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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yael (pronounced Yale) is one of my favorite names.  We aren’t Jewish snd I’m still going to use it.  [/quote]

Pronounced as "Ya- ale" - not Yale. No one will say "Yale."[/quote]

I'm Jewish and I have never heard Yael pronounced as Yale

I would assume a non-Jew with a Biblical name is Evangelical - and would probably therefore infer all sorts of political and cultural things about them

If that's the message you are trying to convey, or if that's who you are, go for it![/quote]

You would assume that about any non-Jew with a Biblical name, or just an uncommon one.

You really make political inferences about kids with names like Daniel and Joshua?[/quote]

Why does the name being popular, make less assumptions for you, than a less popular name like, say, Levi?

No, not Daniel or Joshua. I don't make any assumptions about a kid with such a popular name.

It's the uncommon Old Testament names that would raise those assumptions.[/quote][/quote]

Levi isn't really a Jewish first name - if you name your kid that, I will just assume you're Evangelical.

But for names that are used basically only by Jews or Evangelicals? If you have one of those names, and I know you're not Jewish, it's a fairly safe inference that you are Evangelical.

Perhaps if people of other demographics start naming their kids with those names, and there are enough of them, that assumption will change. Like Irish names are so popular among certain folks now I might no longer assume that someone named Saoirse is Irish. [/quote]

Levi makes you think Evangelical not Jewish?[/quote]

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