Message: "Chava" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Chava

by DLB

6/17/2006, 1:27 PM

This name has quickly been growing on me and I just wondered what everyone else thought of it. (My family doesn't like it) I like the prn. they use in Fiddler on the Roof - hah-vuh. So, WDYT? I will appreciate your feedback.

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#Chava

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- Nirvanna +1

6/18/2006, 7:06 AM

Reminds me too much of the word 'Chav', but I don't think that's used outside the UK so it wouldn't really be a problem. Otherwise it's ok, but nms

- DLB

6/18/2006, 10:18 AM

Thanks!

- Natla'd (Miss Natla) +1

6/18/2006, 3:17 AM

Reminds of "Chav". I would prefer Hava.

Love Fiddler On The Roof, though! My favourite name from that film was Tzeitel.

- Maria
Severly-Anti-Lucas.

This message was edited 6/18/2006, 3:19 AM

- DLB

6/18/2006, 10:17 AM

Yeah, Tzeitel is OK. I also LOVE Fiddler on the Roof! A lot of the names in it are rather hard to pronounce, but they're very interesting.

- Noa +1

6/17/2006, 9:25 PM

People can't pronounce it right. It's actually khah-vah, with the kh a throaty-ish sound that doesn't exist in English, and that is a problem. Every other pronounciation for that name sounds bad to me, sorry.

I like the name well enough, though.

- DLB

6/18/2006, 10:16 AM

Yeah, I saw it pronounced like that, but I don't like it that way. Thanks for responding!

- Bear +1

6/17/2006, 5:43 PM

I would also pronounce it "HAH-va."

I like it, but it might not be the easiest to live with. Then again, I would name a dd Niamh, so who am I to talk? It's similar to a name I adore: Hadassah.

What kind of mn would you use?

- DLB

6/18/2006, 10:16 AM

I thought about Chava Louise Noelle. WDYT? Louise is a family name and I HAVE to use it!!

- Soph Cade (caramia31) +1

6/17/2006, 2:31 PM

It's nice!

Live it like it is....
Love it like it was...

- DLB

6/17/2006, 4:04 PM

Thanks!!

- poppylena +1

6/17/2006, 1:34 PM

Unfortuately I see 'chav' immediately

And the associations aren't good here in England.

~Louise x
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This message was edited 6/17/2006, 1:35 PM

- DLB

6/17/2006, 1:37 PM

Too bad

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +2

6/17/2006, 1:32 PM

I immediately think of "Hava Nagila."

Which isn't to say I don't like it. I think it's very pretty--it's simple but elegant, with a nice meaning. I myself would just feel completely inauthentic if I used it, just as I would if I used, say, Ntombi or Jaroslav. I have absolutely no connection to its roots or the culture it's from; it simply wouldn't work for me. But if it works for you? I think it's fantastic.

(And I should note that I'm not saying that you absolutely have to be Jewish to use Chava; simply that you should have some sort of emotional connection to the name, which I don't.)

Array

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- DLB +1

6/17/2006, 1:35 PM

Well, Chava is my favorite character in Fiddler on the Roof! I know it sounds Jewish, but I think it's rather pretty. Thanks for commenting!

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)

6/17/2006, 1:38 PM

That's a perfectly fair emotional connection, IMO. Whether it "sounds Jewish" doesn't matter to me; Colette "sounds French" and I know plenty of non-French girls by that name. ;)

Array

Mick Jagger is older than:
1. Velcro
2. Cake mix
3. Israel
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

- Kristen (iamkristen) +1

6/17/2006, 1:32 PM

It's okay, not for me but fine for someone else. I think it would be mispronounced by just about everyone though.

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- DLB

6/17/2006, 1:35 PM

You're right, it probably would. Thanks for responding!

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