Which spelling? Tzipora v Zipora

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shorter PPs: "I wouldn't name my kid this, so you shouldn't either."

No...more like "if I met someone with this name, I might make incorrect assumptions about them and also have difficulty pronouncing it. I think that most people will react similarly and that this name will therefore not serve your child well."

Exactly. In other words, OP, if what you want to do is to being unnecessary pain into your kid's life, this is a great way to do it!

(Unless you are planning to live in some ultra orthodox enclave, then you should find a name like, say, Hassan)

[Anonymous]

"Unnecessary pain"? Good grief.

Maybe in DCUMland, where everybody is named Liam or Caroline. But not in real actual life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shorter PPs: "I wouldn't name my kid this, so you shouldn't either."

No...more like "if I met someone with this name, I might make incorrect assumptions about them and also have difficulty pronouncing it. I think that most people will react similarly and that this name will therefore not serve your child well."

Shorter PP: "This name confuses me, so it will confuse other people., so you shouldn't use it."

Yep. Clearly the most important consideration in naming YOUR OWN children should be the effect the name will have on others.

[Anonymous]

I would not want to be named Tziporah. Huge pain in the ass with the spelling and pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Unnecessary pain"? Good grief.

Maybe in DCUMland, where everybody is named Liam or Caroline. But not in real actual life.

Op- this is funny. I grew up in the DC area and you should've heard roll call at school. There is no way any of the names we consider would be scarring. Hello, we do live in a country where the Potus is named Barack. Perhaps it was not the easiest name for him growing up, but fear of difference is not something that would hold is back from choosing a non-Anglo name.

[Anonymous]

The pronunciation of Barack is intuitive for your typical American-English speaker. A name with a silent T is complete different.

I'm mortified for people who try to advertise their own special unique cre8tivitee by what they name their poor kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^agree with two p's. I don't have any opinion about the silent T, but the single p is reminiscent of Ziploc.

OP- I like the single P because I see zipper with a double P! I don't like the regular Zipporah spelling because it makes the name a lot longer than my other kids' names.

You brought up the word zipper. I see zipper with a single P. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shorter PPs: "I wouldn't name my kid this, so you shouldn't either."

No...more like "if I met someone with this name, I might make incorrect assumptions about them and also have difficulty pronouncing it. I think that most people will react similarly and that this name will therefore not serve your child well."

Shorter PP: "This name confuses me, so it will confuse other people., so you shouldn't use it."

Yep. Clearly the most important consideration in naming YOUR OWN children should be the effect the name will have on others.

Very funny. Unless you believe the main purpose of a name is to marvel at the poetic beauty of the universe, yes, it is mostly others who will be using that name to call your kid, so yes others' perception matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The pronunciation of Barack is intuitive for your typical American-English speaker. A name with a silent T is complete different.

I'm mortified for people who try to advertise their own special unique cre8tivitee by what they name their poor kids.

It's not a silent t. The Tz- in Tzipporah is the same as the -tz -in pretzel. Are you able to pronounce pretzel? And it's just as intuitive as Barack, which most American-English speakers would probably pronounce like "barrack", except that they have learned how to pronounce it. Just as American-English speakers can learn how to pronounce Tzipporah.

Also, "Tzipporah" is hardly a sign of special unique cre8tivitee, given that IT IS A NAME FROM THE BIBLE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Unnecessary pain"? Good grief.

Maybe in DCUMland, where everybody is named Liam or Caroline. But not in real actual life.

Op- this is funny. I grew up in the DC area and you should've heard roll call at school. There is no way any of the names we consider would be scarring. Hello, we do live in a country where the Potus is named Barack. Perhaps it was not the easiest name for him growing up, but fear of difference is not something that would hold is back from choosing a non-Anglo name.

I think a non-Anglo name is fine. But my concern would be, as others have mentioned, that this is a name that will lead people to make incorrect assumptions about your daughter's background -- i.e. that she is an orthodox Jew. Maybe you don't mind this, but she might find it annoying someday. It doesn't disqualify the name, but it's a consideration.

[Anonymous]

I think if you are going with a Biblical name, you should use the Biblical spelling and not some alternate spelling.


OP can't use the biblical spelling, because the bible isn't written in English, or even in the Roman alphabet.

OMG, you are so clever, where can I send your prize?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The pronunciation of Barack is intuitive for your typical American-English speaker. A name with a silent T is complete different.

I'm mortified for people who try to advertise their own special unique cre8tivitee by what they name their poor kids.

Can you pronounce tsunami? Adding a t isn't cre8tive, it's the correct transliteration and changes pronunciation slightly.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how the T is pronounced. I pronounce "tsunami" like "sue-nah-me." Is that wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pronunciation of Barack is intuitive for your typical American-English speaker. A name with a silent T is complete different.

I'm mortified for people who try to advertise their own special unique cre8tivitee by what they name their poor kids.

Can you pronounce tsunami? Adding a t isn't cre8tive, it's the correct transliteration and changes pronunciation slightly.

OP said the reason she liked the name was because it was fun and funky like their family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pronunciation of Barack is intuitive for your typical American-English speaker. A name with a silent T is complete different.

I'm mortified for people who try to advertise their own special unique cre8tivitee by what they name their poor kids.

Can you pronounce tsunami? Adding a t isn't cre8tive, it's the correct transliteration and changes pronunciation slightly.

OP said the reason she liked the name was because it was fun and funky like their family.

Well, most folks here don't seem to find it fun or funky, but ultraorthodox...