Sephardic Names

[Trinique_Fire]

I've been doing some research looking for Sephardic names for a female, of either Portuguese or Spanish descent. I've found a few but would be interested to see if anyone has any different contributions. Nicknames, surnames, and proper first names are all fine, but preferably female or unisex.

My brain is storming...

 

[oggbashan]

I've been doing some research looking for Sephardic names for a female, of either Portuguese or Spanish descent. I've found a few but would be interested to see if anyone has any different contributions. Nicknames, surnames, and proper first names are all fine, but preferably female or unisex.

My brain is storming...

Girls beginning A:

Aaliyah
Abigail
Abira
Adah
Adiel
Alma
Amalia
Amina

B

Bathsheba
Bena
Berenice
Bethany
Beulah

C

Carmel

D

Danielle
Deborah
Delilah
Dinah

E

Elisha (unisex)
Elisheva
Esther
Eve

F

Frayda

G

Gabrielle
Gila
Gozala

H

Hannah
Hester
Hulda

More if you want...

 

[Trinique_Fire]

Girls beginning A:


Abira
Adiel

I love these two especially. What else ya got?

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

Are you looking for names for Sephardic Jews who still live in Spain or Portugal, or for those who now live in the US, Israel, South America, etc? I don't know any Sephardic Jews in the U.S., but I do know some in Mexico and Israel, and can PM you with their first names, if you are interested.

You might also find the list of names coming through Ellis Island here interesting:
http://www.sephardicstudies.org/entrance.html

 

[Trinique_Fire]

Are you looking for names for Sephardic Jews who still live in Spain or Portugal, or for those who now live in the US, Israel, South America, etc? I don't know any Sephardic Jews in the U.S., but I do know some in Mexico and Israel, and can PM you with their first names, if you are interested.

You might also find the list of names coming through Ellis Island here interesting:
http://www.sephardicstudies.org/entrance.html

It doesn't matter, really. I'm going for more believability than accuracy (at this point). I'll tweak what needs to be tweaked when the time comes.

The background is that the character's mother was Chilean and of Israeli descent (Israeli on her mother's side and Chilean on her father's) and her father was a Sephardic Jew living in Israel of mixed Spanish and Portuguese descent.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

Are you looking for names for Sephardic Jews who still live in Spain or Portugal, or for those who now live in the US, Israel, South America, etc? I don't know any Sephardic Jews in the U.S., but I do know some in Mexico and Israel, and can PM you with their first names, if you are interested.

You might also find the list of names coming through Ellis Island here interesting:
http://www.sephardicstudies.org/entrance.html

That being said, I'd love to hear your name suggestions.

 

[oggbashan]

Inéz, Inez
Isabel (Ezabel, Isabella - all variants of Elizabeth)
Ismaela

Jemima (first daughter of Job)
Jodi, Joleen, Judith
Josephine (feminine version of Joseph)

Kelila
Keren (short for Kerenhappuch, third daughter of Job)
Keturah (the woman Abraham married after Sarah's death)
Keziah (Job's second daughter)

Leah
Lillian
Lilith

Madeline
Magdalene
Mahala
Mahira
Manuella
Maria, Mariam, Mary, Maryam, Miriam, Marissa
Martha
Marva
Michaela

Naama
Nancy (form of Hannah)
Naomi

Phoebe
Phillipa (Felipa, Filipa, Pippa) - someone who loves horses.
Priscilla

Rachel, Raquel
Rebecca, Rebekah
Ruth

Salome
Samantha
Sarah
Susannah

Veronica

All the names in this and my previous post come from Hebrew, usually the Old Testament, while some are the Spanish equivalent of names that would be different in English e.g. Felipa