I'm not pregnant. Just obsessing about what I will name hypothetical children :)
There are many many many Hebrew girl names I love that aren't too common, are basically pronounceable in English, and are on the long (3-syllable) side, like
Meira,
Devorah,
Ayala,
Levana,
Seraphine. However, for boys, I can't find any names that fit all those criteria that I like!
I like Nechemia,
Menachem,
Elchanan, but they're hard to pronounce in English because of the ch sound.
Naphtali is in this boat because I want it said the Hebrew way like nahf-TAH-lee.
I don't like
Mordecai,
Solomon because they seem too old-man-ish to me.
I like
Ariel,
Aryeh,
Ilan,
Noam,
Lev, etc., but they seem much more down-to-earth, simple names than the girl names I like, I'm not sure they would match.
I like
Jonah,
Elijah, (and would be willing to stretch the definition of Hebrew names for
Silas or
Ivan), but they're pretty popular.
Rafael is the only name I can think of that I like that meets these criteria but I can't use that due to family...
What would you compromise on here? Or can you suggest the perfect name to save me from any compromise?
Help my future theoretical children!
This message was edited 1/23/2023, 3:18 PM