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I would like to note that the name Amit should not be classified as being of 'Jewish' usage but rather as 'Israeli' usage.
Yes, there is a difference :-) 'Jewish' refers to people of the Jewish nation worldwide while 'Israeli' refers to Jewish people who were born or living in Israel.
Jewish people around the world are highly unlikely of naming their children Amit as this is not a biblical name (although the word appears in the bible). The ONLY place in which Amit will appear (other than its other Indian usage) is in Israel, therefore it is not a Jewish name but an Israeli or a Hebrew name.
In modern Hebrew the word means 'colleague' but the name traditionally means 'friend' as stated here.
Yes, there is a difference :-) 'Jewish' refers to people of the Jewish nation worldwide while 'Israeli' refers to Jewish people who were born or living in Israel.
Jewish people around the world are highly unlikely of naming their children Amit as this is not a biblical name (although the word appears in the bible). The ONLY place in which Amit will appear (other than its other Indian usage) is in Israel, therefore it is not a Jewish name but an Israeli or a Hebrew name.
In modern Hebrew the word means 'colleague' but the name traditionally means 'friend' as stated here.
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I think it would be great to clarify and say that Amit is a modern Hebrew name which was created in modern Israel.
But I think you don't know much about the Jewish community in the USA if you think that modern Israeli names have not been adopted here. There are quite a few American Jewish children who have been given modern Israeli names such as Lior, Tali, and Aviva. Jews in the United States often pay attention to Israeli culture and have some knowledge of names being used there. So it's certainly not impossible that there has been a Jewish child in the USA named Amit.
But I think you don't know much about the Jewish community in the USA if you think that modern Israeli names have not been adopted here. There are quite a few American Jewish children who have been given modern Israeli names such as Lior, Tali, and Aviva. Jews in the United States often pay attention to Israeli culture and have some knowledge of names being used there. So it's certainly not impossible that there has been a Jewish child in the USA named Amit.
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