[name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] is it okay to use if not Jewish?
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hosanna[/name_f] I love recently [name_f][/name_f], maybe because. [name_f]Celebrity[/name_f] recently used it…
[name_f][/name_f]Thoughts on these vs [name_f]Havana[/name_f], [name_f]Havilah[/name_f] or Nazarene [name_f][/name_f]?
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] or [name_f]Jerusha[/name_f] better [name_f][/name_f]?
[name_f][/name_f]Thanks 
I think [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] sound better. I pronounce [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] Evan-gelleen
[name_f][/name_f]I think I like [name_f]Susanna[/name_f] better than [name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] and [name_f]Hosanna[/name_f], but if I have to choose then I would choose [name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] even without Jewish connection.
[name_f]Hosanna[/name_f] is such a pretty name, and my favorite out of all the options. [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] is a close runner up!
I know a little [name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] who is not Jewish, so I think its fine.
[name_f][/name_f]However I feel like the names are all so different in style its hard to choose one I over the other. [name_f][/name_f] It would just depend on what style you’re going for.
Personally, I would consider [name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] a Jewish name and would advise against it for someone who isn’t Jewish.
[name_f][/name_f]And I prefer [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] to [name_f]Jerusha[/name_f].
Speaking as someone who is Jewish, [name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f] is a common Hebrew name, and while it’s not a no, I would wonder why, if you’re not Jewish, you’d use it, considering that Susanna/h, [name_f]Susan[/name_f], and [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f] are all perfectly acceptable alternatives.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hosanna[/name_f] – speaking as a teacher, nope. [name_f][/name_f] Unless you never expect her to enter mainstream American life, the first syllable is too much.
[name_f][/name_f]I love [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] – I knew a wonderful writer named [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] – and I had a teaching assistant named [name_f]Jerusha[/name_f], which is a terrific name.
I’m guessing you’re [name_m]Christian[/name_m] then, based on these other names? They’re all beautiful!!! Heavily [name_m]Christian[/name_m] of course. I love them too.
[name_f]Shoshana[/name_f] is beautiful! [name_f][/name_f] I have considered it to honor a Jewish friend of mine. [name_f][/name_f] I currently prefer [name_f]Susanna[/name_f] and Zuzu/Sosie but I have loved [name_f]Shoshana[/name_f] for a long time. [name_f][/name_f] I would love to meet one!
[name_f][/name_f]I can’t really comment on whether it’s usable outside the Jewish community or not, but my thought is that it would be ok? [name_f][/name_f] I don’t know of anything that makes it along the lines of [name_m]Cohen[/name_m], for example.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hosanna[/name_f] I think is beautiful; reminds me of [name_m]Hallow[/name_m] or [name_f]Hallelujah[/name_f] or something along those lines. [name_f][/name_f] I know a little [name_f]Hosanna[/name_f], actually, although she’s probably not too little anymore. [name_f][/name_f] I think it’s a fun, meaningful name.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Havana[/name_f] doesn’t do much for me, nor Nazarene, but I am a big fan of [name_f]Havilah[/name_f] nn Havi… [name_f][/name_f] I would love to have a [name_f]Havilah[/name_f] in my life.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] is one of my top names of all time so I would pick her over all of these, but if I were to rank all these names, I would probably rank them like this:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Havilah[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Shoshana[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Jerusha[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hosanna[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Havana[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]Nazarene
I remember LOVING [name_f]Jerusha[/name_f] as a teenager. [name_f][/name_f] Feels quite like [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] to me, and [name_m]Roo[/name_m] would be such a cute nn for it.