do you have any favorite jewish names that you find underrated?
Hmm…not really sure how I’d determine a name to be underrated. I wanted to name my first girl Miriam, but that’s my chosson’s mother’s Hebrew name so now we can’t use it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But I don’t think that’s particularly underrated.
Most of the names I like for potential kids’ names I like because of the meaning or association with a particular person, not necessarily the name per se. Miriam HaNevia was awesome, and that’s also the closest Hebrew equivalent of my grandmother’s name, so that’s why I wanted that. I also have some really positive associations with Dina because of a sicha of the Rebbe about her, but I don’t love the name itself, so I’m not sure I’d use it. I also kind of want to name a girl after the Alter Rebbe’s daughter Freida because she was also awesome, but I don’t like the nickname Freidy, so again, not sure I’d use it.
It happens to be I actually like the names Menachem Mendel and Chaya Mushka (definitely not underrated lol), but probably wouldn’t use them unless my chosson really really wants to, because I don’t want my kid to be the 15th one in the class with the same name.
