in Tanach)
Aner (appears somewhere in Tanach)
Asif (like the harvest)

Viti, vitya
Rella
Monsey

↑ Ruchel

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:19 pm

I can look up Rela

Drezel is possible a form of drusilla and I like it.

Ratza rose 🌹

Mamela little mom is amuletic; may you be a mom

Ziskind sweet child tobelem
Manci. It's Hungarian and generally Malka but it's probably a secular. Someone who knows Hungarian will tell

Emmanuelle is everywhere

amother

↑ Ivory

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 3:35 pm

amother Rose wrote:

Mamela
Ratza
Ziskind (first name of a boy)
Neshama - girl

We called my grandparents Mamale and Papale

amother

↑ Canary

Today at 3:28 am

Dvarya - girls name , her father coined the name related to Dvar Hashem
Elitzafun - boys name , from tanach but very uncommon these days

amother

↑ Latte

Today at 4:15 am

Has anyone ever heard of the name Mirtza?

amother

↑ Nemesia

Today at 4:39 am

amother Canary wrote:

Dvarya - girls name , her father coined the name related to Dvar Hashem
Elitzafun - boys name , from tanach but very uncommon these days

I know a Dvarya!

most uncommon name I know of is Mintza. Only know one person with that name

amother

Aquamarine

Today at 9:10 am

Draizel is not a tzeirei it is a segel. It's spelled with an ayin. It's a normal name I know more people with that name than my name which is also not uncommon.
Most unusual that I know is probably Adonyuhi called Dony for short.
A lot of these names are common so I guess it just depends where you live.