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Subject:	Oh, I see - you want Hebrew equivalents . . .
Author:	Chrisell (Authenticated as Chrisell)
Date:	May 29, 2006 at 9:59:21 PM
Reply to:	Re: meaning of name 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.

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Messages in this thread:

meaning of name - helaina May 29 2006, 6:06:34 PM
- Re: meaning of name - Chrisell May 29 2006, 6:45:35 PM
  - Re: meaning of name - helaina May 29 2006, 8:39:07 PM
    - Oh, I see - you want Hebrew *equivalents* . . . - Chrisell May 29 2006, 9:59:21 PM
      - Re: Oh, I see - you want Hebrew *equivalents* . . . - helaina May 30 2006, 7:26:37 PM
        
        Re: Oh, I see - you want Hebrew *equivalents* . . . - Helaina May 31 2006, 6:17:09 PM
        Re: Oh, I see - you want Hebrew *equivalents* . . . - Chrisell May 30 2006, 10:42:17 PM
        
        Chrisell *equivalents* . . . - Pavlos May 31 2006, 1:47:20 AM
        
        You must be awesome at scrabble :P nt - Mar May 31 2006, 4:42:30 PM

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