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I love the rich biblical heritage of many, and the way others have been adapted for use - for instance, Yaffa for the Yiddish Shayna (both meaning "beauty"), Livna for the Yiddish Bayla (both meaning "white", Aliza for the Yiddish Freyde or Gila ("joy); I ilke how Levana ("white"/"moon"), which in the Bible is a man's name but now a girl's - and Adina and Yaara (Jarah)ditto. I love their sound and their strength and their survival. I like how some are similar to names in other cultures - like Maya and Tsofiya, Amira and Leila and Yasmin.
My favourites include:
Adara
Adina
Adira
Aliza
Amira
Avigayil
Avital
Aviva
Aviya
Batya
Carmel
Dalia
Dvora
Eliana
Eliora
Elisheva
Galila
Ilana
Keren
Keshet
Levana
Liora
Liraz
Meira
Merav
Miriam
Naomi
Nurit
Ophira
Orli
Pazit
Rahel
Rivka
Sara
Shira
Shoshana
Talia
Yael
Zehava
Zemira

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- and those are just the girls'! But Noa is my pet hate.

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This message was edited 5/1/2009, 2:30 PM