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Many think names like Kayla / Kaila / Keila / Keyla / Kaile are trendy and trashy, and so do I in most of the cases.
But it is interesting to know that these names are also valid and centuries old Yiddish names - actually, almost one thousand years old.
Origin?
Like many Yiddish names, they come from different origins and meanings.
Without any specific order:
- a Yiddish form of Kelila, a Hebrew name meaning "crown of laurel", and symbolically "perfection". Kelila is also a female form of the name Kalil, meaning "complete, whole, perfect".
- a Yiddish form of the names Cecilia and Celia.
- a Yiddish pet form of the name Karolina
- a Yiddish form of "geile", meaning "happy, mischievous, vivacious, playful..." in Old German.
- a variation of the name Gella, meaning "fair haired" in Yiddish
- a Yiddish form of "geila", meaning "French, Gaul" in Old German.
- a Yiddish pet form of the name Michaela
- in Hebrew, "kalah" means "bride, fiancee". So it could be a Yiddish form of "kalah". In this case it would be an amuletic name, to bring good luck to the girl, since the most important thing in a Jewish woman's life is marriage. [think amulet against spinsterhood]. The Kalah is also, metaphorically, the long waited for Shabbat. But if we begin with the imagery of the bride we're not finished before a long time! :)
- apparently, it would also mean "grey eyed". But I'm not sure of this one.
Spellings
The most common spellings in Polish are: Kajla, Kajle, Keyla, Keyle.
The most common spellings in German are: Kehle, Kehla, Kaila, Kele.
How to prononce it?
kai, kay, kai = "kie"
kej, key, kei = "kay"
keh, ke = "keh"
la = "lah"
le = "luh" or "leh"
Want examples?
http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/levy/gela.html (only look at the last column that gives you the name, its variations, the place + the second column that gives you the date).
~~ Claire ~~
But it is interesting to know that these names are also valid and centuries old Yiddish names - actually, almost one thousand years old.
Origin?
Like many Yiddish names, they come from different origins and meanings.
Without any specific order:
- a Yiddish form of Kelila, a Hebrew name meaning "crown of laurel", and symbolically "perfection". Kelila is also a female form of the name Kalil, meaning "complete, whole, perfect".
- a Yiddish form of the names Cecilia and Celia.
- a Yiddish pet form of the name Karolina
- a Yiddish form of "geile", meaning "happy, mischievous, vivacious, playful..." in Old German.
- a variation of the name Gella, meaning "fair haired" in Yiddish
- a Yiddish form of "geila", meaning "French, Gaul" in Old German.
- a Yiddish pet form of the name Michaela
- in Hebrew, "kalah" means "bride, fiancee". So it could be a Yiddish form of "kalah". In this case it would be an amuletic name, to bring good luck to the girl, since the most important thing in a Jewish woman's life is marriage. [think amulet against spinsterhood]. The Kalah is also, metaphorically, the long waited for Shabbat. But if we begin with the imagery of the bride we're not finished before a long time! :)
- apparently, it would also mean "grey eyed". But I'm not sure of this one.
Spellings
The most common spellings in Polish are: Kajla, Kajle, Keyla, Keyle.
The most common spellings in German are: Kehle, Kehla, Kaila, Kele.
How to prononce it?
kai, kay, kai = "kie"
kej, key, kei = "kay"
keh, ke = "keh"
la = "lah"
le = "luh" or "leh"
Want examples?
http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/levy/gela.html (only look at the last column that gives you the name, its variations, the place + the second column that gives you the date).
~~ Claire ~~
This message was edited 4/4/2005, 6:32 AM
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Very interesting. Are Yiddish names your main area of interest? Do you you know of any sites that major in these?
I think when you hard a "hard" K sound especially in a name, it seems to create a sense of strength or physical presence. To which i like best in the name "Khan"
I think when you hard a "hard" K sound especially in a name, it seems to create a sense of strength or physical presence. To which i like best in the name "Khan"
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Jewish names (in fact everything Jewish) is my main area of interest. :)
Good sites are:
Khazar names http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-names.html
Ladino names http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/nav_intro.html
Jews in England http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/jewish.html
Search for a name http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/search.htm
Search for a name http://www.hebrewletters.com/
Links: http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/main.html
Links: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/jewish.shtml
Others:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/index.html
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=bashe&ln=&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
http://www.loebtree.com/index.html
A great book about Hebrew names only: Le Livre des prénoms bibliques et hébraïques, by Rabbi Marc Alain Ouaknin and Dory Rotnemer.
One fun anecdote, khanu (khah-noo), the female form of Khan, is a term of endearment for Sephardic Jews. My great grandmother from Saloniki (originally from Spain) called my mom like this. :)
~~ Claire ~~
Good sites are:
Khazar names http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-names.html
Ladino names http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/nav_intro.html
Jews in England http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/jewish.html
Search for a name http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/search.htm
Search for a name http://www.hebrewletters.com/
Links: http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/main.html
Links: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/jewish.shtml
Others:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/index.html
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=bashe&ln=&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
http://www.loebtree.com/index.html
A great book about Hebrew names only: Le Livre des prénoms bibliques et hébraïques, by Rabbi Marc Alain Ouaknin and Dory Rotnemer.
One fun anecdote, khanu (khah-noo), the female form of Khan, is a term of endearment for Sephardic Jews. My great grandmother from Saloniki (originally from Spain) called my mom like this. :)
~~ Claire ~~
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