Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:57     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can Jewish people never name the exact same name as an ancestor? I feel like Barbara is much nicer than any of these other B names (other than Beatrice).


We can. We have. But Barbara is an ugly, clunky name that should die out. Barbara's best friends are Marilyn and Carol, and Barbara's sisters are Linda and Susan. All crappy names.


Sorry but Susan and Barbara are lovely names. I'm a millennial. Marilyn -> Mary, Carol -> Caroline, Susan -> Susannah. I know a few baby Barbaras. Bryony sounds like Barbara's trashy cousin.


Those are all awful names (except Susannah, which is just not my taste). I don't care when you were born - the names are terrible.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:56     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barucha/Beracha

Belle/Bella (I know this could read "Isabelle/a" or Beauty and the Beast, but I had a great-aunt w/this name and it makes me think of first gen Ashkenazi Americans ~1900-1930, among whom it was common)

Bess or Billie or Beryl nn Beri or Beulah (lots of nn choices) are along those lines, too.

Same w/Bettie/Bettye, maybe Bobbie

Beverly might sound too Boomerish, one gen below, but I think its neat.

Bethanne and Bridget are pretty uncommon among Jewish folks (FWIW, I am a Jewish folk) but could also be really nice.

Don't let the feckless haters get you down. I did this with my kid, who was born shortly after both my grandfathers passed. Knowing I might only have one kid, I used one's first initial for her first name, and the other's for her middle name. <3


Suggesting ugly names is not helpful. Nobody should be named Beverly, Betty, Beryl, or Bealuah. Good grief.


A "Betty" is a pretty girl.


I've literally NEVER heard that outside of the movie Clueless, and I live in California.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:54     Subject: Re:Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:If I saw the name Beryl, I wouldn’t think anything of it, but it sounds like “barrel,” so if someone introduced herself to me as Beryl, I might temporarily be confused and wonder if her name was “Barrel.”[/quote

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This shows your ignorance. Beryl is not an unusual name.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:50     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Why not use Barbara? It’s a beautiful name! The Barbara in my life used the nickname Bob and Barb.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:46     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
We know a Bree named for a Barbara.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:43     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Bethany! fits the bill
Bianca
Brenda
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 15:33     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:Barucha/Beracha

Belle/Bella (I know this could read "Isabelle/a" or Beauty and the Beast, but I had a great-aunt w/this name and it makes me think of first gen Ashkenazi Americans ~1900-1930, among whom it was common)

Bess or Billie or Beryl nn Beri or Beulah (lots of nn choices) are along those lines, too.

Same w/Bettie/Bettye, maybe Bobbie

Beverly might sound too Boomerish, one gen below, but I think its neat.

Bethanne and Bridget are pretty uncommon among Jewish folks (FWIW, I am a Jewish folk) but could also be really nice.

Don't let the feckless haters get you down. I did this with my kid, who was born shortly after both my grandfathers passed. Knowing I might only have one kid, I used one's first initial for her first name, and the other's for her middle name. <3
Dp. So pp you love every name you hear?
If so, do you give your opinion when someone asks? If so, you are also a feckless hater!
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 14:23     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barucha/Beracha

Belle/Bella (I know this could read "Isabelle/a" or Beauty and the Beast, but I had a great-aunt w/this name and it makes me think of first gen Ashkenazi Americans ~1900-1930, among whom it was common)

Bess or Billie or Beryl nn Beri or Beulah (lots of nn choices) are along those lines, too.

Same w/Bettie/Bettye, maybe Bobbie

Beverly might sound too Boomerish, one gen below, but I think its neat.

Bethanne and Bridget are pretty uncommon among Jewish folks (FWIW, I am a Jewish folk) but could also be really nice.

Don't let the feckless haters get you down. I did this with my kid, who was born shortly after both my grandfathers passed. Knowing I might only have one kid, I used one's first initial for her first name, and the other's for her middle name. <3


Suggesting ugly names is not helpful. Nobody should be named Beverly, Betty, Beryl, or Bealuah. Good grief.


Your opinion is not particularly relevant about how attractive a name is. OP's the only important judge of whether a name is good or not.

I have a dear Jewish friend whose name is Beryl. I think the person and the name are both beautiful.
I have a cousin named Betty and a friend named Beverly and all of these names are perfectly good names.

So go away.


Dp. Pp has every right to express their opinion. After all, the op did ask. If you don't like it be a big person and either ignore or state your opinion politely.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 14:14     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can Jewish people never name the exact same name as an ancestor? I feel like Barbara is much nicer than any of these other B names (other than Beatrice).


We can. We have. But Barbara is an ugly, clunky name that should die out. Barbara's best friends are Marilyn and Carol, and Barbara's sisters are Linda and Susan. All crappy names.


