Hebrew names for non-Jewish family?

[Anonymous]

It depends
Ari Vatanen is a Finnish rally driver, his name is Finnish, not Jewish
Koen is Dutch version of Conrad, koenrad, Koen

It all is about how seriously you take this

I know someone called Marika

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the overall opinion?

We aren’t Jewish but like the name Eidel.

Obviously many non-Jewish people name their children Hannah, Rebecca, Elijah and Ezra but what about names like Adira? Shoshannah?

Eidel is on the unusual side
How about Eileen

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Similar to Yael, what about the name Lael? I’ve heard it pronounced “LAY-el.” It’s very rare and has been on my shortlist for a future DD for YEARS. I actually know of two non-Jewish girls with this name - one biracial, one AA. Also, Lael Brainerd of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors (not sure if she’s Jewish)

It's traditionally a boy's name and I've never actually heard anyone named this

Though evidently it's seeped into the mainstream as a girl's name, yay https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-lael-2686.htm

Oy!

I know a woman named Lael. Mid 40s, Caucasian. I have no idea if she’s Jewish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the overall opinion?

We aren’t Jewish but like the name Eidel.

Obviously many non-Jewish people name their children Hannah, Rebecca, Elijah and Ezra but what about names like Adira? Shoshannah?

Eidel is on the unusual side
How about Eileen

Eidel is actually pronounced Aydl, like Edelweiss. I would spell it Edel or Adel, because your daughter is going to have a lifetime of people mispronouncing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the overall opinion?

We aren’t Jewish but like the name Eidel.

Obviously many non-Jewish people name their children Hannah, Rebecca, Elijah and Ezra but what about names like Adira? Shoshannah?

Eidel is on the unusual side
How about Eileen

Eidel is actually pronounced Aydl, like Edelweiss. I would spell it Edel or Adel, because your daughter is going to have a lifetime of people mispronouncing it.

Edith

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the overall opinion?

We aren’t Jewish but like the name Eidel.

Obviously many non-Jewish people name their children Hannah, Rebecca, Elijah and Ezra but what about names like Adira? Shoshannah?

Eidel is on the unusual side
How about Eileen

Eidel is actually pronounced Aydl, like Edelweiss. I would spell it Edel or Adel, because your daughter is going to have a lifetime of people mispronouncing it.

Edith

How about Ada or Ava?

[Anonymous]

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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.

How many Siobhan Rosenblatt's do you think are out there? I'm guessing none. That's a deep cut Irish name. Ryan maybe, but Sinead?

Actually, there’s a girl with a strikingly similar name (first name Uber Irish, last name Uber Jewish) in the NoVa area. Family is Jewish (both parents). They just liked the Irish name. I doubt she’s the only one on the planet.

[Anonymous]

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

No, the name is not pronounced the same as "Yale" ( as in Yale University); it is pronounced "YA-EL" meaning "with G-d". Sheesh, talk about misinformed. This is why non-Jews should not use Hebrew names.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar to Yael, what about the name Lael? I’ve heard it pronounced “LAY-el.” It’s very rare and has been on my shortlist for a future DD for YEARS. I actually know of two non-Jewish girls with this name - one biracial, one AA. Also, Lael Brainerd of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors (not sure if she’s Jewish)

It's traditionally a boy's name and I've never actually heard anyone named this

Though evidently it's seeped into the mainstream as a girl's name, yay https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-lael-2686.htm

Oy!

I know a woman named Lael. Mid 40s, Caucasian. I have no idea if she’s Jewish.

Yael is a traditional female name. I do not know of any Jewish men named Yael. Lael is not a hebrew name. Not sure what it is.

[Anonymous]

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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.

No, the name is not pronounced the same as "Yale" ( as in Yale University); it is pronounced "YA-EL" meaning "with G-d". Sheesh, talk about misinformed. This is why non-Jews should not use Hebrew names.

Haha. Apparently there is one dumb quasi celebrity who pronounces her name Yale.

[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.

PP Jewish person who thinks it's weird when non-Jews use Jewish names: I roll my eyes at all the Irish-named non-Irish children. There are just so many of them that at some point I've come to accept: people just like Irish names. It seems like among a certain group of kids born in the 2000s, Irish names are neutral of cultural association.

