I've been toiling with a Hebrew name for my little guy at his bris. His middle name will likely be Hershel since his English middle name is after my grandfather, but I'd like to give him a first name for someone else.
My aunt's Hebrew name was Shoshana and google is failing me at finding some kind of male equivalent for it. Any ideas?
grapefruit / 4717 posts
Hi and congrats! I poked around a little online and came across this thread:
http://www.imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43377
Shoshana is such a beautiful name! It means "lily" in Hebrew. Not sure if you're looking for a name beginning with the same Hebrew letter? Or a name with similar meaning? Like that other post points out, you probably wouldn't be naming a boy after a flower, but if you want to stick to nature, how about a Hebrew name for something in nature? Or something with the "sh" sound at the beginning?
I also found this site for Hebrew names, and you can pick the gender and first letter, then click for meaning:
http://www.kveller.com/letter/s/gender/male/
Does this help at all? It was really hard for me to come up with first English boy names, then Hebrew boy names, too!
ETA: Feel free to PM if you wanna chat more.
pomegranate / 3105 posts
Thanks for this! I am going to poke around on the sites to see what I can find. The doctor doing the bris said he could help if we need him to, and my aunt's full Hebrew name was Shoshana Shimson, but I have two cousins named Sampson/Shimson after my grandfather so I was hoping to stick to something else.
I looked online for the Hebrew names for Henry (grandfather) and didn't like any of them, so decided to stick with Hershal since that was his Hebrew name. Good call on the SH names though, I will see what I can find 
apricot / 253 posts
@babycanuck: My son's name is Simon and his hebrew name is Shai - it means gift. I think that would be lovely as a tribute to Shoshana Shimson!
nectarine / 2210 posts
I love the name Shoshanah since that's my name... Both my Hebrew name as well as everyday! I do like Shai as well. Maybe Solomon or Saul could also be options?
grapefruit / 4717 posts
@math.nerd: OOOoooh, I knew a Shai in college. Love that name. I think that's a really nice option to go with Hershel.
Don't know if you'd also want to consider something without an "sh" since Hershel already has it? Or maybe that makes it go more?
pomegranate / 3105 posts
@math.nerd: I never thought of Shai! Do you pronounce it "shy" or "shay"?
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Shoshana is a type of rose. I think you could either go with something similar in terms of sound or meaning. This website has a lot of options:
Sh names- http://www.allhebrewnames.com/hebnames/en/home.seam?pageID=4&letter=S
pomelo / 5228 posts
Kveller.com has a great hebrew name database: http://www.kveller.com/letter/s/ . I think a name starting with S would be a great option to honor your aunt. The first off the top of my head was "Shmuley" 
pear / 1879 posts
Ooh, I love the name Shai! If you're set on the "sh" sound, what about Shilo/h?
My Hebrew name is Shoshana (after my grandmother, Rose), so I love anything that goes with/sounds like that
nectarine / 2152 posts
@math.nerd: my son's middle name is Shai and his last name is Simon! So funny
I obviously love the name Shai (shy) but my husband vetoed for a first name. My daughter is named Shoshana, which I thought meant rose in Hebrew but I don't really know this stuff well...
A Hebrew boy name that begins with 'Sh' is tough, you could just do the letter 'S' which would open up more options!
olive / 62 posts
There are tons of Hebrew names that start with the "sh" sound that derive from "Shalom". I think that's a lively name.
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