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Help[Opinions] Re: Elisheva
in reply to a message by Fiammetta
I adore Elisheva, after Elizaveta it's my favourite variant of Elizebeth. But my SO is half Jewish, so it wouldn't be weird for us to use it. Personally I wouldn't use it if the child had no Jewish heritage whatsoever, but it's fine for other people to use it if they want to.
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Manipura and Fiammetta have already explained quite well what I actually meant. And if you read my post again, you'll see that I said I personally wouldn't use it, but if someone else wants to they should go ahead.
And as Fiammettz said, those names you mention aren't good examples because they are anglicized versions of Hebrew names.
And as Fiammettz said, those names you mention aren't good examples because they are anglicized versions of Hebrew names.
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No, just like it's not weird for people with no Jewish background to use Elizabeth. The names you mentioned aren't Hebrew or Yiddish versions of the names...that's when it starts to seem weird (I personally wouldn't call it wrong if someone with no Jewish heritage used Rifka instead of Rebecca, but I might wonder why they identify with that particular form so much).
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