Funny enough, I have some kids in my life who were born to parents who are a mix of Portuguese, German, Puerto Rican, and Jewish - and all of those kids have very Irish names. What can you do.

If Jewish names headed in that direction - stripped of cultural association or meaning - I'd be weirded out, I think. But, hey, maybe it would also lead to less anti-semitism - and we'd all take that, nu?

What do Irish people - whether from Ireland or just family history - think pf Irish names being so popular?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the overall opinion?

We aren’t Jewish but like the name Eidel.

Obviously many non-Jewish people name their children Hannah, Rebecca, Elijah and Ezra but what about names like Adira? Shoshannah?

Eidel is on the unusual side
How about Eileen

Eidel is actually pronounced Aydl, like Edelweiss. I would spell it Edel or Adel, because your daughter is going to have a lifetime of people mispronouncing it.

If I met a kid named Edel or Adel - both very pretty! - I'd think they had a German background, not necessarily Jewish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the overall opinion?

We aren’t Jewish but like the name Eidel.

Obviously many non-Jewish people name their children Hannah, Rebecca, Elijah and Ezra but what about names like Adira? Shoshannah?

Eidel is on the unusual side
How about Eileen

Eidel is actually pronounced Aydl, like Edelweiss. I would spell it Edel or Adel, because your daughter is going to have a lifetime of people mispronouncing it.

If I met a kid named Edel or Adel - both very pretty! - I'd think they had a German background, not necessarily Jewish.

True of most Yiddish names, since Yiddish is a German dialect.

[Anonymous]

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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.

PP Jewish person who thinks it's weird when non-Jews use Jewish names: I roll my eyes at all the Irish-named non-Irish children. There are just so many of them that at some point I've come to accept: people just like Irish names. It seems like among a certain group of kids born in the 2000s, Irish names are neutral of cultural association.

Funny enough, I have some kids in my life who were born to parents who are a mix of Portuguese, German, Puerto Rican, and Jewish - and all of those kids have very Irish names. What can you do.

If Jewish names headed in that direction - stripped of cultural association or meaning - I'd be weirded out, I think. But, hey, maybe it would also lead to less anti-semitism - and we'd all take that, nu?

What do Irish people - whether from Ireland or just family history - think pf Irish names being so popular?

I think there's a difference between very culturally Irish-Catholic/American Irish names like Patrick, Francis, and Mary Catherine; and names that are Irish but not common in the US, like Aoife, Nuala, and Seamus. For the former -- yeah, I would be a bit weirded out to meed a Jewish Francis Xavier. For the latter, I would think it was a little odd, but not as culturally tone-deaf. And then, some of the Irish names have also been normalized as American secular names too, like Brian, Sean, and Ryan, and now Declan and Finnian. So those seem like fair game for anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

PP Jewish person who thinks it's weird when non-Jews use Jewish names: I roll my eyes at all the Irish-named non-Irish children. There are just so many of them that at some point I've come to accept: people just like Irish names. It seems like among a certain group of kids born in the 2000s, Irish names are neutral of cultural association.

Funny enough, I have some kids in my life who were born to parents who are a mix of Portuguese, German, Puerto Rican, and Jewish - and all of those kids have very Irish names. What can you do.

If Jewish names headed in that direction - stripped of cultural association or meaning - I'd be weirded out, I think. But, hey, maybe it would also lead to less anti-semitism - and we'd all take that, nu?

What do Irish people - whether from Ireland or just family history - think pf Irish names being so popular?

I think there's a difference between very culturally Irish-Catholic/American Irish names like Patrick, Francis, and Mary Catherine; and names that are Irish but not common in the US, like Aoife, Nuala, and Seamus. For the former -- yeah, I would be a bit weirded out to meed a Jewish Francis Xavier. For the latter, I would think it was a little odd, but not as culturally tone-deaf. And then, some of the Irish names have also been normalized as American secular names too, like Brian, Sean, and Ryan, and now Declan and Finnian. So those seem like fair game for anyone.

None of these are Irish names. Just saints.