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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

The only baby name book I have as yet is The New Jewish Baby Book by Anita Diamant. It is not even a baby name book per se, it just has a section with names in it. But I digress. I was looking through it today and thought I would post some names I really like, but are not on my list (Asher, Elijah, and Caleb for boys and Mirah, Adara, and Leah for girls) because relatives already have them, or my boyfriend disapproves, or they are a little too Hebrew for my non Jewish family, and see what you all think. Don't worry about hurting my feelings if you don't like them, as I said they aren't on my "official list" right now anyhow.

Boys
Aaron
Ariel
Gideon
Isaac
Nathaniel
Seth (this one doesn't work because it doesn't go with the last name Schifman, try to say it 5 times fast)

Girls
Aviva
Aliyah
Chaya
Devorah
Delilah
Hadassah
Hannah
Keturah
Kinneret
Levana
Shoshana
Tzipporah

Comments

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I love Nathaniel mainly because of the nickname Nate. I'm undecided on Gideon but I think I like it. Ariel seems weird for a boy because of the Little Mermaid lol.

Hadassah and anything after Hannah on your girls list seem too almost mean to give a kid now. I could handle someone doing it as a middle name for religious or heritage reasons though.

What does Aviva mean? and Chaya? They seem like cool names so I'm just curious.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Aviva means springtime and Chaya means life. My sister's Hebrew name is Chaya.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

Ooo- I really like those :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I also love the nickname Nate!
Yeah, I wouldn't use Ariel because of the little mermaid association, among other things, though it is pronounced differently (Ahri-el). I just really like the meaning, "lion of God".
I agree with you about the names under Hannah, though I really like them. The go under the heading of "A little too Hebrew for my non Jewish family". Although I adore Kinneret and may persuade my boyfriend to let use it as a middle name one day.

And I see darabelle already answered your question about what Chaya and Aviva mean. I may use Aviva one day because my boyfriend is dead set against Adara.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I've never even heard of Adara until now. To me it sounds like "a Dara" like "one of me." haha

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Hehe I know a Dara...LOL! You!

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

hehehehe

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

lol
it means fire and Adar is also one of the months on the Jewish calendar so it's kind of like naming someone April.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

woops I was wrong, it means "exalted, praised" along with being a month.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

The one male Ariel I met pronounced it AR-e-el instead of AIR-e-el, if that makes sense.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

it makes sense, but seeing it written down would still be weird to me

[sayga.livejournal.com]

That's how Sebastian the crab pronnounces Ariel's name because of his accent.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Lobster, no?

[sayga.livejournal.com]

hmm, well when the French chef is singing, he calls Sebastian a "sweet little succulent crab."