name my baby!

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

Hi there name experts! I am pregnant with baby #3 and would like some name suggestions if possible! I'm not finding out the sex, though I have a feeling about it being a girl. I have a girl and a boy already and their names are Gabriella Devorah (Gabbie) and Zachary Elan. We are Jewish and the names need to be at least somewhat Jewish in origin - both my kids have Hebrew names that match their English names (Gavriella and Zachariah) - and their middle names are Hebrew / Israeli without the English translation.

Now, for this child, I would like to name him / her after my grandmother whose name was Selma (Hebrew name Sarah) and Uncle whose name was Jack (Hebrew name Yankel / Yaakov). I don't want to use the name Sarah because it sort of rhymes with my name (Dara) and I can't use Jack because it rhymes with Zach (even though we don't call him that) and plus my last name ends with -off and I don't think it's a good idea! So I'm looking for other S and J (or Y) names. For a girl, I really like Sabrina and I'm thinking Sabrina Yakira right now. For a boy, my husband likes Jacob, but it's just so common! All I can think of is Samuel Jacob or Jacob Samuel, but I don't even really like Samuel, and plus that doesn't follow the pattern of a Hebrew middle name - it would have to be Jacob Shmuel or Samuel Yaakov.

My husband tends to be picky about names and I'd love to have a bunch of ideas to present him with, so fire away! Thanks!

Comments

[kkleigha87.livejournal.com]

I love the name Adah for a girl. It is a Hebrew name that means adornment. My favorite name that is Hebrew for a boy is Ishmael which means God will hear. I also like Iram, Isaac, and Jonathan (All Hebrew origin.)

[hwar.livejournal.com]

girls:
Cecilia/Sisel
Susanna/Shoshannah
Zelda/Selig


boys:
Solomon/Shelomoh/Schlomo (I LOVE Solomon...I think it's due for a comeback)
Simon/Shimon
Isaac/Yitzhak


I also like, but don't fit your constraints:
Adina (g)
Orly (g)
Simcha (b or g)
Zeev/Ziv/Zev (b)
Zipporah (g)
Miriam (g)
Lior (b or g)

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

I have a friend with a 3 year old named Solomon - it's really a cute name!

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

Sabrina is lovely. What about Jeremiah or Josiah?

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

I like Jeremiah. Not sure my husband will, but I'll ask him!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Avigail
Shoshannah
Shiprah
Yael

Shalom
Yehoshua
Yoram

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how to say Yoram. Does that have an English version? Thanks for the suggestions!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I actually don't think it does have an English version. It's eventually the contracted version Yehoram (with a couple of different names in between) and it's just a giant circle of Hebrew names.

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

I found this:
http://www.learn-hebrew-names.com/Show-Hebrew-Name-Joram_(Jehoram,_Yoram,_Yehoram)-en227.htm

thanks!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

what about yael? i personally love it and it fits your requirements.

also...
(they dont fit your letters necessarily, just off the top of my head)

ezra
asa
samuel
susannah
shoshanna
josephine
hannah

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

Sabrina Yael might work, thanks! (I actually like to spell it Yaelle, but that's kinda strange, I know!)

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i think its beautiful. i LOVE yael and if my husband or i had even an ounce of jewish heritage, i would totally use it! good luck! :)

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Not hugely familiar with Jewish naming traditions, but I thought I'd throw my favorites in the ring lol.

Asher (m)
Elior (m)
Eliora (f)
Evron (m)
Lior (m)
Liora (f)
Elijah (m)
Ilan (m)
Ilana (f)
Liat (f)
Levi (m)
Malachi (m)
Noah (m)
Noa (f)
Raisa (f)
Reina (f)
Ronen (m)
Shai (m)
Yitzhak (m)
Zeev/Zev (m)
Suri (f)`
Wolf (h)

Here are the related names to Sarah and Jacob that are S, J, or Y names

SAARA f Finnish
SADIE f English
SAIJA f Finnish
SAL f & m English
SALLI f Finnish
SALLIE f English
SALLY f English
SÁRA f Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
SARA f Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
SARAH f English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
SARANNA f English (Rare)
SÁRI f Hungarian
SARI (1) f Finnish
SÁRIKA f Hungarian
SARINA f English (Modern)
SARIT f Hebrew
SARITA (1) f Spanish
SARRA f Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
SASSA f Swedish
SERA f English (Rare)
SURI f Yiddish



