Hadassah, Hephzibah and...?

Name Advice
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I’m currently writing a story, and my two main characters come from a large Orthodox Jewish family.

Hadassah’s full name is Hadassah Winnie Rose, and Hepzibah’s full name is Hepzibah Sadie Grace. Their nicknames are Dass and Zibby.

Not sure how many of each siblings they have, I normally determine that by how many names I like, and Im stuck

Their parents are Susannah and James. If that helps at all

forgot to mention, Hadassah and Hepzibah are identical twins, that’s why both of their names start with H

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[name_f]Hadassah[/name_f], [name_f]Hephzibah[/name_f] and…

[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] ‘Mim’ ‘Miri’

[name_f]Esther[/name_f] ‘Star’ ‘Esti’ ‘Essie’ ‘Effie’

[name_f]Keziah[/name_f] ‘Kezzie’ ‘Kia’ ‘Kazzie’ ‘Kizzie’

[name_f]Elisheva[/name_f] ‘Ellie’ ‘Elisha’ ‘Lissie’

[name_f]Eliora[/name_f] ‘Lio’ ‘Liora’ ‘Elle’

[name_f]Devorah[/name_f] ‘Dev’ ‘Rory’ ‘Dora’ ‘Dove’

[name_m]Tobiah[/name_m] ‘Bo’ ‘Toby’

[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m] ‘Remy’

[name_m]Hershel[/name_m] ‘Harry’ ‘Shel’ ‘Hank’

[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] ‘Bram’

[name_m]Eitan[/name_m] ‘Tan’

[name_m]Haskell[/name_m] ‘Hank’ ‘Kelly’

[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m] ‘Larz’ ‘Aza’

[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] ‘Solly’ ‘Sol’ ‘Sonny’

[name_m]Eliezer[/name_m] ‘Eli’ ‘Ez’ ‘Ezer’

[name_m]Dovid[/name_m] ‘Dodo’ ‘Dodie’

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[name_f]Hadassah[/name_f], [name_f]Hephzibah[/name_f], and [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]? [name_f]Zipporah[/name_f] has a similar weight to it.

I would think an Orthodox Jewish man would be called [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] rather than [name_m]James[/name_m]?

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I thought about that, but I generally prefer [name_m]James[/name_m] to [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]

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Hezekiel
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hillel[/name_m]

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The [name_f]Hadassah[/name_f] I know has sisters Zeh@va, Tsippor@h, Tov@h, and Av!ela

(Obligatory I am not Jewish)

other ideas (sorry for repeats)
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] (Miri, Mitzi)
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f] (Vivi, Ava)
[name_f]Malka[/name_f] (Kallie, [name_m]Mack[/name_m], Mallie)
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] (Mimi, Nomi)
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f] (Ree, [name_f]Vickie[/name_f], Iva)
[name_f]Yael[/name_f] (Yaya, Leya)
[name_f]Rina[/name_f] (Ree)
[name_f]Zlata[/name_f] (Lala)
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Tirzah[/name_f] (Zizi, Ritz, Zari)

[name_m]Amos[/name_m] (Ames)
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m] (Bo)
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] (Ru or [name_m]Roo[/name_m], [name_m]Ben[/name_m], Benno)
[name_f]Ariel[/name_f] (Ari)
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] (Chi or [name_m]Kai[/name_m], Mack)
[name_m]Asher[/name_m] (Ash)
[name_m]Levi[/name_m] (Vee)
[name_m]Abner[/name_m] (Abe)
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m] (Lemmy, Mel)
[name_m]Azriel[/name_m] (Aza, [name_m]Ash[/name_m], Reil)
[name_m]Noam[/name_m]

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Hezekiah for a boy, Hosanna for a girl!

And some more choices without H beginnings:

Zipporah
Tirzah
Zahava
Sarah
Esther
Rivka
Chaya

Yaakov
Aron
Mendel
Asher
Enoch

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[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] (Abe or Bram)
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] (Zeke)
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] (Ike)
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] (Cai or Kai)
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] (Nate)

[name_f]Esther[/name_f] (Essie, [name_f]Esti[/name_f], or Estée)
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] (Miri or Mimi)
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] (Ruthie or Rue)
[name_f]Shoshana[/name_f] (Shana or Annie)
[name_f]Tamar[/name_f] (Tammy or Mara)

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[name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Elisheva[/name_f], [name_f]Eliora[/name_f], [name_f]Devorah[/name_f], [name_m]Tobiah[/name_m], [name_m]Eitan[/name_m], and [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]

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Hezekiel, and [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] are are awesome

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love [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], [name_f]Aviva[/name_f], [name_f]Malka[/name_f], [name_f]Riva[/name_f], [name_f]Zlata[/name_f], [name_f]Tirzah[/name_f], [name_m]Reuben[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_m]Asher[/name_m], [name_m]Abner[/name_m], and [name_m]Azriel[/name_m]

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I LOVE [name_f]Hosanna[/name_f], but it’s a little to close to [name_f]Hadassah[/name_f].

