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!

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[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!