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Help[Opinions] Yeshua
1. What do you think of the name's sound, without considering possible use?
2. What if it were used? Would you have negative thoughts about it, or enjoy it?
2. What if it were used? Would you have negative thoughts about it, or enjoy it?
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1. Not a fan of it.
2. Oy Vey, I'd be confused if it wasn't a fundamentalist Christian or an Orthodox Jew.
2. Oy Vey, I'd be confused if it wasn't a fundamentalist Christian or an Orthodox Jew.
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I kind of like the sound but it does sound a bit like a sneeze.
I know there are some sects of Christianity who call Jesus Yeshua, as they say that's what his name would have been in Hebrew. I know Joshua is widely used but there's something about using Yeshua that doesn't seem right to me. It's just too religious for my liking.
I know there are some sects of Christianity who call Jesus Yeshua, as they say that's what his name would have been in Hebrew. I know Joshua is widely used but there's something about using Yeshua that doesn't seem right to me. It's just too religious for my liking.
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I like the sound of it, but if I met one I would probably ask myself "what's wrong with Joshua?"
I know it's Jewish, but it looks a little like someone who's trying to hard, if I'm being really honest.
I know it's Jewish, but it looks a little like someone who's trying to hard, if I'm being really honest.
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I like how it sounds. I enjoy the y and sh sounds, so this name's right up my alley.
I wouldn't have negative thoughts if I saw it on an actual person. Like others have said, I'd assume its bearer came from an Orthodox Jewish family.
I wouldn't have negative thoughts if I saw it on an actual person. Like others have said, I'd assume its bearer came from an Orthodox Jewish family.
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Orthodox Jewish
I grew up in a very Hasidic/Orthodox community and these types of names are not uncommon at all to me. It's pretty normal. I have a young Yehudah and Yitzhak a few houses apart as neighbors. Not to mention a Moshe, Hadassah, Channah, Rivka, and all the like. All American born (and their parents), it's just their culture and I like it. I think it's great they're into preserving more traditional Hebrew and Yiddish names rather than going with English variants.
That said if I saw a Yeshua I would definitely think he was from a stricter Jewish family but I wouldn't be like ew if he wasn't. The name is alright, isn't something I'd ever use but no real complaints about it. I feel people would butcher the sound, making it weird because it's so foreign.
I grew up in a very Hasidic/Orthodox community and these types of names are not uncommon at all to me. It's pretty normal. I have a young Yehudah and Yitzhak a few houses apart as neighbors. Not to mention a Moshe, Hadassah, Channah, Rivka, and all the like. All American born (and their parents), it's just their culture and I like it. I think it's great they're into preserving more traditional Hebrew and Yiddish names rather than going with English variants.
That said if I saw a Yeshua I would definitely think he was from a stricter Jewish family but I wouldn't be like ew if he wasn't. The name is alright, isn't something I'd ever use but no real complaints about it. I feel people would butcher the sound, making it weird because it's so foreign.
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I don't find the "Yesh" of Yeshua to be attractive at all. If I encountered one, I'd just assume he -- or if he was a child, his family -- was was into Sacred Names (or some such religious group). I've been acquainted with a few who were and they believed in naming their children with Yah included somewhere within the name (Juliyah, Rosiyah, etc.). Among the different groups, there are those who use Yashua and some use Yeshua. There are varying pronunciations as well.
This message was edited 9/29/2012, 9:41 AM
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1. I like the sound, except for the Y. I'm not a big fan of Y names, but the Biblical sound is nice.
2. I wouldn't think twice if it were used. If I heard it in the supermarket I would think the parents were religious, but then I would forget about it (well, after I'd post about it here, of course.)
2. I wouldn't think twice if it were used. If I heard it in the supermarket I would think the parents were religious, but then I would forget about it (well, after I'd post about it here, of course.)
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It reminds me of Joshua slurred by a drunk, so the sound doesn't appeal to me.
My reaction to its use would be more neutral than anything else. I wouldn't think anything negative, but I don't like the name enough to enjoy it. It just seems like an odd-man's Joshua to me, and it doesn't spark the same sort of "oh, c'mon...tell me you didn't" reaction that the use of Jesus (pronounced JEE-zus and used by English speakers) would.
My reaction to its use would be more neutral than anything else. I wouldn't think anything negative, but I don't like the name enough to enjoy it. It just seems like an odd-man's Joshua to me, and it doesn't spark the same sort of "oh, c'mon...tell me you didn't" reaction that the use of Jesus (pronounced JEE-zus and used by English speakers) would.
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1. I think the sound is very unattractive, like a small hearing-impaired or speech-impaired child's mispronunciation of Joshua.
2. If I heard it in real life I would still think it was an ugly sound, but would assume the parents were Orthodox Jews and probably not American-born.
2. If I heard it in real life I would still think it was an ugly sound, but would assume the parents were Orthodox Jews and probably not American-born.
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