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[quote=Saya]We are FINALLY getting our act together do do our daughter's conversion and naming. (She's 2 and a half, been home 2 years this month.) Woohoo!! Now we have to pick a Hebrew name - fun!!
Our daughter's first name is Anabel and her middle name is Vianey. Anabel is the name we gave her, after my husband's mother Ann who died when he was a child. (We don't know what his mother's Hebrew name was.) Vianey is one of the names her birthmother gave her.
Here are some of the names on our list:
Chana - seems like the obvious one, and we do like it and may well use it. But my niece is named Hannah (English name and Hebrew name) and I wonder if it's just too weird to have first cousins with basically the same Hebrew name.
Chanit - Close to Chana, but with enough of a twist to make a different. Means "spear" and I love the image of strength.
Aviva - Means "Spring" and she was born in the spring. Plus it's got the A.V. in it that matches her initials.
Leeba - Means "Beloved" in Yiddish, and Anabel also means Beloved from what I've researched.
Shayna (beautiful)
Anina (grace or favor)
Anaia (God answered) - All lovely names that have the a-n-a sound in it that seems to harken back to Anabel.
Congratulations and Mazal Tov!!
Another very nice name that might fit into your list is Leebie (Libby), which means "my Heart".
Aviva is nice, but is considered somewhat old-fashioned (in Israel, that is). The more contemporary version would be "Aviv"
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