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Help[Opinions] Re: Pessy
in reply to a message by diamond
As Caressa says, Pessy is a Yiddish form of Basia. (The second Hebrew version.)
I would bet that most of these girls have been born to Orthodox or Hasidic Jewish families in New York. They are probably going to be living in neighborhoods where everyone is familiar with Pessy as a name, and so won't have very many problems with teasing about it when they get older.
However, I'm not sure it's really a good idea in an English speaking context in neighborhoods where most people aren't familiar with it, especially for a non-Jewish girl whose parents don't have a very specific positive reason to tell her why they gave it to her. It's the sort of name that one needs to have a specific story of why you chose it to tell the child, to help her overcome any teasing she might get and make her proud of the name. This might not be necessary in a Hasidic neighborhood, but would be in most other places.
I would bet that most of these girls have been born to Orthodox or Hasidic Jewish families in New York. They are probably going to be living in neighborhoods where everyone is familiar with Pessy as a name, and so won't have very many problems with teasing about it when they get older.
However, I'm not sure it's really a good idea in an English speaking context in neighborhoods where most people aren't familiar with it, especially for a non-Jewish girl whose parents don't have a very specific positive reason to tell her why they gave it to her. It's the sort of name that one needs to have a specific story of why you chose it to tell the child, to help her overcome any teasing she might get and make her proud of the name. This might not be necessary in a Hasidic neighborhood, but would be in most other places.
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Right. But I still really like it. I might use it as a middle name, though. I don't know yet. The reason is because I like Gianna just as much as Pessy and Lillian. I just have to pray about it. lol
I don't know why, but this name is so cutesy for my taste. I like cute names, I think that's my style. I know what it means, Daughter of God. I am well aware.
By the way, if I'd have a Pessy Lillian, that would connect to my son's name. I am well aware of that as well. As the Pharaoh's daughter took baby Moses out of the water. By the way, as I was reading the daily reading for class in the OT, I came to a realization that Moses was someone great. It just hit me. And then, because I LOVE baby names, I decided that my first son's name will be Moses. I even told God that! I really did and ask Him please let me have the chance to name my son after Moses. And then, in my spare time late at night I did research on the name Moses on this website and then I found Moshe, which I started loving as the days went by even better than Moses, which sounds a bit harsher if you know what I mean for my own personal taste. At that time, instantly I pronounced it as the correct pronounciation but then Moshie always slipped out as if I would call my son. I did more research and came to the realiztion that it is pronounced as I first thought it would be, really, really sweetly, as Moshe. And I have come across this name during high school but took little notice of it and then it escaped from my short term memory. I took an Old Testament class at my university which was VERY, VERY detailed...we only got through the first hald of the OT, and I will take another OT class, the other half of it which too, is going to be very detailed.
I don't know why, but this name is so cutesy for my taste. I like cute names, I think that's my style. I know what it means, Daughter of God. I am well aware.
By the way, if I'd have a Pessy Lillian, that would connect to my son's name. I am well aware of that as well. As the Pharaoh's daughter took baby Moses out of the water. By the way, as I was reading the daily reading for class in the OT, I came to a realization that Moses was someone great. It just hit me. And then, because I LOVE baby names, I decided that my first son's name will be Moses. I even told God that! I really did and ask Him please let me have the chance to name my son after Moses. And then, in my spare time late at night I did research on the name Moses on this website and then I found Moshe, which I started loving as the days went by even better than Moses, which sounds a bit harsher if you know what I mean for my own personal taste. At that time, instantly I pronounced it as the correct pronounciation but then Moshie always slipped out as if I would call my son. I did more research and came to the realiztion that it is pronounced as I first thought it would be, really, really sweetly, as Moshe. And I have come across this name during high school but took little notice of it and then it escaped from my short term memory. I took an Old Testament class at my university which was VERY, VERY detailed...we only got through the first hald of the OT, and I will take another OT class, the other half of it which too, is going to be very detailed.
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