Aviva

[Anonymous]

Love it!

[Anonymous]

Aviva is a girl's name, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aviva is a girl's name, right?

Yes. Boy equivalent is Aviv. Avi is also boy.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve loved this name for as long as I can remember and I’m thinking of using it. I’m a little hesitant because our two oldest have Anglo/WASPy names (we’re Jewish though). Anyway, what’s your take on the name?

nice name but, I wouldn't change the theme especially if you have older kids with different names..Maybe use it as a middle name?

Since she is actually Jewish and not a WASP, I don’t see the issue with switching up.

Yes, but the daughter might not like it if sibs are named elizabeth and William. I know a person who had a nice name but it was different than his three siblings and it was obvious. Something I remembered him complaining about not having a name like the others made him feel left out.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a pharmaceutical

Yes. I imagine they manufacture epinephrine in direct competition with Sanofi and Mylan.

Anyway, congrats, OP!

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Aviva is a very Jewish, very old-fashioned name. You won't find any Israelis under 55 with this name. I would pick a more modern name like Ayala or Aviv (unisex). If you are looking for a name on the comeback, I would suggest Adva.

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Anonymous wrote:Aviva is a very Jewish, very old-fashioned name. You won't find any Israelis under 55 with this name. I would pick a more modern name like Ayala or Aviv (unisex). If you are looking for a name on the comeback, I would suggest Adva.

In the US though, there are plenty of baby Avivas, certainly more than girls named Aviv or Adva. There were 118 born in 2018 according to SSA statistics. A few other names with 115-120 girls born in 2018:

Anneliese
Geraldine
Joan
Millicent
Nechama
Britney
Ocean
Carrie

I know an Aviva in her 30s and a younger Genevieve who goes by Aviva or Viva.

If your goal is to get a name that will blend seamlessly if your child makes alyiah, then Aviva might not be the right choice. But there are lots of other reasons to choose a name--being dated or uncommon in another country doesn't mean it has to be ruled out.

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Wild Kratts

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I think it's lovely but the first thing that came to my mind was Abreva, the herpes medication.

I don't think anyone else will associate the two.

[Anonymous]

I like it a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aviva is a very Jewish, very old-fashioned name. You won't find any Israelis under 55 with this name. I would pick a more modern name like Ayala or Aviv (unisex). If you are looking for a name on the comeback, I would suggest Adva.

In the US though, there are plenty of baby Avivas, certainly more than girls named Aviv or Adva. There were 118 born in 2018 according to SSA statistics. A few other names with 115-120 girls born in 2018:

Anneliese
Geraldine
Joan
Millicent
Nechama
Britney
Ocean
Carrie

I know an Aviva in her 30s and a younger Genevieve who goes by Aviva or Viva.

If your goal is to get a name that will blend seamlessly if your child makes alyiah, then Aviva might not be the right choice. But there are lots of other reasons to choose a name--being dated or uncommon in another country doesn't mean it has to be ruled out.

I think since OP didn't pick Hebrew names for her older ones, she probably didn't take her child's potential experience in Israel into consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve loved this name for as long as I can remember and I’m thinking of using it. I’m a little hesitant because our two oldest have Anglo/WASPy names (we’re Jewish though). Anyway, what’s your take on the name?

nice name but, I wouldn't change the theme especially if you have older kids with different names..Maybe use it as a middle name?

Since she is actually Jewish and not a WASP, I don’t see the issue with switching up.

Yes, but the daughter might not like it if sibs are named elizabeth and William. I know a person who had a nice name but it was different than his three siblings and it was obvious. Something I remembered him complaining about not having a name like the others made him feel left out.

In the scheme of sibling squabbles, that one seems pretty unlikely or insignificant. The Elizabeth and William could just as easily be upset that they got boring names that didn’t fit their heritage, while Aviva got something more unique and culturally on point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aviva is a very Jewish, very old-fashioned name. You won't find any Israelis under 55 with this name. I would pick a more modern name like Ayala or Aviv (unisex). If you are looking for a name on the comeback, I would suggest Adva.

In the US though, there are plenty of baby Avivas, certainly more than girls named Aviv or Adva. There were 118 born in 2018 according to SSA statistics. A few other names with 115-120 girls born in 2018:

Anneliese
Geraldine
Joan
Millicent
Nechama
Britney
Ocean
Carrie

I know an Aviva in her 30s and a younger Genevieve who goes by Aviva or Viva.

If your goal is to get a name that will blend seamlessly if your child makes alyiah, then Aviva might not be the right choice. But there are lots of other reasons to choose a name--being dated or uncommon in another country doesn't mean it has to be ruled out.

Yes, but do you want to give your kid that Israelis would laugh at? If you’re trying give your kid a roots-positive name, why pick a dud?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aviva is a very Jewish, very old-fashioned name. You won't find any Israelis under 55 with this name. I would pick a more modern name like Ayala or Aviv (unisex). If you are looking for a name on the comeback, I would suggest Adva.

In the US though, there are plenty of baby Avivas, certainly more than girls named Aviv or Adva. There were 118 born in 2018 according to SSA statistics. A few other names with 115-120 girls born in 2018:

Anneliese
Geraldine
Joan
Millicent
Nechama
Britney
Ocean
Carrie

I know an Aviva in her 30s and a younger Genevieve who goes by Aviva or Viva.

If your goal is to get a name that will blend seamlessly if your child makes alyiah, then Aviva might not be the right choice. But there are lots of other reasons to choose a name--being dated or uncommon in another country doesn't mean it has to be ruled out.

Yes, but do you want to give your kid that Israelis would laugh at? If you’re trying give your kid a roots-positive name, why pick a dud?

Israelis wouldn’t laugh at it, and what an American Jew would view as roots positive or negative would be minimally influenced by how Israelis would view it anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aviva is a very Jewish, very old-fashioned name. You won't find any Israelis under 55 with this name. I would pick a more modern name like Ayala or Aviv (unisex). If you are looking for a name on the comeback, I would suggest Adva.

In the US though, there are plenty of baby Avivas, certainly more than girls named Aviv or Adva. There were 118 born in 2018 according to SSA statistics. A few other names with 115-120 girls born in 2018:

Anneliese
Geraldine
Joan
Millicent
Nechama
Britney
Ocean
Carrie

I know an Aviva in her 30s and a younger Genevieve who goes by Aviva or Viva.

If your goal is to get a name that will blend seamlessly if your child makes alyiah, then Aviva might not be the right choice. But there are lots of other reasons to choose a name--being dated or uncommon in another country doesn't mean it has to be ruled out.

Yes, but do you want to give your kid that Israelis would laugh at? If you’re trying give your kid a roots-positive name, why pick a dud?

Israelis wouldn’t laugh at it, and what an American Jew would view as roots positive or negative would be minimally influenced by how Israelis would view it anyway.

Ha! Israelis would totally laugh it - and since Israel is a core component of Jewish identity - wouldn't chose it.