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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

So I just struck a bargain with my boyfriend.
He loves loves loves the name Mirah with Miriam (after his mother) as the Hebrew name counterpart.
I said okay if our first born is a girl we can name her Mirah if I get to choose the name of our next daughter. He said it couldn't be something he hated so I went through Hebrew baby name books and there were 4 names he agreed to.
So I get to choose between, Leah (pron. Lay-ah, I know some people don't like that pronunciation, oh well), Naomi (Nay-oh-mee), Kezia (Kehz-ia) and Sadie (Say-dee Hebrew name would be Sarah).
so which one do you like the best?
Leah
Naomi
Kezia
Sadie

Comments

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Leah. Sadie is a close second. Not a fan of Naomi or Kezia.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Spelling it Leia might get people to pronounce it the way you want them to. Just a suggestion.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I think I like Sadie first or second best right now. I have to think of middle names for all of them, maybe that will sway my decision.
I'm not changing the spelling of Leah, but thanks for the suggestion :)

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

(ok, now I have like 3 comments to you, sorry for spamming your inbox)...

incidentally, we wanted to prn it lay-uh also, but I wasn't crazy about Leia either & was afraid that Leah would always be Lee-uh.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

yeah I don't like Leia either, it's Leah or nothing at all.

[amyames.livejournal.com]

mirah is pretty!

i like leah the best and actually like your prounciation better than lee-ah.

what happens if you only have 1 girl? i've always loved the name abigail so when we found out we were having a girl, my dh said i could have my name cause it meant so much to me. i would've been so dissapointed if we used his girl name (annalise) and only ever had 1 daughter.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

that's the chance I take I guess.
But I said that if we have a boy first the deal is off so it may never come to pass anyways because his sister's two children are boys and his brother's child is a boy so chances are we will have all boys (which is okay because we agree on boys names).

[maude.livejournal.com]

First is Naomi, second is Leah, third Sadie (but I hate Sarah), fourth is Kezia.

[maude.livejournal.com]

Oh and I like Mirah...My-rah or Mee-rah?

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Mee-rah.
Sadie would never be called Sarah except if/when she got called up to read the Torah.

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I really like Sadie.

You're going to be correcting people forever if you insist "Leah" is pronounced "Lay-ah."

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Truthfully, I'm not such a fan of Kezia either but it was really hard to find 4 names he would agree too.
He said no to Aviva, Adara, Hadassah, Hadara, Shoshanna, Levana, Rachel, Rebekah etc

LOL at I moan. I don't think it will come up ever, but that is funny.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

lol I know I'm not your boyfriend and all, but I really like Adara, Shoshanna & Rebekah. :D

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you! I LOVE Adara the most.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

haha well, Natasha is "Ah Satan" backwards so I moan isn't too bad

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

there you go! lol

[bree019.livejournal.com]

Agreed. When old enough, your daughter's going to hate correcting people too. What's wrong with Leia?

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I don't like the reference to Leis or to Star Wars.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I really like Sadie as well. I can't decide if I like it or Leah the best.
The pronunciation depends on what community you are from. My boyfriend has never heard Leah pronounced Lee-ah. He grew up in a very Jewish area and Leah is Lay-uh in Hebrew.
I really don't think it will be that big of a problem, but I know a lot of people disagree.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

possibly, in any event I still have alot of time to decide.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your vote.
:)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I don't really like Sarah though...well it's not that I hate it, it's just that it's SO popular. Also I'm not a fan of naming someone one name and then calling them something pretty different as a nick name.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

It's a tough choice. It'd be Leah for sure, but pronounced that way, it's off the list entirely for me (sorry!). Sadie and Naomi are both gorgeous, I love both. I'll say Naomi for the pretty meaning in Hebrew, but Sadie is so lovely. I can't choose!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I really like Sadie and I only started really thinking about it today.
Naomi I've always thought was pretty.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you

[kaugomu.livejournal.com]

I've always been a fan of Naomi. It's not one I would use but I do love it. I also like Leah with that pronunciation as well.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you very much :)

[kaugomu.livejournal.com]

You're welcome very much.
Oh and randomly, I'm not a fan of Sadie because it reminds me of dogs. I work in a vet office and we see a bunch of dogs named Sadie. Which is now oddly something I think about when I'm considering names for my kids or just names in general. *shrug*
I do like Naomi though, a lot. I went to high school with a Naomi and I always thought it was such a graceful, feminine, yet unique name. Ruth is also one of my favorite biblical books and so I like Naomi in that context as well.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Well that doesn't sound like much of a compromise at all. He gets to completely pick the first name AND gets preselect your choices down to 4? Hmmmm...

I do like all four actually. I agree Leah as lay-uh makes no sense, in my experience.

Naomi
Sadie
Kezie
Leah

That's the order I like them.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

well it was all in good fun. I mentioned to another commenter that it is unlikely that we will even have girls as everyone in his family has boys boys boys. His sister has 2 sons, his brother has one son, his uncle has 3 sons and a daughter. There is a shortage of girls in this family.

[insideman.livejournal.com]

I like Leah but I love Sadie. I'd use it too but unfortunately, three years ago I named my Shih Tzu that.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

you're not the only one, another commenter mentioned that she works in a vet office and has seen quite a few 4 legged Sadies. I can see why, it's a very soft name.
I still like it irregardless.

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

Sadie

If you go with Leah prepare your kid for a lifetime of correcting the pronounciation. It's not a life or death thing, of course, but she will get frustrated by it. Just ask any Kirsten who's lived with telling people it's Keer-sten rather than kur-sten. ;)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your input.
:)

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

i love the name Naomi! its a beautiful name and I like it best out of your choices. However I love your Boyfriends choice of Mirah :) i knew a mira with no h on the end :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

He adores the name Mirah. I don't mind it, it's growing on me. I guess I should be happy that that's the one he really wants to use, last week he told me he likes the name Gertrude!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your vote.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to say Leah (we almost named my daughter that), but Sadie is a VERY close second. Esp if the first one is Mirah.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Sadie is a VERY close second. Esp if the first one is Mirah
Is it because of the sound of them?
If so I think I agree. I think that Sadie sounds better than Leah with Mirah because Leah and Mirah end so similarly whereas Sadie is completely different.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

yep, that is it exactly. I should have been more specific. :)

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

I love Leah and Sadie, thought I prefer to pronounce Leah the normal way.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks :)