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Some are easy, others aren't... I'm not sure I understand the question, don't you know the name of your son? It's the name you gave him at the bris. For a girl, it is possible that she has no Hebrew name, but not a boy.

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Leon -> Leib / Lew -> Yehudah
Bernard -> Ber -> Dov
Irving -> Israel

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Sophia is difficult... I would say Sarah, but I can't be sure. There are not always a clear equivalent, like Leon Yehudah. It can be uncommon, like my dad Charles -> Chiel -> Yehiel. Or arbitrary, like me Claire -> Rahel.
Faye is even more difficult, I have no idea.

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By the way, why not ask your rabbi / the rabbi your son studies with?

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

This message was edited 8/10/2005, 5:10 PM

I should clarify - I am looking for the hebrew names, not the yiddish names...