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in reply to a message by Dododo
I have also observed that there are some non-Jewish names that are very common among older Jews, say those born between 1900 and 1960. I assume these were mostly chosen not only because they start with the same first letter or sound, but also because they are secular--neither Jewish nor Christian.
Alan, Albert, Arnold [Aaron, Abraham, Abram, Amos]
Bernard [Benjamin]
Isidore, Irving, Irwin [presumably corresponding to Hebrew names like Isaac, Isaiah, Israel, as mentioned above]
Jack, Julius [Joshua, Jonathan, Joel, Jesse, etc.]
Herbert, Herman, Harold, Howard, Harry [Chaim/Hyman]
Leo, Leon, Leonard [Levi]
Mortimer, Morton, Morris, Max [Mordechai, Moshe]
Norman, Norbert [Noah, Nahum]
Sidney, Seymour, Stanley [Shlomo/Solomon, Shmuel/Samuel]
This seemed to be less common with girl's names, maybe because many Jewish female names were also generally popular (such as Sarah, Ruth) or have obvious English versions (Hannah - Ann(a), Elisheva - Elizabeth).
Alan, Albert, Arnold [Aaron, Abraham, Abram, Amos]
Bernard [Benjamin]
Isidore, Irving, Irwin [presumably corresponding to Hebrew names like Isaac, Isaiah, Israel, as mentioned above]
Jack, Julius [Joshua, Jonathan, Joel, Jesse, etc.]
Herbert, Herman, Harold, Howard, Harry [Chaim/Hyman]
Leo, Leon, Leonard [Levi]
Mortimer, Morton, Morris, Max [Mordechai, Moshe]
Norman, Norbert [Noah, Nahum]
Sidney, Seymour, Stanley [Shlomo/Solomon, Shmuel/Samuel]
This seemed to be less common with girl's names, maybe because many Jewish female names were also generally popular (such as Sarah, Ruth) or have obvious English versions (Hannah - Ann(a), Elisheva - Elizabeth).
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