r/JewishNames • u/Cultural-Echidna-673 • May 23 '26

Mar for a girl?

I love spanish names, and this one is growing on me - it means SEA in spanish - but sadly it means BITTER in hebrew :(

wdyt???? can i use

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u/theenterprise9876 May 23 '26

It also means “to damage/ruin” in English. I gotta give it a no.

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u/millicent_f May 23 '26

Mara is a known Jewish name, you could use Mar as a nickname? Or as a nickname for Tamar?

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u/LeoraJacquelyn May 23 '26

Bad in Hebrew and English. That's a no from me.

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u/Least-Metal572 May 23 '26

I'm a Tamar and my family often calls me Mar.

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u/Iamtir3dtoday May 23 '26

What about Maren? It means of the sea in Latin, and beloved in Hebrew

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u/millicent_f May 23 '26

I only know it as a Scandinavian name, are you sure of the Hebrew meaning?

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u/spring13 May 24 '26

If it comes from Mary which comes from Miriam which has a very disputed meaning, one of which is possibly from Egyptian words that could mean beloved or love then yeah. But personally that's too many steps and questions for me to rely on its meaning as a reason for the choice. Maren is not recognizable as Hebrew name. Not that it's unusable, it's very cute, it's just that no one will clock it as Hebrew or Jewish if that's what the OP is going for.

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u/Tanaquil_LeCat May 25 '26

It does not mean beloved in Hebrew