Correct spelling of Yiddish/Jewish names

[ExGingi]

correct, like Myra for Mira.

What do any of those mean?

[Chapshnell]

What do any of those mean?

What the english translation of Mira is? You mean the essence of the word, like Bella in Italian for beautiful type?
I dont know

[moish]

Noone is saying anything anti anyone. What I am saying is that if youre going to say that chasidim might spell it with 2 yidden then know that the biggest recent chasidishe posek on names the holy sanzer ruv said to spell it with one yid.

It comes across as disrespectful when your response to a psak is "Lol what a joke," whether you agree to or or not.

[ckmk47]

Another interesting thing where the hei & alef come into play is...

Golda = alef            Yiddish
Zahava = hei           Hebrew     

Roiza = alef             Yiddish
Shoshana = hei        Hebrew

Etc etc

Hebrew  hei   vs Yiddish alef 

[ckmk47]

This looks like the right place to repost this interesting theory.
I heard this from a guy who had lots of stories and ideas.  The stories were always reliable; he had the exact famous players and circumstances.  His ideas were less so.

In Europe long ago, when our people were spread over a  wide area, davening with a minyan was a rare event for many Jews.  When a boy was born, the father worked to get to a mohel as soon as possible, and the baby was named.  On the other hand, when a girl was born, there was no need  to hurry; the father would wait until the next yom tov, sometimes waiting until the  next Yom Kupur, when he would be going to a minyan anyway.  And then he would name his daughter.  But what do you call your baby in the meantime?  Zissel, Shaindel, Feigel, Gittel, Sheina, etc.And that's why there are so many Yiddish names for girls and relatively few for boys.

[Chapshnell]

It comes across as disrespectful when your response to a psak is "Lol what a joke," whether you agree to or or not.

got it, that def. wasn't the intention. Hope you saw the signature I posted upthread

[Chapshnell]

Hebrew  hei   vs Yiddish alef 

correct, except Ezra. But as a general rule, yes.

[Chapshnell]

This looks like the right place to repost this interesting theory.
I heard this from a guy who had lots of stories and ideas.  The stories were always reliable; he had the exact famous players and circumstances.  His ideas were less so.

In Europe long ago, when our people were spread over a  wide area, davening with a minyan was a rare event for many Jews.  When a boy was born, the father worked to get to a mohel as soon as possible, and the baby was named.  On the other hand, when a girl was born, there was no need  to hurry; the father would wait until the next yom tov, sometimes waiting until the  next Yom Kupur, when he would be going to a minyan anyway.  And then he would name his daughter.  But what do you call your baby in the meantime?  Zissel, Shaindel, Feigel, Gittel, Sheina, etc.And that's why there are so many Yiddish names for girls and relatively few for boys.

hmmm.... this is eye opening. interesting!

[Chapshnell]

One of the names that I would love to hear peoples insights on is "meshulem".
I have heard that you spell it as "Mishlam" without the vuv. However, I know that most do spell it with the vuv so curious if anyone knows what the deal is with that

[yungermanchik]

@Chapshnell Is this a mistake?

It seems like it's sometimes done with Yehuda as well (possibly because of R' Yuda in the yerushalmi)

[hockyfan]

Which makes anything about ציצינו irrelevant.

It is pretty clear to me that ציזינו is a diminutive or endearing form of ציזא or ציזיא. IINM the Rachmestrivker had some great grandmother named חנה ציזא or חוה ציזא. Maybe you can try that angle to try and find out the etymology. Otherwise I would look to someone with Slavic language/names expertise to try and figure it out.

Also, what what her English name. Sometimes those were given to resemble sound, and sometimes actually had a connotation to the meaning.

I think it being the diminutive form of ציזא would make sense based on the previous discussions, though still not sure on meaning of course. Her English name was Betty - based on the sound of it, not sure it's going to help much regarding the meaning of the Hebrew one   

[Chapshnell]

@Chapshnell Is this a mistake?

Its a very good question, I am not sure. I have who to ask. Ive seen people write their name as יודא as in Yiddy type but of course thats not their real name. Ill ask

[etech0]

correct, except Ezra. But as a general rule, yes.

Might be Arameic not Hebrew

[zh cohen]

Its a very good question, I am not sure. I have who to ask. Ive seen people write their name as יודא as in Yiddy type but of course thats not their real name. Ill ask

I think יודא is a different name than יהודה.

[ExGingi]

I think it being the diminutive form of ציזא would make sense based on the previous discussions, though still not sure on meaning of course. Her English name was Betty - based on the sound of it, not sure it's going to help much regarding the meaning of the Hebrew one   

Interestingly

https://www.behindthename.com/name/Betty

https://www.behindthename.com/name/elizabeth

[hockyfan]

Interestingly

https://www.behindthename.com/name/Betty

https://www.behindthename.com/name/elizabeth

Any suggestion between these and ציזא? Or just showing the connection between Betty and Elizabeth?

[ExGingi]

Any suggestion between these and ציזא? Or just showing the connection between Betty and Elizabeth?

Some of the diminutive forms in various languages have an EEZA sound, maybe there's some connection.

Also see https://www.behindthename.com/name/cisa/submitted (maybe you can contact the person that submitted it as a Yiddish name for more information).

[yuneeq]

Hi all, kind of a strange request, but my grandmother just passed away and her Hebrew name was "tzizinu" ( spelled phonetically, unfortunately don't know the actual spelling). I think it's Yiddish in origin, but not sure on that either. Did some extensive googling and can't find any information. Anyone with Yiddish expertise have any ideas on it's meaning? Or is it not even Yiddish? Appreciate any help!

I’m not a name specialist but the name sounds very close to Susanna, or Shoshana in Hebrew.

[moish]

In Europe long ago, when our people were spread over a  wide area, davening with a minyan was a rare event

I have never heard of this. Is there anywhere where such a phenomenon is documented?

[YitzyS]

@Chapshnell Is this a mistake?

I know Yehudas who write their name with an Alef because the name written out is one letter more than the Shaim Hashem, and they don't want to mistakenly skip the Daled ever and write the shaim Hashem, so they spell their name with an Alef instead.