Lev

[tummytickler]

What do you think of the name Lev?
Levi is nice, but I only love the Le-vee pronunciation, NOT Lee-Vie - which i really dislike, and my guess is most people would pronounce it Lee-Vie.

So dh suggested Lev as an alternative. No confusion over spelling, and still similar to Levi - although does it look unfinished?

The only other name I love is Shem.
My ds's are Eli and Amos so we really want another Hebrew name to go with them (although it may be a girl - although pee on a stick day is Saturday - so really over thinking it here ).
I have 2 dd's too, but they have old lady names.

So Lev or Shem - which do you prefer?

what is an old lady name? i think your right about levi and people pronouncing it wrong, however in my line of work names nead to be pronounced only a few times before we say it the right way, so not to much of an issue. I don't really like lev, love eli and amos,levi goes well

i like Lev best

what do they both mean?

I LOVE Lev (and I dont usually like un-traditional names). Think its lovely.

i know somebody called lev, his full name is levant (turkish, not sure if thats how its spelt but pronounced how ive spelt it, lev-ant). i like lev, have it on my shortlist but dh not keen. not sure i like shem though

Lev means 'heart', and Shem means 'name'.

So the meaning to Shem is not as great as Lev, but i can get over that!

I really like Lev, doesn't seem incomplete to me at all. Lovely, strong sounding name.

Not sure at all about Shem, I knew a guy from Tel Aviv called Shem. It sounds very foreign to me and unless you are Israeli i'm not sure it works.

I am not Israeli, but then i am sure a lot of people with little Amelie's are not French!

Like Levin...
Not keen on Lev (agree with Sesi)...
Don't like Shem.

I like Lev and Shem.

What about Yishai?

Hester - Yishai is lovely, but it sounds too much like my dd's nickname! It would be very confusing as all family call her by her nickname!

I like Shem but I LOVE Lev.

I like Shem and Lev.

Lev was the birthname of Leon Trotsky.

You have really cool taste in names, tummytickler! Can you tell us what your dds are called?

DD's are very unHebrew . They are 8 and 4 and called Iris and Pearl!

Sounds a bit like Lav, Trev, or a nickname. Not my taste, sorry.

I work with a Russian-Israeli Lev and he pronounces it more like "love" - either way, it's a great name and he's a lovely man!

I know a Russian Lev (and his little grandson of the same name). They pronounce it Lyov. (A barely audible y sound).

I prefer Lev to Shem (wasn't it Shem, Ham and Japhet -- sons of Noah or someone very ancient from the OT?)

Iris and Pearl highly cool, too! I take my hat off to you and your fably-named children.

Just to let you know - I wee'd on a stick today and it was positive so I shall be back here a lot I think!
Thanks for all the opinions!
mathanxiety - yes - Shem was one of Noahs sons!
hester - thanks!

Oh congratulations! Really happy for you, and looking forward to hearing a lovely birth story with a coolly-monikered babe at the other end of it.