Nathan or Dathan.

How to pick a hebrew name. Be aware that a Hebrew name that sounds pleasant to English speaking parents may not sound so pleasant to a person whose native tongue is Hebrew. How to pick a Hebrew name. If there is not a precise Hebrew translation you might pick something that sounds similar or.

Usually your Hebrew name is applied to you soon after birth. Jewish boys are named at their brit circumcision and girls at a Torah reading shortly after their birth. I wanted to be like them.

A Hebrew name is an important part of your Jewish identity. Some people name their child after a relative such as a grandparent or great-grandparent to perpetuate the deceased persons memory. A Hebrew equivalent of your English name which probably doesnt exist A Hebrew name that starts with the same letter as your English name A Hebrew name with the same meaning as your English name.

You can choose to translate your English name into Hebrew. The wedding couple may ask the officiating clergy to write the witnesses Hebrew or Hebraicized name and the couple can take a photo of it to send to the witnesses so they can practice. You can choose a name based on tradition.

Rabbi Harvey Belovski on what to consider when baby-naming. How do I giveget a Hebrew name. Michael becomes Michael Eve becomes Chava.

I looked through Hebrew names and meanings online and came across ones like Simcha and Gila and Aleeza and Rinah Jewish names that mean some type of derivative of happiness. Theres something beautiful about honoring a family member by naming a child after them. Ritual circumcision at eight days old during which the baby will be given his Hebrew name even if the mother is not Jewish if a couple wants to keep this ancient Jewish tradition and intends for their to child to be raised with Judaism Reform mohelimdoctors with special training to perform a briswill come to the home to perform the circumcision.