quote:Originally posted by Lisa: Israeli names would include Rami (short for Avraham), Kobi (short for Yaakov), Tzachi (short for Yitzchak), Seffi (short for Yosef), Dudi (short for David), Shai (sometimes short for Yishayahu, and sometimes not short for anything), Shuwi (short for Yehoshua), Alon, Yuval, Yigal, Gai (sounds like "guy"), Ehud, Tomer, Barak.
for clarification - these are boys' names
True. I had just seen Esther's list of boys names. Israeli girls names include Lilach, Liora, Liat, Lital, Liel, Mali (short for Malka), Tali (short for Avital), Shevi (short for Elisheva), Sari (short for Sarah), Tzippora, Yael, Shani (short for Shoshana), Shoshi (also short for Shoshana), Dasi (short for Hadassah), Tami (short for Tamar), Miki (short for Michal), Maayan, Meital, Meirav.
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quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Jewish names? It's like asking for a list of English names -- there's a lot of them.
Here are some of the boys from my son's school: Dovid, Doniel, Ephraim, Eli, Tzvi, Kivi, Moshe, Avi, Menachem, Yitzchak (known as Yitzi), Yosef (known as Yosie), Benyamin, Gershon (known as Gershie), Ariel, Aryeh, Ari, Yaakov, Shraga, Yehudah, Shlomo, Pesach, Simcha, Shmuel (known as Shmueli), Chaim, Reuven.
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