Most Uncommon Frum Baby Names
Angiepymytu is lurking on a three-year-old forum topic called "Most Uncommon Frum Names" , on a website called Yeshiva World News. Not sure what more there is to say here... A600KiloBear Inactive, per member request BS"D But are the Bahiyas named Batya for kodesh the way an American Batya might be known as Beth on paper, or has Bahiya become a kodesh name the way the French names have in Morocco? Annette is Chana, but there are granddaughters of Annettes who was born at the time the Alliance started in Morocco is called Annette and only Annette even if her parents are very haredi. Especially in EY, people do not even know that the name was French but think it is an authentic Moroccan Jewish first name - which I guess it is once the name is given in memory of someone. My friend's mother by now probably has (great)grandchildren named Annette for their (great)grandmother as per Sefardi custom. If you saw Rabbanit Annette shopping in Boro Park, the only wa...
