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Like many people here, I have a soft spot for Hebrew names. I've come across Yardena reading an Israeli novel. It's a variant of Jordan/Jordana. I think it adds an interesting twist to a name that's becoming faddish. Yardena is really growing on me, but I have 2 questions: 1) how would you pronounce it? I prefer it pronounced Yar-deh-nuh rather than Yar-dee-nuh. 2) In an English-speaking context, does it sound too much like "yard"?