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ArchivesOh, I see - you want Hebrew *equivalents* . . .
in reply to a message by helaina
. . . now I understand :-)
According to Mrs Claire, a Jewish girl who used to be a regular poster on BtN, there are three ways of finding an equivalent Jewish name for an English name (or French name, or whatever).
The first way is to simply use the Hebrew version of the English name, if it has one. So someone named Simon might use Shimon as his Hebrew name.
The second way is to use a name with a similar meaning. For example, someone named Evadne ("good") could potentially use the Jewish name Tova ("good").
The third way is to find a name that starts with a similar set of sounds to the given name. So, someone named Brooke might use the name Breindel as their Jewish name.
I can give you some suggestions, but I must point out that I am *NOT* Jewish although I have Jewish ancestry, and I don't speak Hebrew. If you want a 'genuinely' Jewish name you should ask a Rabbi.
Lonna (variation of Lana, short for Alana or Svetlana, meanings "little rock", "handsome", "light"): Leah, Leeba, Liat, Liora, Livna, Livnat (sound similar); Sela (means "rock"), Jaffe (means "beautiful"), Nava (means "beautiful"), Shayna (means "beautiful"), Shiphrah (means "beautiful"), Lior, Liora, Liorit (mean "light"), Orit (means "light"), Orah (means "light").
I'd recommend Liora or Livna for Lonna.
Rhonda (Welsh, meaning "good spear" or "noisy"): Roni, Ronit (sound similar).
I'd recommend Roni for Rhonda.
Helaina (Greek, meaning "torch", "corposant" or "moon"): Helah, Henda, Hendel (sound similar).
I'd recommend Helah for Helaina.
Click any of the blue links for more information about these names.
This isn't a surnames site so I'm not sure how much help I can be with the surnames. For Gabriel, just click the link, and for Gearhart, I'd see Gerhardt (Gerard). You could ask about Kahler on the Surnames board (there's a link to it if you click on 'Other Boards' at the top of this board.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
According to Mrs Claire, a Jewish girl who used to be a regular poster on BtN, there are three ways of finding an equivalent Jewish name for an English name (or French name, or whatever).
The first way is to simply use the Hebrew version of the English name, if it has one. So someone named Simon might use Shimon as his Hebrew name.
The second way is to use a name with a similar meaning. For example, someone named Evadne ("good") could potentially use the Jewish name Tova ("good").
The third way is to find a name that starts with a similar set of sounds to the given name. So, someone named Brooke might use the name Breindel as their Jewish name.
I can give you some suggestions, but I must point out that I am *NOT* Jewish although I have Jewish ancestry, and I don't speak Hebrew. If you want a 'genuinely' Jewish name you should ask a Rabbi.
Lonna (variation of Lana, short for Alana or Svetlana, meanings "little rock", "handsome", "light"): Leah, Leeba, Liat, Liora, Livna, Livnat (sound similar); Sela (means "rock"), Jaffe (means "beautiful"), Nava (means "beautiful"), Shayna (means "beautiful"), Shiphrah (means "beautiful"), Lior, Liora, Liorit (mean "light"), Orit (means "light"), Orah (means "light").
I'd recommend Liora or Livna for Lonna.
Rhonda (Welsh, meaning "good spear" or "noisy"): Roni, Ronit (sound similar).
I'd recommend Roni for Rhonda.
Helaina (Greek, meaning "torch", "corposant" or "moon"): Helah, Henda, Hendel (sound similar).
I'd recommend Helah for Helaina.
Click any of the blue links for more information about these names.
This isn't a surnames site so I'm not sure how much help I can be with the surnames. For Gabriel, just click the link, and for Gearhart, I'd see Gerhardt (Gerard). You could ask about Kahler on the Surnames board (there's a link to it if you click on 'Other Boards' at the top of this board.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Chrisell. Thanks so much for your help. Interesing we both have 'chris'in our names. My middle name is 'Christine'.
I wish my parents would have told us we had jewish yeeears ago...it would have made research much easier! I don't know why they never told us prior. Not until our aunt was ill and before she passed did she mention it. my mom and father both had jewish.
I have done our family's genealogy for the past 13 yrs to finish one part of it now I begin on the jewish part.
Well again, I say, thank you for your help.
helaina
I wish my parents would have told us we had jewish yeeears ago...it would have made research much easier! I don't know why they never told us prior. Not until our aunt was ill and before she passed did she mention it. my mom and father both had jewish.
I have done our family's genealogy for the past 13 yrs to finish one part of it now I begin on the jewish part.
Well again, I say, thank you for your help.
helaina
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Wow!...pretty interesting! What a co-inky dink!
I wonder if this means anything. Hummm.
Take care my sister in name.
Helaina
I wonder if this means anything. Hummm.
Take care my sister in name.
Helaina
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I'm glad I could help :-) By the way - my real name is Christine! Chrisell is a combination of Christine and my middle name, Ellen, which is a variation of Helen, the same as Helaina is. We have very similar names!
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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