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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Americans for the most part will pronounce Tziporah as "Tee-zip-or-ah) (t as in tee-shirt). I don't think that's what you want.[/quote]

I don't think this is true of most reasonably well-educated people.[/quote]

Just polled my colleagues (nurses, LPNs and one doctor). Only one nurse, who was Jewish, new how to pronounce "Tziporah". Everyone else when for Tee-zip-orah.[/quote]

I agree many people won't know how to pronounce it, but who cares? They'll learn. There are several kids at my son's day care whose names are not pronounced at all like I expected. Their parents said them slowly and spelled them and now I can pronounce them. It wasn't that bad.

I voted upthread for Tziporah (and being Jewish, I do know how to pronounce it). I like it and think you should go for it. It is a little odd on a non-Jew -- everyone who is Jewish will assume she is not only Jewish, but Orthodox -- but it's not any worse than naming a non-Irish kid Colm or Domhnall or whatever. (Which my Jewish cousins did.)

If you are looking for other Hebrew names that might be easier to pronounce, Orly and Hadassah come to mind. But it sounds like you've made your choice, and it's a good one.[/quote]

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