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[Opinions] interesting names from the cemetery

by Ohad Yigal

8/14/2024, 1:59 AM

I went to make peace with my ancestors in the cemetery yesterday, for the memorial day of Tishe'a Be'Av. I decided to catalogue some of the more interesting names I've seen there.

Men:
Ali (rather strange for a Jew, but it appears he was born in a Muslim part of the Soviet Union)
Jules Cesar (sick combo, but morally questionable)
Harry S. Zalman Zvi (I'd assume the middle name is Solomon. came from Ireland, which is kinda rare)
Sam Edward
Berachiah
Cyril Isaac (french)
Rudolf
Ralph Arieh Leib
Jorge Yechiel
Laurent Emile
Armond
Zakhar
Leonid
Salomon Claude
Zoltan Yitzhak

Women:
Sybil Zipporah (also irish-jewish, Harry's wife)
Sylvia Bracha
Germaine Rachel
Diana Chava
Sophie Zissel
Arlette
Anette Chana
Lyudmila-Emiliya
Denise Sultana
June Rose Sheine Reizel
Lucienne
Esther Ella
Rivka Regina

Replies

- JemimahGertrude

8/14/2024, 5:15 PM

I like:
Berachiah
Cyril Isaac (I don't like Isaac in itself, but this combo is nice)
Jorge Yechiel
Salomon Claude
Zoltan Yitzhak

Women:
Sybil Zipporah
Lyudmila-Emiliya
Lucienne
Esther (but not Ella)

This message was edited 8/14/2024, 5:16 PM

- Dianatiger

8/14/2024, 12:43 PM

How beautifully poignant and poetic to say you were going to make peace with your ancestors for a cemetery visit. The spiritual and emotional implications of that are profound.