I also like [name_f]Zipporah[/name_f], [name_f]Tirzah[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Rivka[/name_f], [name_f]Chaya[/name_f], [name_m]Yaakov[/name_m], [name_m]Aron[/name_m], and [name_m]Mendel[/name_m]

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[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m], [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], Shoshabba are awesome

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I’m Jewish and taught Hebrew school for years so I know quite a few Hadassahs (no Hephzibahs though). It’s your story so do what you want but I would recommend against more [name_m]Christian[/name_m] names like [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Hosanna[/name_f], [name_m]James[/name_m] — in these circles they would be more likely to be [name_f]Shoshana[/name_f], [name_f]Hadassah[/name_f], Jacob/Yakob.

I’ll include some of their siblings names + general “Modern Orthodox” names. Short, gender neutral names are pretty trendy lately so I’ve been hearing a lot more babies named [name_f]Bar[/name_f] and [name_m]Ari[/name_m] than [name_f]Menucha[/name_f] and [name_f]Shoshana[/name_f] which is a shame because they’re super cute names.

[name_f]Ashira[/name_f], [name_f]Shira[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f] (I know at least 5 Avivas, very popular)
[name_f]Batsheva[/name_f]
[name_f]Chaya[/name_f], [name_f]Chava[/name_f], [name_f]Chana[/name_f]
[name_f]Danit[/name_f]
[name_f]Emanuelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Malka[/name_f]
[name_f]Mayim[/name_f], [name_f]Maayan[/name_f]
[name_f]Menucha[/name_f]
[name_f]Orli[/name_f]
[name_f]Penina[/name_f]
[name_f]Raisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Reva[/name_f], [name_f]Riva[/name_f]
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f] (I know sooo many Rivkas)
[name_f]Ronit[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Shoshana[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigal[/name_f]
[name_f]Sivan[/name_f]
[name_f]Tzipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Vered[/name_f]

[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] / [name_m]Avraham[/name_m] , [name_m]Abram[/name_m], [name_m]Avi[/name_m]
[name_m]Avshalom[/name_m]
[name_m]Chaviv[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]Ravid[/name_m]
Kehos
[name_m]Lior[/name_m]
[name_m]Menachem[/name_m]
[name_m]Mendel[/name_m]
[name_m]Moishe[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordechai[/name_m]
[name_m]Oz[/name_m], [name_m]Or[/name_m]
Rachamim
[name_f]Ramah[/name_f]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Shlomo[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]
[name_m]Zohar[/name_m]

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I actually changed Susannah’s name last night to [name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] with the nn [name_f]Shanna[/name_f], still on the fence about [name_m]James[/name_m] though since I really don’t like [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] as a first name but [name_m]Yakob[/name_m] is cute.

[name_f]Menucha[/name_f] and [name_f]Bar[/name_f] are ADORABLE I also love

[name_f]Ashira[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Batsheva[/name_f]
[name_f]Chaya[/name_f] / [name_f]Chava[/name_f] / [name_f]Chana[/name_f]
[name_f]Danit[/name_f]
[name_f]Malka[/name_f]
[name_f]Maayan[/name_f]
[name_f]Orli[/name_f]
[name_f]Penina[/name_f]
[name_f]Raisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Riva[/name_f]
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Tzipporah[/name_f]
[name_m]Avraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Chaviv[/name_m]
[name_m]Ravid[/name_m] (though it does kinda sound like Rabid)
[name_m]Lior[/name_m]
Menechem
[name_m]Mendel[/name_m]
[name_m]Moishe[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordechai[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]
[name_m]Zohar[/name_m]

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Ravid would be pronounced rah-VEED around here so that definitely helps with the rabid association :sweat_smile:

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Oh, I like that pronunciation a lot :heart:

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[name_f]Zahava[/name_f] (zaza or zazzy)
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f] (vivi or viv or viva)
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] (esti)

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[name_m]Hananiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Shadrach[/name_m]
[name_m]Meshach[/name_m]
Abed-nego