[name_m]Hi[/name_m], I’m trying to add to my boys’ Hebrew name list and I’m really liking Elimelech meaning “[name_f]My[/name_f] God is [name_m]King[/name_m]” this name wouldn’t be used by most people but rather for religious purposes mostly so it’s fine if people have trouble pronouncing it. What do you think?
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How is it pronounced?
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Like Eh-lee-mel-lech (Hebrew ch sound not sure how to write it in [name_f]English[/name_f])
I like it a lot! 
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the Hebrew ch sound somewhere between a k and an h?
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I know someone with Elimelech as a second Hebrew name. It’s quite nice, feels a bit like a shmoosh of two others but I do like it. For previous posters: ch is a guttural h
For some names like [name_f]Chana[/name_f], I know people who use it as an everyday name in the US and it turns into “ha-nuh” like [name_f]Hana[/name_f] rather than the real chah nuh
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Elimelech has an interesting flow and feel
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I like it! Very unusual! It’s from the book of [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], isn’t it?
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I like it! Reminds me a little of [name_m]Eliphalet[/name_m], which I love. Have you considered that?
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Yes! I really like it but I’ve never heard it used IRL so I wonder if it’s ever used as a Hebrew name.
Yes!
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Yes I think the husband of [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]?
Elimelech s a wonderful name. I love it!
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It’s certainly a mouthful, but I don’t think that’s a reason not to use it. It sounds very meaningful and handsome.
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Yes the husband of [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]. When a severe famine hit their homeland they escaped to a foreign one and had a family there which included one of his sons marrying [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]. He died in that land. His biblical legacy is kind of where I’d place [name_m]Judah[/name_m], [name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f], [name_u]Jonah[/name_u], [name_m]Samson[/name_m]… where if you use it there might be some explaining to do. I’d likely pass as a result personally. But it would be an interesting name to see make an appearance in today’s world.