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What do you think of Mendel?

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mumofaboynow · 26/09/2024 19:47

Easy to pronounce. It means 'Comfort' and I really love it

I like Levi but don't like it pronounced like the jeans. Has to be 'Lev-ee' like 'Lovey' but with an e instead of an o.

DD is called Golda Lola

Strangely, we often call her Golda Lola! But she is always introduced as Golda and is Golda at school now

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EasyComfortDishes · 28/09/2024 01:15

It’s very very Yiddishe. It’s the sort of name that’s in all our family trees from the 1800s, along with the Blumers, Liebs, Zeligs etc. To me it does not translate well into 2024, not in the community I am in anyway. If you’re living in a big community where they are wheeling out the old 1800s Hungarian family tree names then I don’t suppose it matters to much.

Ah there's a Blumer in my family tree too!
I think it means Bloom or blossom or something but doesn't translate well at all.

There's also an Isidore which I always liked.

Firebird83 · 28/09/2024 21:03

I like it. It goes well with Golda.

Dilbertian · 28/09/2024 11:01

Jewish or Yiddish? Or Hebrew?

rzb · 28/09/2024 09:50

Lemuel / Lem?

PurpleChrayn · 28/09/2024 08:08

Are you Chabad?

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mumofaboynow · 28/09/2024 08:06

Blueraccoon · 28/09/2024 01:02

If you love Gregor Mendel and his peas so much why not call the baby Gregor? Golda and Gregor. 🥰

Really needs to be a Jewish name

Not keen on Gregor either, reminds me of Greggs!

But that's the thing with names, most of them can be picked apart without too much effort

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Katielovesteatime · 28/09/2024 05:23

Terrribletwos · 26/09/2024 19:48

Not good with the associations.

Agree!!!

EasyComfortDishes · 28/09/2024 01:15

It’s very very Yiddishe. It’s the sort of name that’s in all our family trees from the 1800s, along with the Blumers, Liebs, Zeligs etc. To me it does not translate well into 2024, not in the community I am in anyway. If you’re living in a big community where they are wheeling out the old 1800s Hungarian family tree names then I don’t suppose it matters to much.

Blueraccoon · 28/09/2024 01:02

If you love Gregor Mendel and his peas so much why not call the baby Gregor? Golda and Gregor. 🥰

Dilbertian · 28/09/2024 00:40

She can’t choose Meir when her daughter is called Golda!

🤣🤣🤣
You are so right!

Letttherebelight · 28/09/2024 00:24

AmeliaEarache · 28/09/2024 00:17

She can’t choose Meir when her daughter is called Golda!

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This is brilliant

AmeliaEarache · 28/09/2024 00:17

Dilbertian · 27/09/2024 23:05

It is such an Ashkenazi name that most Mumsnetters are not going to appreciate it.

How about Meir (or Mayer, if you think people won't understand how to pronounce it)? Another lovely and Ashkenazi name, also with a lovely meaning.

She can’t choose Meir when her daughter is called Golda!

ODFOx · 27/09/2024 23:10

I came on to go 'like the geneticist?' But 'pea botherer' has made me laugh out loud and wake my snoring husband. 😁
Mendel the pea botherer.
Don't do it OP.

Terfified · 27/09/2024 23:07

Awful

Dilbertian · 27/09/2024 23:07

Just twigged your name, mumofaboynow - surely it has to be Reuben? 😄

Dilbertian · 27/09/2024 23:05

It is such an Ashkenazi name that most Mumsnetters are not going to appreciate it.

How about Meir (or Mayer, if you think people won't understand how to pronounce it)? Another lovely and Ashkenazi name, also with a lovely meaning.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 27/09/2024 22:51

Silver
Emerald
Crystal
Topaz

Daisybuttercup12345 · 27/09/2024 22:50

Lovelysummerdays · 26/09/2024 20:00

Makes me think of the geneticist too but also of mengele possibly just me.

Same. It's terrible.

Remaker · 27/09/2024 22:38

I’m Australian and about half the population pronounces mental as Mendel. So it would be a no from me.

I think it would be difficult to escape the jeans pronunciation with Levi.

Summertimer · 27/09/2024 22:38

Mendel is a character in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - book, tv drama, film

Suz8 · 27/09/2024 22:33

yipyipyipp · 27/09/2024 22:31

Wtf

Was that for me or someone else?

yipyipyipp · 27/09/2024 22:31

Wtf

Suz8 · 27/09/2024 22:31

ReadingInTheRain583 · 26/09/2024 21:20

Gregor Mendel was Austrian.

I think people are thinking (correctly or incorrectly) about the closeness/possibility for mistaking Gregor Mendel for Josef Mengele. The former a notable geneticist. The latter having a pertinent role in the Holocaust.

The very fact that people on here are confusing the two would be enough for me to discount it as a name tbh.

I have to admit I remembered Jozef Mengele (from history at school) as Jozef Mendel too. So my first thought was "Surely not!" Looks like I'm not the only one.

VerityUnreasonble · 27/09/2024 18:22

I quite like Mendel (including the association with the science monk!)

Other names I quite like are Kalman, Zev (prefer this spelling to Zeev / Ze'ev), Lazar, Leib, Myer and Osher (Asher is nice too but feel like it's everywhere).

WrongSortOfPoster · 27/09/2024 17:17

Levy is a surname and it's 'Leevy'.

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