Message: "Natalie" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Natalie

by ADT (guest)

9/27/2015, 11:09 AM

What do you think of the name Natalie for a Jewish baby?

#Natalie

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- Elena

9/28/2015, 6:35 PM

It's fine and doesn't seem to bother Natalie Portman.

- Anneza, nsi (guest)

9/28/2015, 3:23 AM

I find it bland and dated for any kind of baby!

- whim

9/27/2015, 5:27 PM

I wouldn't think anything of it. I like it as a middle name.

- vigdis (guest)

9/27/2015, 4:28 PM

Not a problem. It's long lost it's Christian connations.

- RoxStar

9/27/2015, 1:52 PM

I think it's nice, and if a nice Jewish girl like Natalie Portman can carry it off, why can't any other?

- Serel Channah (floppery) +1

9/27/2015, 12:15 PM

Speaking as a Jewish person:

I've known several Jewish people named Natalie. My (fairly religious) grandma was meant to be named Natalie, but it ended up as her middle name.

To be honest, I never realized that Natalie had a christian meaning.

It is significantly easier for me to imagine a Jewish Natalie than a, idk, Jewish Christopher or a Jewish Paul.

This message was edited 9/27/2015, 12:16 PM

- Inspector Javert (AnastasiaE)

9/28/2015, 1:38 AM

Aheheheheh...

My dad is Jewish (albeit non-practising, but raised in the faith) and he's called Paul, although you wouldn't realise that he or his parents/siblings were Jewish based on their full names alone.

This message was edited 9/28/2015, 1:43 AM

- queenv +1

9/27/2015, 11:51 AM

I would find it strange if the parents were religious Jews. Otherwise no. My sister dated a non-religious Jew named Peter, the name Jesus gave Simon because he would be the Rock of the Church.

- ADT (guest)

9/27/2015, 11:53 AM

No, secular Jews. And then there is of course Natalie Portman... hm. I was just wondering.

- noel (glaucous)

9/27/2015, 11:27 AM

I don't know. I'm an atheist and in reverse order my full name means "Christmas victory".

Natalie's an ok name imo. It chafes my nerves a bit because I'm a name nerd, but I don't think most people know or care about the meaning.

This message was edited 9/27/2015, 11:27 AM

- speakofthewolf +3

9/27/2015, 11:19 AM

I think it's a fine name and the meaning shouldn't be a problem. Does Christmas Day carry bad connotations for the Jewish people? I am an uninformed gentile when it comes to most things.

I once knew a Muslim girl named Natalia.

- ADT (guest) +2

9/27/2015, 11:51 AM

Okay, but Jesus is a prophet in Islam...

Not bad connotations, no.

- speakofthewolf +1

9/27/2015, 11:56 AM

Oh, pffft. I didn't even know that. Like I said, uninformed. :)

- ADT (guest)

9/27/2015, 11:58 AM

Yepp, Muslims respect Jesus. He is just seen as hanging around with messages from God and is the last prophet sent by God.

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