We’re narrowing down our list for a baby boy and need your help debating between these six names. Which one is your favorite, and how would you rank them?
Ori
Lior
Yarden
Yuval
Shai
Eden
Would love to hear your thoughts, vibes, and any pros/cons on pronunciation or style. Thanks!
We are expecting our third child in the fall and both love the name Oren.
The problem is that both of our other children have names that A) are figures from the Torah and B) have a first letter honoring a deceased relative. Oren has neither of those characteristics and I’m worried our future child will feel slighted. We do plan to give him a middle name that is honoring a deceased relative like his older siblings.
There’s nothing we can do about the biblical significance, but is there a way to connect Oren to any of these names:
English: Marianne, Gerald, Harold, Ursula, Richard, Jennifer
Hebrew: shoshanna, Ruth, Ari, gadol (I’ve never heard of this as word as a name but apparently it was my grandfather’s Hebrew name)
Or is this not an issue and I’m overthinking? We are pretty set on Oren so other name suggestions are not really what I’m looking for here.
My wife and I are discussing first names, my wife really likes Noah but my mom's name starts with an N so I feel hesitant in the Ashkenazi tradition. I'm considering Avi as an alternative, I kind of wanted people's thoughts on if I should be hesitant and thoughts on the name Avi.
Solo project, ~2 months in. Built it because existing baby-name sites are unsourced garbage.
What it is: every name page pulls from Wikipedia, Wikidata, and SSA, with citations.
Tell me what's broken. Specifically interested in:
- First impression in 5 seconds : what do you think it is?
- Would you trust the info? Why or why not?
- What makes you bounce?
Considering Iri as a middle name and honor name for our next kiddo. It sounds really lovely with the first name we chose and our last name. But I found it on some pretty obscure looking websites for Hebrew names and not sure if this is actually a name people use or if it would be weird to use for our child. Was hoping some folks would have more ideas/information on if this is actually a name people use or if its just a very biblical/historic name? Thank you!
Hello! Lurker of this sub for a while, now here with my own post. My husband and I are expecting a baby girl and I’d love some name input. Our son is named Yehuda, and we decided on his name pretty much immediately— it clicked instantly and we knew. We’ve always been able to find more boy names we like than girls, and we haven’t had that same lightening bolt moment with a girls name (so far)— I’m ok with not necessarily having that same feeling again but it makes me second guess our choice.
Things that are important to us/things that might be helpful to know about us:
- we are traditional/maybe modern orthodox leaning? We go to an orthodox shul and our children will be going to Jewish schools.
- same name (including pronunciation) in Hebrew and English. Like how Yehuda is just Yehuda, as opposed to Judah in English and Yehuda in Hebrew.
- we want a name that sounds Jewish
- we want to love the meaning of the name, not just the way it sounds
- we don’t like nicknames— we want the name we choose to be the name the child goes by (I know we don’t have 100% control over this)
- we also don’t do middle names
Our top choice right now is Eliana. I had a miscarriage prior to this pregnancy so we love the meaning, and I think it sounds pretty. I don’t love how it’s rising in popularity but overall I think it’s not too popular?
Other names we like:
- Adina (I like this one, husband doesn’t)
- Yael (like the sound but don’t love the meaning)
- Esther
- Avigail (I like, husband doesn’t)
I guess I’m just looking for thoughts on Yehuda + Eliana together, or any other suggestions/feedback. Thank you!
Siblings name is Oksana. My husband said I got my Russian name, now he wants a Jewish one. Open to Israeli as he’s Israeli.
Don’t know if our third is a boy or a girl and I’m due in a few weeks. We have a Roya (girl) and Avi (boy) already. I’m really really struggling especially with boy names!
Some names I like:
Girl: Romy, Noa, Lily, Kaia, Mila
Boy: Noah, Max, Ezra
Any suggestions and input would be much appreciated. TIA!!
Hi! We are expecting a girl in December. Our first two are Oren and Ayla. I'm loving the name Yaara Evie for our third. Would love any thoughts, or any other suggestions! I think our #2 choice is Neta, it's also so pretty to me and is in the same nature theme (which was not intentional for our first two!).
We are in the US, my husband is Ashkenazi and I am Mizrachi.
Is Yaara "too Israeli" for us to use? I only ask bc people have made comments that we went "all Israeli" for the first two and it never stuck out to us. We just wanted Hebrew names, but this has been mentioned by multiple people so far, as if it's odd or something.
Hi all, my husband and I are struggling to make a decision for a baby boy. Initially, I was not committed to a Jewish or Hebrew name necessarily (we are Jewish but not Israeli), but wanted to honor two family members with names that started with N (one of them being Nancy) and chose Noam. I combed through the top 1000 SSA names and didn’t like any other N names. Noah is already taken in the family.
For months we had planned on using Noam Richard (after another family member). A few weeks ago I was looking into other boy names that could be used to honor Nancy because I had concerns that Noam would be pronounced as “gnome” or misheard as “Noah” all the time. My husband has a unique name that gets mistaken for another more common American name quite frequently and can be frustrating for him. I saw a suggestion on Reddit to use Ronan for Nancy because of the Nan and loved it with Ronen being a Hebrew name (I know it changes the Nan part to Nen), it starting with an R like Richard, AND it is a more familiar name in the US. I understand the emphasis is technically on a different syllable in Ronan vs. Ronen, but we don’t mind. Ultimately we both seem to agree that Ronen is the better name, but are struggling to make a final decision and are interested if any feedback that can sway us one way or the other:
Curious to hear any thoughts :)
Hi All. We are thinking of naming our baby girl Yahel but we couldn’t find much information on the internet. Since we aren’t jewish we don’t know much about the name either. But we would love to have a name with Hebrew origin. We initially namer her Lael but unfortunately we can’t use it anymore.What do you think of the name Yahel?How common is it? Can we use it for a girl? What can be her nickname?
This is a follow-up post to our post looking for help with a secular name. We ended up removing one of the names from consideration because it did not receive particularly warm feedback.
The secular name will not match the Hebrew name our baby boy received at his Orthodox bris (ישראל), and we are comfortable with that. This is also what we did for his siblings.
We recognize that neither of these two names is Jewish, but both have been used by many Jewish families over the years. That works for us, since our son already has a very strong Hebrew name that we love and that carries special meaning for our family.
We would love to hear which of these two names you would prefer!