Faith
What about the name Shilat for a baby girl?
Question
How is the name Shilat for a baby girl born on the 4th of Sivan?
Thank you.
Answer
Shalom u-vrachah,
The name Shilat is good and recommended for a girl.
Sources: See Sefer Yuchasin (letter shin), which cites the Geonim in a responsum regarding Rav Shmuel bar Shilat, that Shilat was the name of Rav Shmuel's mother, who was the sister of Rabbi Chiyya. However, in Sefer Yuchasin there, this was not his view. But in the book Pri Tzaddik on Purim (section 2), he wrote to resolve the words of the Geonim. According to this, the name Shilat is good for a girl. This is also what is written in Sefer Yeshuot Mordechai (page 118) בשם Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu zt"l. And so too in Sefer Shemot Ba'aretz (page 72), בשם Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky shlita, that one may name a girl this name.
With blessings of mazel tov and abundant nachat, Hillel Meirs

