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[Opinions] And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...
Ahmed
Dena (dee-nah) - see Dina: her parents spellt it like that to avoid the die-nah pronunciation
Loriane Rahel (lor-yahn rah-khel) - common French name, pet form of Laure or mix of Laurie and Anne / Rahel is the original Hebrew form of Rachel
Maïté (mah-ee-teh) - see Maite
Nessim Hillel (nes-eem hee-lel) - form of Nissim http://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=nissim
Odeline (o-duh-leen) - from Ottoline or Odilon? or Aude and Line?
Rivki (reev-kee) - pet form of Rivka
Giacomo nn Gimmy (djee-mee) - the spelling of the nn is the Italian form of Jimmy
Nicolas nn Nico (nee-ko) - Nicolas with French pronunciation
Jean-Claude - Jean and Claude with French pron.
Alexandra Chava (khah-vah) nn Sascha and Saschale (zah-shah-luh)
Bluma
Malke (mahl-keh) -Yiddish form of Malka
Maguelone (mah-guh-lon / mahg-lon) - some say it's a form of Magali, others an Occitan pet form of Marie-Madeleine
Cindy
Malkie (mahl-kee) - pet form of Malka
Chayitty (khah-yee-tee) - either a pet form of Chaya, or a mix of Chaya and Yetta (Yiddish pet form of Henrietta)
Katie
Freyda (frie-dah) -see Freyde
Nadja
Jonathan
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And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Mrs Claire  ·  2/20/2008, 10:24 AM
Re: And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Kristen  ·  2/20/2008, 11:50 AM
Re: And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Mrs Claire  ·  2/21/2008, 3:00 PM
Re: And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Marija Luminitsa  ·  2/20/2008, 1:30 PM
Re: And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Melania  ·  2/20/2008, 11:48 AM
Re: And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Tassiegirl  ·  2/20/2008, 11:00 AM
Re: And another list! - old French names, Yiddish...  ·  Murasaki  ·  2/20/2008, 11:17 AM