Hebrew names for non-Jewish family?

[Anonymous]

I have a Naomi and a few people mentioned that it was mostly a Jewish name but I didn't realize/care.

FWIW the people who are leaning heavily into the Gaelic names (for example, I know a few Saoirses) are those who claim 10-20% Irish ancestry but make it their entire identity.

[Anonymous]

We named our daughter Shiloh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a Naomi and a few people mentioned that it was mostly a Jewish name but I didn't realize/care.

FWIW the people who are leaning heavily into the Gaelic names (for example, I know a few Saoirses) are those who claim 10-20% Irish ancestry but make it their entire identity.

Gaelic names are fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yael (pronounced Yale) is one of my favorite names. We aren’t Jewish snd I’m still going to use it.

Except that’s not how you pronounce Yael. It is Yah-el. If you are going to use Yale then spell it as such.

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Anonymous wrote:Yael (pronounced Yale) is one of my favorite names. We aren’t Jewish snd I’m still going to use it.

Pronounced as "Ya- ale" - not Yale. No one will say "Yale."

Yes although I’ve know a couple of Yaels and I actually did hear Yale sometimes, but considered it a rude mispronunciation (rude because these people were colleagues who should have known).

So I’d say it is a name that is open to mispronunciation, if that matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We named our daughter Shiloh

I'm Jewish but just think of that name as the Neil Diamond song.

[Anonymous]

Y’all are ridiculous. No one cares. Name your kid any name you like. Jewish people don’t have a monopoly on Hebrew names. I know tons of non Jewish ppl w Hebrew names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do the Jewish people who think it’s weird feel when people use Irish names? Think: Sinead or Siobhan Rosenblatt. Ok? What about Sinead or Siobhan Jackson...and the Jacksons are black.

I think that’s odd, too. My Jewish husband has a traditionally Irish name and I think his parents are nuts for picking it. Mostly because it doesn’t suit him, based on how he was raised (southern, Jewish, not in any way Irish).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yael (pronounced Yale) is one of my favorite names. We aren’t Jewish snd I’m still going to use it.

I've heard this pronounced Yay-el.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is Susanna Abigail (I am not Jewish, but have Jewish ancestry/heritage). Both are Old Testament Hebrew names but are not obviously so

[Anonymous]

Choose any name. No one owns names.

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Anonymous wrote:Yael (pronounced Yale) is one of my favorite names. We aren’t Jewish snd I’m still going to use it.

Pronounced as "Ya- ale" - not Yale. No one will say "Yale."

I'm Jewish and I have never heard Yael pronounced as Yale

I would assume a non-Jew with a Biblical name is Evangelical - and would probably therefore infer all sorts of political and cultural things about them

If that's the message you are trying to convey, or if that's who you are, go for it!

That’s kind of a stupid assumption in the modern day. I know people of all religions, ethnicities, and political affiliations w biblical names. Many/most people pick names because they like the way they sound. I know a Muslim kid named Jonah and an atheist family with a kid named Sarah. So what?

Muslims use names from all over the world- and Jonah is a prophet so pretty normal name. I think it is weird that people name girls Rumi though. like celebrities with little to no education (Beyonce, I think Jay z actually went to a decent high school at least) being stupid is one thing but naming a girl Rumi after a male poet named Jelaludin (this is an insanely masculine name) Rumi is weird....

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Anonymous wrote:How on earth do you know if someone is Irish? A ton of white Americans have Irish ancestry. Maybe the mother's family is Irish? Or are you only allowed to have first names that match the father's ethnicity?

Have you ever seen Irish people? I recently met a friend's relative traveling from Ireland, and I was like "Hello, person who looks exactly like me and all my sisters!" A huge proportion of US Irish people immigrated all at the same time from the same counties during the Potato Famine, so yeah, there's often a very characteristic look.

The potato famine was in the mid 1850s. You’re saying people who immigrated to the us then have ancestors who all look similar now. 😂 that is ridiculous.

not really- Irish and Italians are the two biggest ethnicities that still really emphasize/celebrate in group marriage. I went to a Catholic school and had many friends whose entire heritage was Irish and they even knew which county which grandparent originated from. Irish people like to marry other Irish people.