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Help[Opinions] Judith, Yehudit, Giuditta
One of my "unofficial" (appaears on birth certificate, but I don't have to sign it) middle names is Giuditta. The way it came up is interesting, because when my mother was pregnant with me my father had a dream about having a daughter named Judith, so he suggested the Italian version of the name, Giuditta, which however my mother hated and opposed as a first name. When I found out I loved the name for some reason (possibly because, unlike my super-popular first name, Giuditta is uncommon) and loved even more when I first heard of the Judith story.
Presently I understand why my mother disliked Giuditta, the double "t" is harsh, and since Judith is kind of boring, I was toying with Yehudit for a hypothetical future daughter, as a way to indirectly honour myself and because it's a powerful, strong namesake. Btw, I guess I'll seriously think about this if and when I get to have children, but at this stage I've decided that I won't worry about liking names that are too Jewish/Israeli sounding, since Jewish cultures matters very much to me, a lot of my favourite authors are Jewish or Israeli (Primo Levi, Philip Roth, Amos Oz, Abraham Yehoshua) and I love klezmer and modern Israeli music.
So WDYTO Yehudit? And of Judith and Giuditta?
Presently I understand why my mother disliked Giuditta, the double "t" is harsh, and since Judith is kind of boring, I was toying with Yehudit for a hypothetical future daughter, as a way to indirectly honour myself and because it's a powerful, strong namesake. Btw, I guess I'll seriously think about this if and when I get to have children, but at this stage I've decided that I won't worry about liking names that are too Jewish/Israeli sounding, since Jewish cultures matters very much to me, a lot of my favourite authors are Jewish or Israeli (Primo Levi, Philip Roth, Amos Oz, Abraham Yehoshua) and I love klezmer and modern Israeli music.
So WDYTO Yehudit? And of Judith and Giuditta?
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I like all of them, but I must say I like Giuditta the best. I think it sounds fantastic with your first name. I'm a big fan of -a endings anyway, so I guess that sways me a lot.
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I can't say I like Giuditta that much because of the "a" at the end.
I dislike it when to biblical feminine names is added an A - like Ruta, Salomea etc.
Judith is really nice, especially because it reminds me of Judith Kerr, another Jewish writer I remember from my chidhood.
Yehudit is definetly my favourite out of these - I can't explain, why.
Judith's namesake is strong, but I dislike the idea of killing someone for your country. :S
Btw, I like Isaac mostly because Isaac Bashevis Singer, who is one of my favourite writers. :)
I dislike it when to biblical feminine names is added an A - like Ruta, Salomea etc.
Judith is really nice, especially because it reminds me of Judith Kerr, another Jewish writer I remember from my chidhood.
Yehudit is definetly my favourite out of these - I can't explain, why.
Judith's namesake is strong, but I dislike the idea of killing someone for your country. :S
Btw, I like Isaac mostly because Isaac Bashevis Singer, who is one of my favourite writers. :)
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Jidith is nice I don't like the others
try again do or do not yoda
try again do or do not yoda
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