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[Opinions] Re: Do your religious beliefs influence your name choice?
I'm orthodox jewish. as an Israeli, I would only pick names in Hebrew, Aramaic, Ladino or Yiddish and specifically more traditional jewish names (nor necessarily biblical). If I was a diaspora jew, I would give my kids two sets of names, one jewish and one in the local language, as is custom in many jewish communities since the middle ages.
and still, I wouldn't use names that distinctively belong to other religions (Ahmad, Christopher, Chandra), because they don't represent what I stand for or what I'd want my kids to stand for.

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What would you name a set of children today, Ohad Yigal? 2 boys and 2 girls.
if my lovely fianceé has no say...
Chizqiyahu & Ze'ev
Zipporah & Elisheva

This message was edited 5/18/2025, 12:38 AM

Those are cool choices!