Middle Name Help

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

So as a continuation of my previous post I now need to find middle names for my top 3 girls name choices (I've decided to axe Kezia). The catch is they need to be Hebrew names, either modern Hebrew or Biblical ("old testament") names.

The names are Leah (Lay-ah-I know most people are against this but just keep the pronunciation in mind when you pick middle names), Sadie and Naomi.
So far the only combo I can think of is Leah Hannah but I don't know if I like all the ah sounds in it. Oh and Naomi Haddassah I think is kind of cool.

Comments

[bondage-pixie.livejournal.com]

Leah Esther? (Esther as in the queen from the purim story.)

[greeneyednobody.livejournal.com]

Leah Abigial

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

hmm that might work.
Also I love your sons names. Caleb and Elijah are on my top 3 boys name list. You have great taste!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I actually love the name Abigail but my cousin's wife's name is Abby so I always discounted it.
However, as a middle name it might be alright as I'm not close to my cousin.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Naomi Aaliyah
Naomi Adina
Naomi Basha
Naomi Rivka

Sadie Zalia
Sadie Magena

Leah Aviva
Leah Eve
Leah Nathania

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

Leah Rebecca

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

Naomi Rebecca

Leah Abigail

Sadie Ruth

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

i like Naomi Esther also :) but I love love the name Ruth. Natalie Ruth is one of my top names right now :) good luck!

[sherball.livejournal.com]

I really love the name Naomi, very very pretty..

My suggestions are..

Naomi Ruth or Naomi Rebecca

I'm on the fence about Leah as a name, and Sadie was my dogs name.. so I can't exactly give a thumbs up on that one.. lol

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

I thought of Naomi Ruth too it flows well however Naomi and Ruth come from the same Bible story so it may be seen as kinda... cheesy but it could also work

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I'll skip the Rachel/Rebecca combos, although I think they're gorgeous, and give you some modern stuff--I'm in Israel so I'm just pulling from my pool of friends and family, and maybe there's something you guys could use. Ayala was the first name that came to mind and I paired it up with Leah in my head, I think it sounds really special.

I also wanted to say that I don't know where you are in the world, but right now the accepted pronunciation in Israel for the name Leah is Lee-ah (NOT saying this is how you should be pronouncing this, and if your bf grew up in a Jewish household he'd pronounce it Lay-ah and that's just great), I just thought I'd note it since I think it's pretty--the original biblical name is spelled לאה and means weary, and when it's spelled ליה and pronounced "Lee-Ah" means "God is Mine" (Li- to me, and the letter hey stands for God in lots of Hebrew names as I'm sure you know). I'm guessing you probably knew some of this already but I just thought I'd note it. :-)

Okay, enough babbling then. I'm putting down meanings as well, sorry if I'm telling you stuff you already know.

Thalia (morning dew, when spelled תהליה could mean 'praise to god')
Michaela
Mika (Mika would commonly be used as a nickname for either Michaela or Michal, but can also be just Mika on its own; this is one of my favourite Hebrew names! :-D)
Eliana (My God has Answered)
Gili (pronounced Gee-Lee with a hard G like in the word 'gun'; means My Joy (Gil- joy, Li- to me)
Lily
Ayala (I think Leah Ayala sounds beautiful. Ayala means Gazelle)
Ayelet (also means Gazelle. Ayelet HaShahar is a phrase meaning 'dawn' and there's also a particularly stunning poem that inspired a lot of people to name their daughters this)
Dafna (DAF-nah, the emphasis would be on the first syllable in the classic Hebrew pronunciation)
Shiri
Shir
Shira (according to how you'd pronounce it, the meaning would change; SHEE-rah is 'song', and shee-RAH is 'poetry'. Shir is 'song', and Shiri is either 'My song' or 'sing')
Noa (means 'Movement'. My all time favourite name, too! :-D)
Aya (means 'Where')
Nava (Nah-vuh. means 'Fair')
Elana/Ilana ('Tree')
Dana (pronounced Dah-nah, means 'judge'--it's obviously the female form of Dan and Daniel so it comes from 'god has judged')
Adi/Adee (ah-dee, means 'Jewel')
Goni (the pronunciation is tricky, it's a Hebrew sound, but I thought I'd mention it for the pretty meaning, which is 'shades of colour'. Goni is pronounced like a combination between a -gah- and -go- sound, and then -nee-)
Sivan - (see-vahn, almost see-vhun; after the Hebrew month)

I hope that helped a bit. :)

Hope that helps some.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

haha, I only meant to say that last line twice--I was lost in thought for names!

Also I wanted to say that ever since I read your post the lay-ah pronunciation is really growing on me. :)

a few ideas

[solyma.livejournal.com]

leah bethany

sadie judith
sadie moriah
sadie shoshannah
sadie tziporah or zipporah

naomi ariel
naomi keshet

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Leah Aviva. I like Leah Eve too, but my future sister-in-law's name is Eve.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

oops that was a typo! I fixed it now.
Of all your suggestions I think I like Sadie Atara(h) best.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I love Devorah, too bad my boyfriend's sister is named Debra. And Ilana is a variation of my future Hebrew name Elana so obviously I like that as well.
I love Chaya. Of my three names I think it might go best with Sadie.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

nice

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your suggestions, I really like the name Abigail.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

yeah I couldn't do that they were mother a daughter in law.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I really like Ayelet. Would you pronounce it AH-yeh-let or ah-YEH-let? I took a look at my-hebrew-name.com and that seems to be generally how to say it, but I'm not sure where the stress should be.

Re: a few ideas

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Sadie Shoshannah but the last name will also begin with S and I wonder if that will be too much? Sadie Zipporah might work.

Re: a few ideas

[solyma.livejournal.com]

hmm. it may be too much, but if it flows well together, i don't think it's necessarily bad to have the names starting with s.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

ah-YEH-let. :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[minimepending.livejournal.com]

Wow, so much info! I'm not the OP but I'm totally loving Lily (even before this post) for our little girl... now I just need middle names.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Lily's gorgeous :)

If you want info about more Hebrew names, just say the word.