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amother
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 Fri, Dec 13 2024, 11:51 am
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I knew one girl named Yona but it seems uncommon. How do people feel about this?
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 11:53 am
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 11:56 am
I know of two Yonas. They are Yona, not Yonah.
As my dd would say, but this is really blunt, "Why would you name your kid a name that could be for a boy or a girl?"
A few nights ago we were talking about names and that's when she said it.
The truth is that Yona is mostly used for male, Zissel is mostly used for female (I don't know of any male zissel besides rav simcha zissel), and Simcha is predominantly male ( and is more common than Yona as a female).
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amother
Teal
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 11:59 am
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Yonina sounds more feminine to me.
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amother
Snowdrop
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 12:01 pm
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Depends on the circles. I wouldn’t do it but if you love it, go for it
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 12:03 pm
Almost all the Yonah’s I know are boys or men. In Tanach Yonah was a Navi. When the kids learn in school that on Yom Kippur we read Yonah, it’s a man. That could get your dd teased if she’s a girl with the same name.
I know one Yonah who’s a woman. There’s nothing wrong with that but I wouldn’t give the name to my own baby daughter. If you like the sound or the meaning you can do Yonit or Yonina.
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 12:05 pm
Sure. It works.
I don't think it's a name likely to get her teased, whether it's super common in your circles or not. It's just a name and it's not a weird or unheard of name.
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amother
Begonia
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 12:07 pm
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Only Yona. It's a more Sephardic or modern to use it as a girl's name, and they don't use the H. Yonah/Jonah is a man.
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 1:07 pm
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I think of it as a male name, because of tanach, but in reality I know one female Yona, one male Jonah, and the name itself ends with "uh" and therefore objectively sounds female
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 1:12 pm
| amother Oldlace wrote: | Sure. It works.
I don't think it's a name likely to get her teased, whether it's super common in your circles or not. It's just a name and it's not a weird or unheard of name. |
Sure it will, when they learn the story of Yona. It’s like naming a girl Moshe
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 1:13 pm
| amother Purple wrote: | | I think of it as a male name, because of tanach, but in reality I know one female Yona, one male Jonah, and the name itself ends with "uh" and therefore objectively sounds female |
I also know one female YONA but would not feel comfortable naming my own daughter that. Also the person I know is 70+. Idk any young girls with that name
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amother
Magnolia
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 1:15 pm
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I had an aunt yona, as a kid I always thought it was a little strange. There are now great granddaughters named after her
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 1:16 pm
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 1:17 pm
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Growing up, we had a girl in our school named chanina. Can’t imagine how a parent can do that to a kid.
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amother
Azure
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 3:22 pm
| amother NeonPurple wrote: | | Growing up, we had a girl in our school named chanina. Can’t imagine how a parent can do that to a kid. | classic sephardi
Chanina sarina...
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amother
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Fri, Dec 13 2024, 3:54 pm
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essie14
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Yesterday at 11:22 am
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I know at least 10 girls/women named Yona. It's totally fine.
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Bnei Berak 10
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Yesterday at 11:48 am
In Israel ashkenazim name Yonah for a boy and edot hamizrach Yona for a girl.
Simcha for a boy if you are ashkennazi and Simcha for girls if you are edot hamizrach.
Non-religious Israelis have also Tal as a unis-x name.
Personally I am very against unis-x names except for Simcha and Yonah.
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