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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Three pages in and NO ONE has actually recommended reading the actual BIBLICAL story of Leah and Rachel.

It's like naming your kid Khalesi (sp?!) or Scout without reading their origin stories, or naming your kid Toni (after Toni Morrison) without knowing that he given name was Chloe.

Leah is a beautiful, meaningful name and you are all completely missing the point.

Leah Emmeline? Are you hipster dummies kidding me?![/quote]

Hmmm I would not describe the story of Leah and Rachel as beautiful. Poignant maybe? Not tragic but also not sweet. Like a lot of biblical stories, it’s complicated and a bit hard.

With very old and common names, I personally don’t think it’s necessary to connect closely with the origin story. Like I think someone could use Rachel and not really give much thought to this same story. I am the sort of person who would never use a name without learning everything about it, but not everyone is. Most people probably have more associations from their own lives and families with a name like Leah or Rachel.

I also do t think there’s anything at all wrong with combining a Hebrew name with something from another tradition. Why would there be? I don’t understand the problem. OP even said she’d prefer a non-Hebrew name for the middle name. And she’s Jewish! No one is required to use names only from their ethnic or religious heritage.

I’ll also point out here that a lot of Hebrew names are very popular with Christian families because they also use the Old Testament.

I don’t like Leah Emmeline either, but that’s because I don’t like a first name that ends in a vowel followed by a middle name that ends in a vowel.[/quote]

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