Comments on: Minnesota Mamaleh: You Birth ‘Em, You Name ‘Em

By: Galit

Galit — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:20:58 +0000

Hi Pearl! How very fun to hear from you on my very first post! Thanks for sharing your story and children’s names. They’re lovely and I’m so glad that they suit them well. That’s what we all hope for, right? BTW, how funny that we both used “Adina?!”

By: Pearl

Pearl — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:38:37 +0000

Hi Galit,
I was just acquainting myself with some of your early posts and came across this one.
We, too, have 3 children, and their names suit them wonderfully. Sure, trying to pick a lifetime name for each child was open to discussion between my husband and I, but ultimately, the names were agreed upon. We chose names that we liked and combined them with names that honored the memory of relatives who’d passed away.
We are blessed with:
Avshalom Joseph (AVI)
Adina Meriam (ADINA)
Noam Itamar (NOAM)

By: Galit

Galit — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:30:32 +0000

so wonderful to hear from you, galit! thank YOU for sharing your story; it warmed my heart and made my day to read. not that it matters, but i love your kids’ names!

By: another Galit

another Galit — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:07:53 +0000

I loved reading this! My husband, Jon and I had similar issues with baby names. Our last name is as american as “smith”, so I told him that our children will need to have Israeli first and middle names. With our first we decided to each make our lists (type A personality, could be a galit thing)
Jon enlisted the input of EVERYONE he knows, family, friends and eventually strangers. This is YOUR CHILD, why do you care what others think. With our first I was in the hospital for 30 days before his birth, baruch hashem everything went very well, at one point my dr told my husband to go home because he was making my blood pressure go up. We were discussing names of course. I have to say that I am definitely more stubborn than my husband, but only because he will never see this.
I love our two sons names, Moti Meir and Elie Dov. My husband LOVES them too. I did finally win because I played the you birth ‘em you name ‘em card. I had high risk pregnancies and never complained…it was ALL worth it. I think that “our” name gave me a sense of identity, who I am and where I come from and thats what I am hoping it will do for my boys throughout their lives. Thank you for sharing your story, it really touched me. dash cham, galit

By: Galit

Galit — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:07:52 +0000

hi lady-light! thanks for the comment. congrats on the 5 grown kiddos with names that you all absolutely love. that’s the way it should be for everyone!