JAAGUP m Estonian
JAAK m Estonian
JAAKKO m Finnish
JAAKOB m Estonian
JAAKOPPI m Finnish
JAAP m Dutch
JACI f English
JACKALYN f English (Rare)
JACKI f English
JACKIE m & f English
JACKLYN f English
JACLYN f English
JACOB m English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical
JACOBA f Dutch
JACOBINA f Dutch
JACOBINE f Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
JACOBO m Spanish
JACOBUS m Dutch, Late Roman
JACOMINA f Dutch
JACOPO m Italian
JACQUELINE f French, English
JACQUELYN f English
JACQUES m French
JACQUETTA f English (British)
JACQUETTE f French (Rare)
JACQUI f English (British)
JAE m English (Rare)
JAGO m Cornish
JAIME (1) m Spanish, Portuguese
JAIME (2) f English
JAIMIE f English
JAKA m Slovene
JAKAB m Hungarian
JAKE m English
JAKES m Basque
JAKI f English (Rare)
JAKKI f English (Rare)
JÁKOB m Hungarian
JAKOB m German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Estonian, Croatian
JAKOV m Croatian
JAKUB m Polish, Czech, Slovak
JAMES m English, Biblical
JAMESINA f Scottish
JAMEY m English
JAMI f English
JAMIE m & f Scottish, English
JAMISON m English
JAPIK m Frisian
JAQUELINE f English (Modern)
JAQUELYN f English (Rare)
JASKA m Finnish
JAUME m Catalan
JAUMET m Catalan
JAY (1) m English
JAYCOB m English (Rare)
JAYE f English
JAYLA f English (Modern)
JAYLEE f English (Modern)
JAYMA f English (Rare)
JAYME f English
JAYMES m English (Modern)
JEB m English
JEM m English (Archaic)
JEMMY m English (Archaic)
JEPPE m Danish
JIM m English
JIMI m English
JIMMIE m & f English
JIMMY m English
SANTIAGO m Spanish, Portuguese
SÉAMAS m Irish
SÉAMUS m Irish
SEUMAS m Scottish
SHAMUS m Irish
SHEAMUS m Irish
SJAAK m Dutch
SJAKIE m Dutch
YAAKOV m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
YAGO m Spanish
YAKIV m Ukrainian
YAKOV m Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
YAKUB m Arabic
YAKUP m Turkish
YANKEL m Yiddish
YAQUB m Arabic
YASHA m Russian

As far as random S J or Y - I love Jude for either sex and Yeva and Yael for girls.

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

wow, thanks!

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

I love the names Jonathan and Jesse, along with Jeremy which, according to behindthename.com, is a form of Jeremiah. Some S-name ideas are Saul, Simon (although I prefer the Hebrew version, Shimon) and Samson.

I'm not a big fan of Sabrina Yakira; it sounds pretty clunky, and while I do love most Hebrew names, Yakira just looks ugly. Some alternative ideas are Jael/Yael and Yehudit.

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

yeah when it's written out I'm not sure I like Yakira either. I do like the sound of Sabrina Yael.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Okay slightly off topic, but my last name is Russian Jewish ending in -off... Do you get "Oh, like Smirnoff?" a lot? Because I do.

Anyway, here are some of my suggestions...
Girls:
Sarit, Suri, Tzeitel (all of which are beautiful Hebrew names related to Sarah)
Sadie used to be a nickname for Sarah but is accepted as a name in its own right
Adara ("noble" and Sarah means "lady" or "princess")
Adina
Atarah (means "crown")
Channah/Hannah
Dalia
Eliana
Liora
Jacqueline (for your uncle)

Boys:
Jacob (Americanization of Yaakov, similar to Jack)
John or a related name (http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=john) since Jack was once a nickname for John.
Brendan (means "prince" Sarah is "princess")

[dararachel.livejournal.com]

nope no one has ever said the Smirnoff thing to me! lol.

thanks for the suggestions, a lot of them I love the meaning connections, but still sound too close to my name! (Dara)

Sarit was one name we were considering though!

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

All I know is that Ezra is like one of my ALL TIME favorite names.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

One of my Hebrew professors was named Sura, (SURR-uh, not SOU-rah), a variant of Sarah, and I always thought it was lovely. And Sadie is nice too.
I adore Jacob as well, but it just seems to common to me! Noam is probably my favorite Hebrew name, but alas it sounds dreadful with my surname.

In general, my favorite Hebrew names are:
Benjamin, Judah, Asher, Adam, Isaac, Ezra, Samuel, Noam, Oren, Ari, Zev, Zvi.
Tziporah, Dalia, Ayelet, Yael, Orli, Leah, Aviva, Leona, Naomi, Tamar, Miriam.

[devofriends.livejournal.com]

This is kind of a stretch, but what about Jessica? In Hebrew that's Yiscah, which is said to be another name for Sarah...and the J could be for naming after Jack as well.