Yeshivish boy names

thesoundofmusic

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:13 pm

I live in a super super yeshivish community and all the names I gave before hand are becoming more and more popular.
the gans that used to filled with moshies and Yaakovs are now filled will chananel and yishai, etan michael, and also ametai!

amother

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:14 pm

thesoundofmusic wrote:

So interesting. I’m not seeing that here in America yet. I assume you live in Israel or Europe?

thesoundofmusic

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:17 pm

I live in israel. suepr yeshivish. like no smart phone yeshivish:)
my friend who comes form a huge very mechubadik family jsut named her baby achinoam. another who is the daughter and grandaughter of a very famous rosh yeshiva named her daughter sarit.
I think that there is a big shift. almost like people are really looking to make a change.

amother

Trillium

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:18 pm

Off the list of names that people say won’t go in yeshivish circles, Yishai, Elisha and Elimelech will work too.
There’s also Yeshaya, Yirmiyahu and Yechezkel that are called Shaya, Yirmi and Chezky. They’re not common but they’re very acceptable in yeshivish circles.

amother

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:20 pm

amother Trillium wrote:

I was actually drawn to the long Y names. Deciding if it’s too much of a mouthful because I don’t love shortening names and using nicknames.

amother

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:21 pm

thesoundofmusic wrote:

Right I’m hearing of it in Israel. I’m not a trend setter so I’m not going to start the trend here. But maybe it will become common here soon.

amother

Trillium

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:23 pm

thesoundofmusic wrote:

Chananel, Elchanan, Yishai, Yeshaya and Michoel are common enough to be acceptable in American yeshivish circles. Etan isn’t common and the one yeshivish family I know that used it pronounces it with a ssaff and a kamatz under the ssaff so it doesn’t sound great. Amitai hasn’t made it across the ocean yet.

amother

Forsythia

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:24 pm

Gershon
Nosson
Pinchas
Shmuel
Uri
Yochanan
Asher
Don
Binyamin
Ahron
Akiva
Chanoch
Yisrael

These names I thought of off the top of my head but not tanach-

Menachem
Meir
Shraga
Tzvi

amother

Lemonlime

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:25 pm

Look at the names of the nesi'im from last week's parsha.
How about Gamliel?

amother

Bisque

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:33 pm

amother OP wrote:

I think only elimelech and Michoel would work in my community.

Gabriel & yishai are very heard of even in my chassidish community.

Akiva
Shalom
Dov
Shimon
Naftali
Usher
Binyamin

Less common but lovely: Hertzka

Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:36 pm

Not sure if these were mentioned but the classes I know are not teeming with these even though they're acceptable:
Refoel
Nechemiah
Shimshon (R' Shimshon Pinkus)
Betzalel
Gedaliah
Efrayim
Azriel
Asher
Reuven
Tzvi
Chanoch
Binyamin
Yonasan
Yechiel
Nosson
Mordechai

amother

Tomato

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:43 pm

thesoundofmusic wrote:

If you’re calling playgroup “gan” then you don’t live in the type of “super super yeshivish community” that I assume OP is referring to.

daredevil

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 8:45 pm

Shmuel
Yisroel meir
Hillel
Yosef
Yeshaya
Levi
Baruch
Yaakov
Hershel
Eliyahu
Pinchas
Aharon

amother

Smokey

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 9:11 pm

I have an Akiva. Not Tanachi, its gemara.
Not unheard of, but uncommon.

amother

Blushpink

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 9:13 pm

Eliezer
Shmuel
Eliyahu
Meir
Menachem
Yosef
Pinchas
Shalom
Matis
Yeshaya
Shlomo
yehoshua
Binyamin
Yisrael
Mordechai
Refoel
Dov

amother

Copper

Thu, Jun 20 2024, 9:17 pm

amother Celeste wrote:

Ezriel
Elazar
Simcha
Shalom
Shmuel
Hillel

Do I know you? I have almost all of these in my immediate family. Love them!