Hershel

[tummytickler]

OK - another name for you to all to tell me its awful, but boys name this time !
Dh came up with it - he loves it more than Shem and Lev. I am on the fence - it has a lovely sound, so maybe I need to say it more, because it is lovely, but is it lovely enough?
Also do yo like the Hershel or Herschel spelling?
I have no idea for mn with Hershel either!

I've not heard it before, but it has a nice ring to it. Works well in other languages too. Does it flow with your surname?

It isn't at all lovely.

Makes me of Herschelle Gibbs - is your DH a cricket fan by any chance!? I quite like it, but I wouldn't be brave enough to use it myself

You guys are Jewish, right? My friend has had a Hershel - their background is Yiddish Jewish, and apparently its a Yiddish name. i love it!

Unusual and nice.

Sorry, as I think it sounds too delicate and pretty for a ds - "her "shell"

I love it! If you're not Jewish then it's maybe a bit of an odd choice?

reminds me of hershey the chocolate in america but if you like it it doesnt matter what other people think/say

Herschel is Yiddish, and lovely. It means 'deer'. Surprised it's not more popular in the UK.

from the German Hirsch then?

I don't think it sounds effeminate really; however I suppose we have girls names such as Michelle etc which finish with the same sound come to think of it but the stress in those names is on the end syllable.

Just from the way the word looks to me, I prefer the spelling Hershel to Herschel.

Would you be pronouncing the first syllable like "her" in English - it's her car? Or more like "hair"?

more like 'hair' - which is the only pronunciation I have heard - with the nn Hersh.

I've only heard the 'Her' pronunciation.

I like it - although it's Krusty The Clown's real name...

I like it, assuming you're Jewish. I would be perverse and go for the sch spelling, but the sh one would be easier.

I thought of the American chocolates too...

Reminds me of the wonderful German-Jewish astronomer FW Herschel of 18th/19th century who discovered Uranus, and its moons Titania, Oberon....and infrared radiation and composed symphonies!

why do you have to be Jewish to have a traditionally Jewish name though when it is so common to give children French, Spanish names etc and no one bats an eyelid?

what does the FW stand for telsa?

ZZZ .... FW stands for Friedrich Wilhelm - then he moved to England and became Frederick William

Like Telsa, it reminded me of the astronomer straight away. So I'd say very distinguished.

Hatebeak, That's what I came in to say! Herschel Krustophski.

I like it though. Sounds soft but wise and grown-up.

I think it is a keeper for now then!

I really love it, but I prefer the spelling Hirschel for some random reason. I think Hershel is more intuitive though. It's been on my guilty pleasure list for years now - guilty because as a pasty Scot I don't even vaguely have the background to pull it off.

I'm guessing that as a Yiddish name this is very much out of fashion in Israel just now (not that that need bother you in the slightest). Americans will instantly think of chocolate. It wouldn't the easiest name for your son, since not many people these days will know of it, but it's a handsome and legitimate name, so why not?