Yiddish girl's name (H)

smallthunder · Sep 26, 2005

Hi --

I am trying to come up with a Yiddish -- NOT Hebrew -- name for a girl.

I've found the names "Hanella" and "Hananel" online, and while I like both of them, I am not 100 percent sure that they're feminine names. Nor do I have any idea what they mean.

Does anybody out there know anything about these two names? Or have any alternatives to suggest?

Thanks!

VeggieChick · Sep 26, 2005

Some Yiddish names here.

http://www.babynamenetwork.com/origin.cfm?origin=Yiddish

Sunrise2Fantasy · Sep 28, 2005

go to www.babynames.com and I am pretty sure they will have some Yiddish names, otherwise go to google and type it in exactly how you want it to search, and some site should come up.
Hope it helps, good luck!

Sassenach · Sep 28, 2005

smallthunder said:
Hi --

I am trying to come up with a Yiddish -- NOT Hebrew -- name for a girl.

I've found the names "Hanella" and "Hananel" online, and while I like both of them, I am not 100 percent sure that they're feminine names. Nor do I have any idea what they mean.

Does anybody out there know anything about these two names? Or have any alternatives to suggest?

Thanks!

Those are diminutives for Hannah.

How about: Rivka, Malka, Rochel, Fayge

reph · Sep 28, 2005

Isn't Rivka Hebrew?

smallthunder · Sep 29, 2005

Sassenach said:
Those are diminutives for Hannah.

How about: Rivka, Malka, Rochel, Fayge

Thanks for your input. There appears to be many Yiddish variations of Hannah -- right now, "Heneh" and "Hendel" are the top contenders.

As for "Fayge" -- bird -- I wouldn't dare! You know what it's slang for, no? Usually as "Faygela" (sp?) ...

HZW · Oct 6, 2005

Yiddish girls' names

How about Henna or Hensha (Henshie)? Hudel (pronounced Huddle like in football)?

smallthunder · Oct 10, 2005

HZW said:
How about Henna or Hensha (Henshie)? Hudel (pronounced Huddle like in football)?

I like Henna -- although I prefer the "Heneh" spelling (since it reads the same, frontwards and backwards).

Hudel? I have never heard of that one. Do you know what it means? Is it another derivitive of Hannah? It has a nice ring to it ...

Yiddish girl's name (H)

smallthunder

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VeggieChick

Sunrise2Fantasy

Sassenach

5 W's & an H

reph

Fig of authority

smallthunder

Ruled by Dachshunds

HZW

smallthunder

Ruled by Dachshunds