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Are the names Tohar, Maayan, Shachar, Ayelet, and Orya good for a girl?
Question
Hello,
I would be glad to know the meaning of the names Tohar, Maayan, Shachar, Ayelet, and Orya, and whether they are good names to give a girl?
Thank you very much!!
Answer
Hello,
The name Ayelet is good and recommended for girls. It has the positive meaning of agility, like the doe that is light-footed and quick to run, and therefore the tribe of Naphtali is compared to a doe, as it is written (Genesis 49:21), "Naphtali is a doe let loose."
It was also brought that the name Ayelet is auspicious for long life (so wrote in the book Minhagei HaRashal, Part 1, page 298, that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt"l recommended the name Ayelet, and said that there is a segulah for long life in it. It is also widely known in the name of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky shlit"a. Likewise, in the book Yeshuot Mordechai, page 118, it is brought בשם Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu zt"l that the name Ayelet is good for girls).
However, the other names are not really recommended.
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs

