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[Nickarolaberry]

Totally love the name Ma'ayan.

How about Li'am? Or Eli'am?

Do we only want unisex names? I'm grooving on Hodaya, also Hillel. Other boys names I love -- Khalev, Ro'i (oops no Resh), Adiel -- which actually is unisex, I know boys and girls with that name. Azriel, Uriel (can add a's for girls), of course I'm partial to Gavriel(a) -- it's one of my kids' names.

Truthfully my son's name chased me around and it's a weird name. Or at least all the non-Israeli frum seem to think so (Ayden -- as in Gan Ayden -- Emanuel). Israelis don't blink an eye, I guess Ayden (spelled ayin-daled-nun) is not that uncommon and I did get it from the boys' section of the Kolatch book!

Tiferet (thanks Chava!) is another one of my favorite girls' names. Also, Margalit, Sigal, and other floral names (although Shoshana is pretty ubiquitous).

I think that's all I can come up with at the moment.

[smeisnotapirate]

Ooh, I like Tiferet and Margalit as well.

[Faliciagayle]

OOoh, I found a neat site! http://www.learn-hebrew-names.com/

includes a lot more information than other general sites I've seen.






Also, I think we may have a name ....

[jul511riv]

Originally Posted by tikva18

Has a name come to you in a dream? a name that just seems to be chasing you? That happened to me with 2 of my kids and it happened to a friend of mine. For me, in the first dream I was standing over hte bassinette in the hospital looking down at my baby saying "Rashi Eliyahu, I guess I could get used to calling you that". The second was the name Ephraim which I insisted I would NOT use for any of my kids - and had 3 boys before Gedalya - but when i was expecting the twins that name would give me no peace. It followed me around every place, harrassed me, disturbed my sleep, made me ask sh'eila after sh'eila - until at last, I added it to his name that we were planning to give to him. My friend said that the name for her baby would not let her rest either - she saw it in pages in books, in her dreams, every place.

OOOH, thank you. You just solidified the first name for me. Lol. It just keeps showing up EVERYWHERE (and it's NOT a name, lol, but I keep seeing it in other places). And I DID dream of the first name...earlier on I dreamt of the other two names we are considering. In the last dream with the new first name the middle name was there, but it was totally blurred so that I couldn't make it out. It was very long though. THere are two other names. I'm wondering if we don't need to use them both. But like I said, dh is totally opposed to the idea of having two middle names. Maybe we need to ask a shaila about this one?

Originally Posted by Nickarolaberry

How about Li'am? Or Eli'am?

hehehe...we've got one of those (our ds) So I can honestly say that I love your name...but we've already used it. Keep 'em coming, though.

Originally Posted by Faliciagayle

OOoh, I found a neat site! http://www.learn-hebrew-names.com/

includes a lot more information than other general sites I've seen.

Also, I think we may have a name ....

I will try and check out the site later...but WOOT! You've got a name!!!! AWESOME!!! Now baby can be born!

[smeisnotapirate]

Yay, Alicia!

[Ruthla]

If you're having all this trouble narrowing things down to one name, and DH is so totally opposed to the idea of extra middle names- is there any chance there's more than one baby in there?

I'm completely wiped out, and it's not even 10:00 AM yet!

Last night we had a hamster funeral, which meant traipsing through the snow in the back yard to the area DD2 cleared for the burial. Which meant finding my boots (I've been wearing sneakers when I go outside, since I've been staying on shoveled paths and my boots don't provide the arch support I need if I'm walking for any length of time.) So, I saw my boot under my desk and figured I'd just grab them and go. So I get the one boot out and can't find the other one. Then my right knee is hurting from the position I'm in, so I can't look for the mate. DD2 comes in and tries to find my other boot, with no luck. In the end, I wore DD1's old worn out boots from 2 years ago (or was it 3?) even though it was hard for me to walk in them (they fit fine, but they provided zero support.) I couldn't risk my one pair of sneakers getting wet and unwearable!

DD1 is going to a friend's house for a sleepover tonight, and she wanted to bring along some edible goodies- specifically Silk Soy Nog, Silk Pumpkin Spice, and Nutcracker Sweet tea bags. She wanted to go with me to the fancy grocery store (3 blocks from our house) to get them. I decided instead to go without her, so I could go to the store before it got crowded.

I drove DD2 to school (normally she walks but it's icy in the mornings) and then swung by the grocery store while I was already out. I can't beleive how crowded it was- at 8:30 AM it was already more crowded than it normally is on a weekday afternoon! But, I got what I needed- mostly "treat" type foods but also a few basics I forgot to buy earlier in the week, and now I shouldn't need to go shopping again before Shabbos (or maybe a quick trip on Friday morning for a few items.) I hate that I can't go food shopping on Thursday this week.

[jul511riv]

More than one baby is certainly possible, though not likely. I'm measuring about 2 weeks ahead, which I have found weird, but basically my mw said it was just cause of belly fat. lol. I kind of found that annoying cause I'm actually a pretty small woman, but my belly has NEVER been "flat" or anything. Whatever, I let that one slide. My babies are SMALL. dd was 6lbs and ds was 5.5lbs and both were totally full-term. They also never lost weight. They came out nursing and basically just gained from day one, B"H. I was a tiny baby, so was dh, so were both of my parents and I assume his as well, based on build and all that, but can't confirm it.

At any rate, I was CERTAIN that we were having twins...but then started feeling like it was left over energy from the miscarried baby (2 months before I became pg with this one) and did have one ultrasound, which only showed 1 baby. But, who knows? I don't FEEL that there are two, though. I really feel that there is just one.

As for the name, I have no idea why this is happening. /shrug. It IS really weird. DH even suggested NOT having a middle name at all, but both of us feel that isn't right either. Baby is due not so long after TuBishvat so maybe we just need to be thinking of tree names or something, which we haven't so far, for a middle. That's my next plan...if I can find a good comprehensive list of tree names online somewhere. I'm not into Alon or Oren or any of these names that are so popular. I'd like to have a name of HaShem in it, as well, since both of my other kids have it in their first name and it seems that this baby won't.

Sorry about your hamster situation.

I'm trying to gear up for a big exam. I have to prove to a certified Hebrew teacher that I am at LEAST at a second year level of hebrew in speaking , reading and writing. I'm not so worried about the speaking...but the rest of it is gonna be hard. I think I can do it. But it will be very, very hard.

But I can't move forward with my plans unless I tackle this challenge. And failure is NOT an option. And passing before the baby is born is critical. Which gives me about a month and a half.

[princessoflove]

Hello everyone,

I have not seen snow in years. I don't know if I can handle living in an area where it snows .
Last week we had some rain and hailstones, and I am still amazed at the change of weather.
Just now, it was 67 degrees in the house, and I find that cold so I just turned on the heat.

All of the names mention are beautiful. And the name that you mommy choose, will be the perfect name, B"H.

Ruth, Sorry about the hamsters.
I remember when my ds was younger, and when ds was at school, I would find his dead beta fish. I would quickly dispose of the fish, rush to the pet store and purchase another one, because I just did not have the heart to tell him that his fish was dead. I did that for a couple of years, until one day ds found the fish dead. We buried it, and I never brought another fish and he never asked. Because I realized that I am not a pet person, although I love animals.

I started my diet to lose the Chanukah pounds. And I want to drop these pounds before Purim, when I enjoy more delicious foods.

[tikva18]

How about Ilan? that's a nice tu b'shvat name, no?

[Kmelion]

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[Kmelion]

Originally Posted by Nickarolaberry

Totally love the name Ma'ayan.

How about Li'am? Or Eli'am?

Do we only want unisex names? I'm grooving on Hodaya, also Hillel. Other boys names I love -- Khalev, Ro'i (oops no Resh), Adiel -- which actually is unisex, I know boys and girls with that name. Azriel, Uriel (can add a's for girls), of course I'm partial to Gavriel(a) -- it's one of my kids' names.

Maayan and Hodaya are girls names. NOT unisex.

[Nickarolaberry]

I knew Ma'ayan was a girls' name but I thought Hodaya was a boy's name (knew a boy named Hodi once, short for Hodaya). Just goes to show you...

I had a camper (girl) named Odelia (along the lines of Hodaya in terms of meaning I think). I really liked that too.

[smeisnotapirate]

It's my hebrew birthday today.

I'll probably spend it cleaning. Enjoy the sales today if you have the courage to go out of the house.

[merpk]

Originally Posted by smeisnotapirate

It's my hebrew birthday today.

Happy Birthday!

Where's the cake?

[princessoflove]

smeisnotapirate: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Have a wonderful and special day today!

I pray that all of us, who Fast today, are having an easy Fast.

[Magelet]

Happy birthday smei!

What fast day is it today?

[princessoflove]

Originally Posted by Magelet

What fast day is it today?

Today was the "Fast of Tevet 10". The beginning of the siege around Jerusalem.

[Magelet]

goodness, time is just FLYING right now.

[jul511riv]

Originally Posted by Kmelion

Maayan and Hodaya are girls names. NOT unisex.

Disagree. Nothing is sacred anymore. lol. The truth is I've heard of both being used for boys...and I also think that Hodaya is more a boy's name than a girl. Let's see, we've got a girl named Yuval here...another one just born named Ohr. It's kind of anything goes.

Originally Posted by tikva18

How about Ilan? that's a nice tu b'shvat name, no?

It IS a nice tu b'shvat name...but it's WAAAAY too popular for me. We were thinking Brosh, which I thought I mentioned, I've never heard it used for a name. It means a cypress tree, I believe. But it just sounds so ugly to me.

We're looking for obscurity here. lol. I really DO think we will need to involve our rav cause we've got a name that rocks for this baby's energy...but the initials spell out something that you wouldn't want to call a kid. Not sure how to rectify that without giving a second middle name. Maybe the rav can help?

Happy bday smee!

[merpk]

Originally Posted by jul511riv

Disagree. Nothing is sacred anymore. lol. The truth is I've heard of both being used for boys...and I also think that Hodaya is more a boy's name than a girl. Let's see, we've got a girl named Yuval here...another one just born named Ohr. It's kind of anything goes.

I've only known girl Hodayas. Hmmm. I love the name Ohr, either way.

Was gonna suggest Ilan, oh well. Yeah, there are a lot of them now, aren't there. I think there's an Ilan Ramon connection with the sudden proliferation of them, though.

How about if you go through the parshiyot for the next few weeks, trolling for names? Or are Tanakhi names too old fashioned for you? I know you're going for obscurity, but there *are* some Biblical names that are rather rare ...

Originally Posted by jul511riv

Happy bday smee!

Hey, smeis'e, can you explain your username? The kids actually watched "Peter Pan" again the other night (the 2003 version, with actors/nonanimated) and so it's in my head, and Smee surely was a pirate. So I need an explanation. Inquiring minds want to know.