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  OOTBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 3:57 pm
I don't think I saw this one mentioned: Lesha

I know someone with that as a middle name named for a grandmother (she has a number of cousins also with that as a middle name).
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  Ruchel  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 3:57 pm
Almost had Zlata but we had also Golda and named for both
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  BH Yom Yom  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 4:03 pm
Hodel - is it a diminutive of Hadassa? Yehudis?

I know of one Tzeitel
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amother
  Honey


 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 4:35 pm
amother Magnolia wrote:
I didn’t mean it’s something to be ashamed of. I just think mesotah wise we should stick to biblical names.

It’s not just about Shtetl, I know Syrians who are called Jamila or Reina. Personally, I stick to biblical names, because that’s the true Mama Loshon. Not Yiddish or Arabic. But that’s my unpopular opinion.


I agree with you.

Shtetl’dig names aren’t the original name. They used a name and added the polish/hungarian/German kvetch.

I don’t think it makes sense to make this into a new name that now descendants for generations have to use. It’s like a nickname to the original.

Take the original, and Americanize it or change it to hebrew etc.
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 5:26 pm
OOTBubby wrote:
An anscestor of ours was called Finkel.


Mine as well. AFAIK no one was named after her except a male, who was named Pinchas.
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:01 pm
OOTBubby wrote:
I don't think I saw this one mentioned: Lesha

I know someone with that as a middle name named for a grandmother (she has a number of cousins also with that as a middle name).

I know a few!
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:11 pm
Nichy (not nechy)
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amother
Jean


 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:15 pm
Didn't read the whole thread but I knew a family with the name Shimah (pron shimuh). It was a family name and a few grandchildren had it.

First time I heard the name Trane (pron Trana or Tranie) - a New Square name - I thought it was so strange.
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:18 pm
How about Neshama Shlomo Carlebachs daughter anyone else name that?
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:23 pm
amother Dahlia wrote:
My family has the name finkel but it's used as a second name


Im going to go out on a limb here and guess we're related lol
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  theoneandonly  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:27 pm
amother Taupe wrote:
How about Neshama Shlomo Carlebachs daughter anyone else name that?

I know a Neshama.
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amother
  Blue


 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:28 pm
I had a neighbor growing up who had 7 names and her brothers had 8 and 9.
Their mother gave them names in a bunch of different languages (first couple were Hebrew) so they would have a name to use in every part of the world...
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:28 pm
Yaspeh. I'm assuming it's the feminized version of yoseph?
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:36 pm
I also know a Neshama and 2 women named Yosepha.
I also know an Avrahama, a Ya’akova and a Davida.
TBH, feminized male names aren’t my thing.
(But I do think Ariella and Daniella work)
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amother
  Sage


 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 6:39 pm
Ruchel wrote:
Almost had Zlata but we had also Golda and named for both

I name for a Zlata. Zahava works quite nicely. Same meaning and a Z.
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amother
  Calendula


 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 7:54 pm
A girl named Dubrish
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  Ema of 5  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 8:05 pm
amother Orange wrote:
Dvasha

Tayna

Zohar

Shefa

Gnesha

Stisha

I know a debrosha, it’s her second name.
I know more than one Tanya, at least one Zohar, and at least one Genesha.
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 8:28 pm
mudpies wrote:
And I saw mentioned on the other thread - I actually do know someone named Fradchen. It's her second name, she doesn't go by it, but it's a real name.

This is German, presumably its pronounced with a ches. My husband's grandmother was henchen (also pronounced with a ches). So far nobody's named that...
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amother
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Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 8:30 pm
Ruchel wrote:
Almost had Zlata but we had also Golda and named for both


Hey! Can I say I’ve missed you on here! At least, under your sn?
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amother
Yellow


 

Post Tue, Apr 09 2024, 8:32 pm
I know a Rashana born on Rosh Hashana
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