Sorry but Susan and Barbara are lovely names. I'm a millennial. Marilyn -> Mary, Carol -> Caroline, Susan -> Susannah. I know a few baby Barbaras. Bryony sounds like Barbara's trashy cousin.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 14:10     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barucha/Beracha

Belle/Bella (I know this could read "Isabelle/a" or Beauty and the Beast, but I had a great-aunt w/this name and it makes me think of first gen Ashkenazi Americans ~1900-1930, among whom it was common)

Bess or Billie or Beryl nn Beri or Beulah (lots of nn choices) are along those lines, too.

Same w/Bettie/Bettye, maybe Bobbie

Beverly might sound too Boomerish, one gen below, but I think its neat.

Bethanne and Bridget are pretty uncommon among Jewish folks (FWIW, I am a Jewish folk) but could also be really nice.

Don't let the feckless haters get you down. I did this with my kid, who was born shortly after both my grandfathers passed. Knowing I might only have one kid, I used one's first initial for her first name, and the other's for her middle name. <3


Suggesting ugly names is not helpful. Nobody should be named Beverly, Betty, Beryl, or Bealuah. Good grief.


NP. I like Beverly and Beryl.


Then you are not qualified to post on this forum due to your terrible taste. Nobody wants to be named Beryl.


You're a moron. Beryl is the name of a gemstone and like Jade, Ruby, Coral and a few others, has been used for centuries. Beryl is a fine name. You are the one who is not qualified to post on this forum. Not only are you ignorant, but you have terrible taste, so offering your advice is doubly wrong.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 13:13     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are Jewish.

Ideally the honor name will be a derivative or modernization of a past loved ones name. The closer the better but even having the first letter is enough. Curious if anyone knows of any names connected to Barbara that I haven’t thought of.


Barbary. I know someone named Barbary.


As in the pirates?

For Barbara I have heard of Barb, Babs, and Lara as nicknames. Lara was the daughter of another Barbara and didn’t want to be Babette. She also found Lara easier to write. My aunt Barbara was called Aunt Babar when the kids were little, fortunately she loved that book.

I think the honor name tradition is lovely and always enjoy hearing about why the names are chosen.


Just curious, how is Lara connected to Barbara? I’ve never heard it used as a nickname for Barbara and it begins with a different letter, so I’m trying to figure out the connection here.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 12:51     Subject: Re:Honor name for Barbara
If I saw the name Beryl, I wouldn’t think anything of it, but it sounds like “barrel,” so if someone introduced herself to me as Beryl, I might temporarily be confused and wonder if her name was “Barrel.”
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 12:47     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barucha/Beracha

Belle/Bella (I know this could read "Isabelle/a" or Beauty and the Beast, but I had a great-aunt w/this name and it makes me think of first gen Ashkenazi Americans ~1900-1930, among whom it was common)

Bess or Billie or Beryl nn Beri or Beulah (lots of nn choices) are along those lines, too.

Same w/Bettie/Bettye, maybe Bobbie

Beverly might sound too Boomerish, one gen below, but I think its neat.

Bethanne and Bridget are pretty uncommon among Jewish folks (FWIW, I am a Jewish folk) but could also be really nice.

Don't let the feckless haters get you down. I did this with my kid, who was born shortly after both my grandfathers passed. Knowing I might only have one kid, I used one's first initial for her first name, and the other's for her middle name. <3


Suggesting ugly names is not helpful. Nobody should be named Beverly, Betty, Beryl, or Bealuah. Good grief.


Your opinion is not particularly relevant about how attractive a name is. OP's the only important judge of whether a name is good or not.

I have a dear Jewish friend whose name is Beryl. I think the person and the name are both beautiful.
I have a cousin named Betty and a friend named Beverly and all of these names are perfectly good names.

So go away.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 12:42     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:The Barbaras in our family go by

Barb
Babs
Barbaranne
Bea
Nora (not sure why though)


Bea is a great idea or Beatrice nn Bea.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2022 12:35     Subject: Honor name for Barbara
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are Jewish.

Ideally the honor name will be a derivative or modernization of a past loved ones name. The closer the better but even having the first letter is enough. Curious if anyone knows of any names connected to Barbara that I haven’t thought of.


Elodie, one of my favorite names, means "foreign" like Barbara does.

B is a letter with a lot of names I don't like, but these are some that are OK

Batsheva

Batya

Belle/Bella

Beatrice/Beatrix

Beth/Bethan/Bethany

Brenna

Breanna/Brianna

Brooke

Bryn


You think Batsheva and Batya are ok?


DP: I literally know people with both those names.


I didn't say they aren't names, just that they aren't good names, or even ok names. I'm sure they're lovely people, but their names are awful.