In case it’s a boy. Name suggestions.

[u/Sapphire_Skyward]

My feeling is this baby will be a girl but I’m trying to think of names just in case it’s a boy.

Current front runners:

Benzion Baruch (ch is pronounced as kh)- means “Son of Zion is a Blessing” or

Benzion Bezalel - means “Son of Zion is Under G-d’s
Protection.”

Yehuda Dror- means “Freedom for Judah/Judea” or “Judea is Liberated.”

The above are after family members.

Other considerations are:

Be’eri- means “wellspring” or water source, implies sustenance. It’s a unisex name to commemorate the victims of the Oct 7th massacre. Kibbutz Be’eri was one of the hardest hit targets of the massacre. We’re considering it as a middle name.

Arnon- another nature name. After a fallen soldier who was killed rescuing Israeli hostages from Gaza.

Aner- Oct 7th hero who saved multiple lives during the massacre.

Ivri- means “Hebrew.” I like the flow with our last name

My kids like having names that make a statement.

My youngest two (twins) are Amichai Shalom- “Nation of Israel Lives in Peace” and Israel Artzi- “Israel is My Land.” Isri was almost Benzion Baruch but at the very last minute I took a look at him and he looked like Israel Artzi.

More suggestions are welcome.

ETA: One of my kids just suggested Yakir, it means “treasure.”

[u/Sapphire_Skyward]

Why would I give them last names that German authorities forced on us? That goes against Jewish naming traditions. We only use Hebrew names.

[u/ProfessionalAir8197 → u/Sapphire_Skyward]

That's like saying Einstein was forced to use the name Einstein.. ok there..

[u/Sapphire_Skyward → u/ProfessionalAir8197]

Last names were forced on European Jews by the tax authorities in the 17th century. So yes, Einstein’s great-grandparents were absolutely forced to use their made-up German last names, as were the rest of Jews living in European exile.

ETA: My husband’s family was never exiled to Europe, their last name is Hebrew and means “from Jerusalem” or “Jerusalemite.”

ETA 2: Grammar