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I recently came across an interesting name. Yehudi. It means "Jew". It may be the Jewish equivalent to the English given names, "Christian" or "Christopher", or the Spanish given name, "Cristóbal". What names are usually given in Jewish families? Would the following names be acceptable?
Girls
- Mary
- Miriam
- Martha
- Leah
- Rachel
- Madeline
- Eva
- Rebecca
- Sarah
- Laura
- Linda
- Patricia
- Elizabeth
- Helen
- Diana
- Alexandra
- Samantha
Boys
- Peter
- Paul
- John
- Phillip
- Matthew
- Luke
- Mark
- Timothy
- Thomas
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Adam
- Simon
- Arthur
- Daniel
- David
- Xavier
- Dominic
- Constantine
- Jeremy
- Noah
- Moses
- Ferdinand
- Roger
- Julius
- George
- Samuel
Usually Tanakh(OT) names are generally used or a derivation of them. I deleted the ones I've never heard associated with a Jew in the US.
I knew a classmate who was descended from Romanian Jews. She said she went to the Temple, which implied to me that she was part of the Reform Jewish movement. However, she also said that she was not the religious type but believed that when people grew older, they would become more religious. Her given name was Samantha.
I knew a classmate who was descended from Romanian Jews. She said she went to the Temple, which implied to me that she was part of the Reform Jewish movement. However, she also said that she was not the religious type but believed that when people grew older, they would become more religious. Her given name was Samantha .
A very interesting question.
Names of Hebrew origin in your list:
Miriam (מרים)
Leah (לאה)
Rachel is the anglicized verison of Rahkhel (רחל)
Eva is the latinized version of Eve (Chava חוה) that is utilized in the "New Testament".
Rebecca is the anglicized version of Rivka (רבּקה)
Sarah (שרה)
Elizabeth is the Greek version of Elisheva (אלישבּע)
Jonathan (יונתנ)
Matthew is the greek version of the Hebrew name Matityahu (מתתיהו)
Isaac is the anglicized version of Yitzchak (יצחק)
Jacob is the anglicized version of Yaakov (יעקב)
Joseph is the latin form of the greek name Ioseph, which is derived from the Hebrew name Yosef (יוסף)
Adam (אדם)
Simon is the greek version of the Hebrew name Shimon (שמעון)
Daniel (דניאל)
Jeremy derives from the anglicized Jeremiah, which in Hebrew would be Yirmiyahu (ירמיהו)
Noah (נוח)
Moses is derived from the Hebrew name Moshe (משה)
Samuel is the anglicized version of the name Shmuel (שמואל)
Other names:
Mary -> derived from the latin translation of the New Testament (Greek). I would never name my child Mary or Maria due to its connection with Christendom.
Madeline
Martha -> derived from Aramaic (מרתא)
Laura
Linda
Patricia
Helen (connected with the Saint in Catholicism)
Diana
Alexandra
Samantha (some contest that it is a female form of Samuel (שמואל))
Peter (Greek)
Paul (original name was Saul [שאול]), the name Paul is very connected to Christendom.
Phillip (Greek)
Luke (Greek)
Timothy (Greek)
Thomas - greek form of the Aramaic name תאומא.
Arthur
Xavier
Dominic
Constantine
Ferdinand
Roger
Julius
George
Many of those names you listed that fell into "other" would not be acceptable to me due to their connection to Christianity.
Would Jews name their children "Delilah" or "Samson" or "Ishmael" or "Hagar" or "Keturah" or "Ananias" or "Sapphira"?
Last one for the night since all these are easily searchable within minutes:
Delilah= Is Hebrew
Samson=Comes from Hebrew Samshown
Ishmael= Is Hebrew
Hagar= Is Hebrew
Keturah= Is Hebrew
Ananias= Is a derivation of Hannah from Hebrew
Sapphira= Is Hebrew/Arabic derivative from Sheper
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