Which spelling? Tzipora v Zipora

[Anonymous]

Tziporah. It's my name and it has rarely been misspelled.

[Anonymous]

The Tziporah is the more traditional Jewish spelling. The T isn't silent - its like the sound in piZZa. TZI-po-rah

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tziporah. It's my name and it has rarely been misspelled.

OP - Do you like your name? How has it been in terms of people making fun or mispronouncing? I think it's beautiful. My husband's grandparents were Jewish, though we are not. Want to honor the heritage though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Tziporah is the more traditional Jewish spelling. The T isn't silent - its like the sound in piZZa. TZI-po-rah

OP - thank you this is very helpful. So when people change the spelling to Zipporah (and other Z variants) they are also changing the pronunciation slightly as well I guess.

[Anonymous]

I really like the name, then again my Hebrew name is Tzvia and I'm called it by my family. I have a fun of the mill regular 70s first name that I used at school, work, etc.

The question I have for you is: Who do you hang out with? Meaning, will you be in Jewish preschool, Day School, etc? Do you live in Manhattan or Jewish communities in Rockville, Silver Spring?

If so, go for it, with the traditional spelling. If not, maybe look elsewhere and use it as a Hebrew name instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really like the name, then again my Hebrew name is Tzvia and I'm called it by my family. I have a fun of the mill regular 70s first name that I used at school, work, etc.

The question I have for you is: Who do you hang out with? Meaning, will you be in Jewish preschool, Day School, etc? Do you live in Manhattan or Jewish communities in Rockville, Silver Spring?

If so, go for it, with the traditional spelling. If not, maybe look elsewhere and use it as a Hebrew name instead.

Op- not too concerned about it because my daughter has a Korean name and we get no trouble with it where we live even though we don't have many Korean or Asian friends. This time we thought it might ne nice to honor the other side of our family's herotage.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for the T

[Anonymous]

Yes on the T. I think it helps pronunciation a lot.

I was going to use a name that I loved from our heritage but there was no good way to transliterate it into English so we didn't. I still kind of regret it.

[Anonymous]

I love the T. It can't be too hard for anyone familiar with words like tzar.

Would you call your DD Tzipi like Tzipi Livni (which is the first thing that came to mind when I saw the name)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Op- isn't it obvious? Trying to figure out which spelling we should use for our baby. We like the name but it has about a dozen spelling variations, and I am curious what others find easiest, pleasant, etc.

No, sorry, it isn't obvious at all why you are looking for a Hebrew name when it seems no one in your family speaks it. Or why you want to avoid the one and only actual spelling for that name.

[Anonymous]

Tzipora for me too.

I'm not Jewish either, but it's a pretty name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Op- isn't it obvious? Trying to figure out which spelling we should use for our baby. We like the name but it has about a dozen spelling variations, and I am curious what others find easiest, pleasant, etc.

No, sorry, it isn't obvious at all why you are looking for a Hebrew name when it seems no one in your family speaks it. Or why you want to avoid the one and only actual spelling for that name.

Not the OP but first of all not sure how you know no one speaks hebrew or when that bacame a prerequisite for usig a hebrew name and second the only actual spelling of the name is in hebrew -- theres no "actual" one way to transliterate it into english.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tziporah. The t is not entirely silent, after all.

+1 I knew 2 Tziporah's growing up. Both pronounced the T. One went by "Tzippy" which I always thought was a really cute nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Op- isn't it obvious? Trying to figure out which spelling we should use for our baby. We like the name but it has about a dozen spelling variations, and I am curious what others find easiest, pleasant, etc.

No, sorry, it isn't obvious at all why you are looking for a Hebrew name when it seems no one in your family speaks it. Or why you want to avoid the one and only actual spelling for that name.

op- well you see, there was this thing that happened to my husband's family. Maybe you have heard of it, it was called the holocaust. His family escaped germany and moved to america eventually. His grandma was so traumatized as it happened when she was a young girl, that eventually she and her (also jewish) husband decided to convert to christianity bc they lived in a small midwestern town due to his job and didn't want to stick out. I believe in pride in one's culture and as we still have jewish family members (his grandma was the only one who converted) so i don't actually think it is misguided or strange to choose a hebrew name. And actually there are many spelling variations acceptes besides the "one and only" you seem to be thinking of.

[Anonymous]

Both look and sound like a drug that cures an std. Sorry but I was sure they were names of prescription drugs.