Here are the names of the members of a board for Jewish moms, I found their names very typical so I decided to post them :)
Short guideline:
A= ah
E= eh
I = ee
O = oh
U = oo
Ai = eye
Ae = ah-eh
Ea = eh-ah
Ch = kh
Th = t
Ü =
German ü, French u
Yael nn Yaeli (classic Hebrew pet form in "i")
SaraiSarahSoro (Yiddish form of
Sarah)
Sare (^)
Sure (^)
Sura (^)
Suri (^)
IlanaSarah ChavaTehilaShanie (variation of Shaynie, a pet form of
Shayna)
Glück (see
Glukel)
Chaya SarahRaizy (variation of
Raisel)
Raisel (rie-zul)
Toltse (Yiddish form of Dolce - see
Dulce)
RivkaAlexandraGenashe Rissel (pet form of Genendel, an amuletic Yiddish name meaning “grandmother”, and I don’t know the other)
HodelHudis (Yiddish pet form of
Yehudit)
Hudes (^)
Yehudis (Yiddish form of
Yehudit)
Hadar MiriamTova Perel (Yiddish form of
Pearl) (pair-ul)
Udel (see
Eidel) (oo-dul)
Rivky (pet form of
Rivka)
Shoshannah Hannah AlizaMazaltov (“good luck, good destiny” in Hebrew)
Mazal (“luck, destiny”)
Tzeitele (see
Tzeitel) (tzie-tul)
Sarah Mirit (pet form of
Miriam)
Rochel
Lea Leia (Yiddish form of
Lea)
Laika (^)
Paika (Yiddish form of Puah)
RuchelEmuna (« faith » in Hebrew)
Tamara nn
TamarTzufitMiriam nn Miri
Miriam nn Miriami
Bastsion (“daughter of
Zion“ in Yiddish)
Yosefa (female form of
Yosef)
Bracha (“blessing”, see
Baruch)
Malke (Yiddish form of
Malka)
Malkele (pet form of ^)
Malkale (^)
Nechama (“comfort” in Hebrew)
Michaela (mee-khah-eh-lah)
Michal (mee-khahl)
Shayna Sterna (shter-nah, „star“ in Yiddish, Yiddish form of
Esther)
Shterna (^)
Shterne
Sterni (pet form of ^)
Henya (see
Henye)
DvorahChanie (pet form of
Chanah)
EstherLeaLaia (lie-ah) (Yiddish form of
Lea)
ShifraGoldi (pet form of
Golda)
Liba (see
Leeba)
Rahel (rah-khel, Hebrew form of
Rachel)
Chava Kaila http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=190928&board=genBatya (bah-tyah)
Basia (bah-syah)
Chanala (pet form of
Chanah)
Fraidy (pet form of
Freyde)
Chana Yona (see
Chanah) (female form of
Yonah)
Frumye (pet form of
Fruma)
RaquelShifra Chana (see
Chanah)
Puah (“the one who reanimates“ in Hebrew)
Sarah Esther Kreindel (krine-dul)
MartaChaya Mushka (« musk » in Yiddish)
Estie (pet form of
Esther)
Alexandra nn Sashia
Brocha (Yiddish form of Bracha)
Levana nn
Luna (Levana is Hebrew for “moon”)
Zahava (« gold » in Hebrew)
YonitEsther Riva (pet form of
Rivka)
ZivDvori (pet form of
Dvorah)
AvivaNechama
DinaSarah Nurit („buttercup“ in Hebrew)
Nissel (pet form of
Nissa or
Nessa)
Dinale (pet form of
Dina)
Perly (pet form of
Perla, Judeo Spanish for
Pearl)
Mindel nn
Mindy (pet form of
Minna, „love“ in Yiddish)
Chavi (pet form of
Chava)
Esti (pet form of
Esther)
Batsheva (Hebrew form of
Bathsheba)
Libby (pet form of Liba see
Leeba)
ChayaChayale (pet form of ^)
Nechama
Sarah Yehudis
Leale (pet form of
Lea)
Laiala (pet form of
Laia)
Miri (pet form of
Miriam)
Buba (amuletic name meaning “grandmother” in Yiddish, also means “doll” in Hebrew)
Pessy (pet form of Perel)
ElianaDvorah nn
DebbieBreina (brie-nah) (see
Breindel)
Nechama
ShifraRayzi (see
Raisel)
Bina (“intelligence” in Hebrew)
Hannah Shoshannah nn Shoshi
Yohana (female form of
Yochanan)
Yohanna (^)
Puah
Chava EstherElishevaTovit (pet form of
Tova)
AhuvaYochevedGitty (see
Gittel)
Gitit (“melody” in Hebrew)
GittelChava Chana
Chana
ChavaShiraTaliaYaakova (female form of Yaakov, see
Yakov)
SimchaAdinaChassida (« pious, righteous » in Hebrew)
Yehudit nn
YidelItta (pet form of Yehudis)
BlumaBaily (pet form of
Baila / Beila, Yiddish form of
Bella)
Ashira Bracha (female form of
Asher)
AvigailYenta (see
Yente)
Yentel (see
Yentl)
Tania (« gift from G-d » in Hebrew)
YaffaSarah Liba
Taube (see
Toiba)
NaomiMalka DvorahHadassah Esther Malka
~~ Claire ~~
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 10/18/2005, 4:09 PM