Hebrew girls' names starting with "R"?

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Anonymous wrote:I'd love some ideas for Hebrew girls' names starting with R. Thank you!

Rebecca.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Reut would be pronounced "ray-yoot" but I imagine many people might assume its pronounced "root"?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I like the suggestion of spelling it "Reyut". I'm still worried that one might be too hard for others to pronounce. I appreciate the other suggestions.

How about Reviv, or Reviva? How would you pronounce those?

My school had a Jewish girl named Aviva and she got made fun of ALL THE TIME through middle school over her name.

Reviva would be pronounced "Reh-vee-vah" and you could call her Revi for short. I don't like Reyut, Reviv, or Reviva though.

Why? Fairly common Jewish name and never heard anyone teased for it

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. These are wonderful suggestions, thank you! Anyone have thought on Reut? I love it. I worry it would be hard for others to pronounce, but also perhaps once people got used to how to say it, it would be okay?

That was actually my FIRST thought, but I also think it would be hard for people to get right. My kid also has a name that is common in Hebrew but not here, easy to say and spell once you know it but EVERYONE needs to be told the first couple of times (except at camp and shul...). Up to you how you feel about that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. These are wonderful suggestions, thank you! Anyone have thought on Reut? I love it. I worry it would be hard for others to pronounce, but also perhaps once people got used to how to say it, it would be okay?

So it's like Root. Sounds hip-hopish. Go with Rachel.

Anything, but that

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Anonymous wrote:I'm Jewish and assumed it was pronounced Root or Ruth. Could you spell it Reyut? That would translate to the pronunciation better.

I'd pronounce this RAY-ut, not ray-YOOT unless I was told otherwise.

I just posted about my kids Israeli name, and this is on the the exact problems we have, even with people who know her - the stress is always on the wrong syllable.

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Oops, just got to the part where I realized the kid is like 10 now, after I already responded. But in case anyone is looking for similar names still ...

My bestie is Raina and she gets complimented on it all the time. No problems pronouncing or spelling. Her Hebrew name is Malkah. (Both mean Queen)

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Anonymous wrote:Ronit

Friends of mine have a baby named Meirav and they call her Ravi. I like that a lot.

Ronit and Ravi are Indian names, too.

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Romi?

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Riri.

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Anonymous wrote:Rebecca is awesome

+1 My name

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Reut will be explaining and spelling and pronouncing her name her whole life. That will get tiresome.

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Isnt Roni a boys name? Go with Rachel OP