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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jewish girl here. I think it’s odd, and your kid will probably be questioned on their “Jewishness” often. [b]I have an Irish first name and had a very Jewish last name[/b], and have red hair and blue eyes and I had to swear to people I was fully Jewish from Eastern Europe all the time. I actually got a failing grade on a class project in 3rd grade on our family histories because my teacher thought I made it up. (The school never heard the end of that one from my mom. Who in 3rd grade would make up a story about their relatives fleeing for their lives and having no paper trails once they hit Ellis Island?! Anyway.)

So. Please, consider a Mary variant. Or use it as a middle name. But it could cause her a lot of agony as a kid, and even as a teen and adult, especially if she decides to get involved in Jewish life.

Another tangent: I know a Jewish “Sean Christopher” with an ambiguous last name and he had the same situation as me growing up - and even as an adult. [/quote]

Saoirse Epstein!  (Or Erin Finkelbaum?) 
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