Jewish baby names, in America

[CountDeMoney]

I have only known one Jew named Ariel, and it was a girl.

My college girlfriend had a female cousin named Ariel, too, come to think of it.

I met a male Ariel once, but he had those funky pigtails and wore a black hat.

[Caliga]

I've never actually known any Hasidic Jews.  Most of the Jews I've known have been Conservative, and a handful were Orthodox.

[CountDeMoney]

I've never actually known any Hasidic Jews.  Most of the Jews I've known have been Conservative.

Who was the Languishite that called them Reformed Jews once?     Like they just got out of Juvy Hall or something.

[Caliga]

  Don't recall that.  Must have been referring to Reform Jews.   I think those are the Jews who are basically atheists, but like to get together for services anyway because they like singing hava nagila.  I have a friend who essentially does that, but is technically Conservative.  He also wants to give his daughter the option of being observant rather than forcing her to be a secular Jew like he is.

[Grey Fox]

My kid name is Ariel, yes, she's a girl. Take that, Arab.

[Caliga]

My kid name is Ariel, yes, she's a girl. Take that, Arab.

You no doubt name her after the Disney princess though.  Or maybe your bitch did.

[CountDeMoney]

Jewwy McJewstein has a nice ring to it.

[Neil]

I want to name our baby Ariel (Lion of G-d), but my wife says Ariel is a female name here in America. How the hell did this happen? How come a manly hebrew name becomes a female name? This is ridicoulus.

Yeah, your kid would get his ass kicked.  Ariel is totally a girls name, because it sounds super-feminine.  It's been that way for the last 300 years or so, thanks to 17th century interpretations of Shakespeare.  Caleb is a hillbilly retard name, but at least it's a boy name.

[derspiess]

Caleb is pretty common among little boys around here. 

Re: Jewish names in general, my wife took a while to get used to their heavy usage in the US.  She thought every Rebecca or Jacob she ran into here was Jewish

[CountDeMoney]

Ariel Sharon = Chick's name X 2

[Caliga]

Actually I just checked my family tree (which has 22,857 ancestors and kin in it) and I have exactly one Caleb in there.  Caleb Burkins, born in 1845 in Cecil County, Maryland and from a Scots-Irish family.  Most likely an illiterate drunkard, too.

[CountDeMoney]

Caleb is a hillbilly retard name, but at least it's a boy name.

Caleb has been picking up steam the last several years, particularly amongst the Yuppie Suburbanite crowd;  I think a lot of women think it has something to do with shiny non-threatening vampires or something.

[Grey Fox]

My kid name is Ariel, yes, she's a girl. Take that, Arab.

You no doubt name her after the Disney princess though.  Or maybe your bitch did.

It was my idea, I didn't know it was the little mermaids name at that time.

I would have named her just "Ari" but I was overruled, I had to find an alternative.

Jo was also rejected.

[Caliga]

Anyway, if I was a Jew I'd name my kid Barak.  LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHTNING BOLT

[CountDeMoney]

Caleb Burkins, born in 1845 in Cecil County, Maryland and from a Scots-Irish family.  Most likely an illiterate drunkard, too.

Funny how Cecil County hasn't changed since 1845.