[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Berries!
As the post says, I am seeking names that you might commonly find on old Jewish men (because, apparently, that is my style). I’m not talking about men that are named Schlomo that happen to be old, or old men named [name_m]Henrik[/name_m] that happen to be Jewish, but I really want that “old man” and “Jewish” vibe to coexist in fusty-kvetchy way. What names sound like that to you? I’ve thought of: {and it helps to say them out loud in grandmother-living-in-Boca kind of voice}
[name_m]Morty[/name_m]
[name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_m]Saul[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Mose[/name_m]
[name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Cy[/name_m]
[name_m]Art[/name_m]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_u]Sydney[/name_u]
[name_u]Sheldon[/name_u]
Which would sound normal on a baby born today? [name_f]Do[/name_f] any of these old Jewish man names just seem so hip and modern that you’d never even remember they once were used by your immigrant grandparents? I know that a lot of these were once purely WASP names, which was their appeal to newly immigrated babynamers of the 1920s through '40s. They were so overly used by this subset, that they were no longer desired or used by WASPs, and became just the names of a young generation of Jewish boys living in [name_u]America[/name_u]. It’s part of the wide rise and fall of popular names at large. But what other names fit this group?
I hope this post doesn’t offend anyone. My grandparents were Jewish immigrants and were named accordingly. I look to these names with love and nostalgia, so can you help me add to the lists? xoxo, P
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