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Jewish Baby Names?

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lucyloo123 · 13/05/2009 20:21

Hi, wondering if there are any mums/mums2b out there who know any cool jewish names but still with bible elements to it?

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littleboyblue · 13/05/2009 20:24

Jacob
David
Solomon
Benjamin
Joseph

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lucyloo123 · 13/05/2009 20:26

i love joseph but got a cousin and uncle...great names although i wish there was something a bit funkier there!! thanks

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newpup · 13/05/2009 20:29

Reuben?

bigchris · 13/05/2009 20:32

Moses
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

squeaver · 13/05/2009 20:32

Caleb
Barak
Cain
Abel
Ham
Job
Jonah
Levi
Samson
Uriah
Zacharia

Funky enough?

AnnieLobeseder · 13/05/2009 20:35

Boy or girl? 'Cool' is in the eye of the beholder - I guess you mean more unusual names. Most old-fashioned 'Christian' names are actually Jewish - best place to look would be the Old Testament really, although the English pronunciations are rarely anything like the Hebrew. A good place to start would be the geneology of Jesus, which is given in Matthew 1:1?17 and Luke 3:23?28. Saves you buying a whole baby book if you happen to have a bible at home. We used this book as DH is Israeli and I'm English, so we wanted the DDs to have names that worked in both countries.

zazizoma · 13/05/2009 20:36

Pull up the online edition of Haaretz and browse away.

bluebump · 13/05/2009 20:36

Saul
Aaron
Daniel
Ruth
Leah
Naomi

mummyandbaby · 13/05/2009 20:36

Joshua
Zak
Daniel
Rafi
Jonathan

BonsoirAnna · 13/05/2009 20:37

Ariel

CoteDAzur · 13/05/2009 20:37

Samuel
Moses/Mousa
Albert

mamaeyes · 13/05/2009 20:39

We went for Isaac - my family Jewish and we wanted to make reference to that, but DH's side CofE and Isaac covers Christian bases too. When we really want him to engage with his Jewish roots, we call him Yitz.

sweetkitty · 13/05/2009 20:47

My three girls have Hebrew names more by default really, they are
Abigail (my fathers joy)
Talia (from Tal means Dew from Heaven)
Bethany (village in Israel where Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead, means House of Figs)

also like
Sarah
Leah
Rebekah
Esther
Ruth
Keziah
Delilah

boys
Matthew
Adam
Moses
Mark
Luke
John
Abraham
Isaac
Jonah
David
Joseph
Levi
Elijah
Daniel
Zac

LetThemEatCake · 13/05/2009 21:15

Zephaniah?

It's on my list!!!

kalo12 · 13/05/2009 21:22

ishmail
levi
asher

delilah
bathsheba
raisa
reza

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WinkyWinkola · 13/05/2009 22:02

Jonah - I love Jonah
Elijah
Moses

Dalia
Liat
Naomi

kalo12 · 13/05/2009 22:10

oh not jonah, its too doomed

love dalia though

Tinker · 13/05/2009 22:18

Jesse

avenginggerbil · 13/05/2009 22:23

Hepzibah
Zipporah
Kerrenhappuch

(I've been doing genealogy!)

IlanaK · 13/05/2009 22:28

I have three boys with Jewish biblical names: Aaron, Elye and Saul.

dizzydixies · 13/05/2009 22:34

and lovely names they are too IlanaK

ninedragons · 13/05/2009 23:22

I loved Yael, but it wouldn't have worked at all with our Celtic surname.

tummytickler · 13/05/2009 23:26

My ds's are Elijah and Amos. I get asked if we are Jewish a lot!
Also love Abraham and Moses.
I know a Rabii Levi, and Rabii Sarah.

Also love Miriam

frazzledgirl · 14/05/2009 08:30

Aviva is really pretty, I think.