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I have some names that I'm going to run by an Israeli friend of mine to see which are still socially acceptable in Israel. We were chatting yesterday about names and I suggested Yocheved. He said that this is the Israeli equivalent of naming your child Ernest or Beulah; your kid will be laughed out of school. Another favorite, Zipporah, is very dated and was popular around the time we were using Doris, Betty, and Shirley. I'm curious about what you think of these names and if you know anything about their current popularity (I'll star the ones I know are in high circulation at the moment).

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GIRLS
Yael*
Yardena
Merav
Naomi
Adiel
Ziva
Zehava
Chaya
Aviva
Liraz
Hadar*
Bar
Emunah
Leah
Anat
Inbar*
Nili*
Lihi
Lital
Galia
Sivan
Maya*
Ora
Orli
Talia
Roni*
Shaina
Kinneret
Livnat
Sarai
Yafa
Kelila
Michal
Dana
Shira* and Shiri*
Yona
Charna
Keren*
Smadar*
Shachar*
Sahar
Limor
Nava
Avital
Einav
Miri
Tzofiya
Rotem*
Shani
Nitza
Yaen
Reut
Nahal
Ami
Peri*
Yemima
Yasmin
Silona
Avia
Rona
Rina
Kalanit
Aliza
Shoshana
Leili
Kefira

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BOYS
David
Yosef*
Benjamin
Levi
Noah
Ezra
Tor
Yishai
Isaac
Ronen
Kenan
Yakov
Elam
Elad
Gilad*
Yoav
Yotam
Yaniv
Omri*
Oren
Raviv
Tzvi
Ziv
Zev
Amit
Reuven
Yuval*
Eran
Eitan
Ilan
Idan*
Itai*
Yonatan*