Where do Yiddish names come from?

First Lady

Today at 7:54 am

zaq wrote:

Some and some. Charna is Russian for black, Beila is ditto for white. Kreinda or Kreindl means a crown. Bluma is a flower, but Blima with a yud, not a vav, is poetic for "nothingness" as in "תולה ארץ על בלימה". (That is clearly not the meaning of the name Blima, for who would name a person "nothingness"? No, it's just the Chassidish/Hungarian/Galitzianer pronunciation of Bluma.)

OTOH Basha and Pesha are corruptions of Batya, Hencha and Chinka are corruptions of Chana...Todres is Theodorus, a Greek name with the same meaning as Matanya. (Gift of G-d) So why use Todres? Good question! And why is Shprintze, a corruption of Esperanza,meaning hope, acceptable while Tikva is not?

Don't get me started.

There is an Encyclopedia of Ashkenazic Names that can tell you the source of most names including many you never heard of because they died out centuries ago.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
The name Bleema can also be spelled with a Yud and Aleph. I know non Chassidish people called Bleema that spell it this way and it means flower.

Bnei Berak 10

Today at 7:55 am

zaq wrote:

There are women in Israel named Tikva but not in frum circles.

amother

NeonBlue

Today at 7:55 am

amother Jean wrote:

Pretty much. Though people who still use Yiddish games prefer not to look at it that way.

Most people who give Yiddish names name after grandparents. It's not like they're choosing a name out of the blue.

amother

Kiwi ↓

Today at 8:11 am

First Lady wrote:

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
The name Bleema can also be spelled with a Yud and Aleph. I know non Chassidish people called Bleema that spell it this way and it means flower.

Right like Bluma.
I know a Frumi! Bit mean imo. It was years ago, she must be in her 40's now. Maybe back then it was more acceptable.

amother

Snow

Today at 8:30 am

amother Kiwi wrote:

Right like Bluma.
I know a Frumi! Bit mean imo. It was years ago, she just be in her 40's now. Maybe back then it was more acceptable.

Frumi is a very common name around me. I wouldn’t even blink

amother

↑ Sapphire

Today at 10:02 am

Ruchel wrote:

Shprintza is from ladino
Is ladino also OK to bash or is it again something about Ashkenazim?

The highest gedolim use or used yiddish, ladino, judéo Italian, judeo Arabic names for their children.

None are ok to bash. Was there any bashing here?

amother

Emerald

Today at 6:57 pm

My name is פרומט.
It doesn't mean frum. I don't know what it means, but if it would mean frum, there wouldn't be a tes at the end.
There is a name פרומא and that one may mean frum. I don't know.