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Do you like the name Elisheva?
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amother
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 Yesterday at 12:09 am
Is Elisheva commonly used for little girls today, or does it sound outdated, frumpy, out of fashion, etc?
Appreciate the DL living in Israel perspective.
I've noticed that some beautiful Tanachi names like Yocheved, Yehudit, Tzipora are considered "outdated", while others like Yael and Tamar are super popular among the young, and so I'm asking to see where Elisheva lies on this spectrum.
Edited: I added a poll.
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essie14
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Yesterday at 12:52 am
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I don't know anyone under the age of 30 named elisheva in DL circles. It seems to be in the same category as Yocheved.
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amother
Currant
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Yesterday at 12:55 am
What does DL stand for?
(down low?)
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amother
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Yesterday at 1:54 am
It seems so random to me that apparently Leah, Penina and Rivka are considered "Grandma names" while Avigayil, Michal, and Tamar are so popular that even the completely secular use them commonly.
Why is Noa considered young and Tirza old? Why is Yael young and Devora old?
Is there some logic that I'm not picking up on, or is it just inexplicable "fashion"?
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DrMom
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Yesterday at 2:03 am
| amother OP wrote: | It seems so random to me that apparently Leah, Penina and Rivka are considered "Grandma names" while Avigayil, Michal, and Tamar are so popular that even the completely secular use them commonly.
Why is Noa considered young and Tirza old? Why is Yael young and Devora old?
Is there some logic that I'm not picking up on, or is it just inexplicable "fashion"? |
Probably fashion. I'm sure if some Israeli celebrity named her child "Tirza," it would catch on in a few years in secular society.
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amother
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Yesterday at 3:46 am
I know a little Elisheva. One parent is Israeli, the other a European עולה.
I don't think most of those names are that out there, especially if you're naming for someone. One of my girls is named one of the names you listed as ''old", named after someone, and literally the only comment I've heard that could be remotely construed as critical was ''wow, your kids names don't match at all'' from my sibling's Israeli cousin-in-law. (One has a name that's more modern.) The kids they meet in gan and elementary school will just know their name as the name of someone their age, anyway.
Penina is the only one I'd be disinclined to give if not naming for someone since the character in Tanakh is not someone to look up to. If naming for someone, I'd have them in mind instead of Elkana's wife.
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Bnei Berak 10
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Yesterday at 4:10 am
| amother OP wrote: | It seems so random to me that apparently Leah, Penina and Rivka are considered "Grandma names" while Avigayil, Michal, and Tamar are so popular that even the completely secular use them commonly.
Why is Noa considered young and Tirza old? Why is Yael young and Devora old?
Is there some logic that I'm not picking up on, or is it just inexplicable "fashion"? |
Fashion
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Rabbit613
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Yesterday at 4:12 am
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In chareidi, Israeli circles it is a popular name.
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amother
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Yesterday at 12:56 pm
| amother OP wrote: | It seems so random to me that apparently Leah, Penina and Rivka are considered "Grandma names" while Avigayil, Michal, and Tamar are so popular that even the completely secular use them commonly.
Why is Noa considered young and Tirza old? Why is Yael young and Devora old?
Is there some logic that I'm not picking up on, or is it just inexplicable "fashion"? |
All of the names you called old are names that were used in Europe. The names you call new were not. So that is probably why.
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etky
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Yesterday at 2:45 pm
I also haven't heard it used as a baby name in a while but I really do like the name.
Personally it doesn't sound quite as old as Yocheved, Yehudit and Tzipporah to me.
It's also a softer name and flows off the tongue nicely.
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