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Name for a Daughter - Is the Name Uriya Appropriate?
Question
Hello, esteemed Rabbi. I am expected to give birth at the beginning of October, which is during Sukkot, and I would like to know if the name Uriya is suitable and what its meaning is. Additionally, I would like to receive a list of recommended names. Thank you in advance, Reut.
Answer
Selection of Names for Girls:
Abigail, Avital, Abishag, Adal, Achinoam, Elishva, Osnat, Efrat.
Bilhah, Berakhah, Batya, Bat-Tzion, Bat-Sheva.
Deborah.
Hodiah, Hadassah, Hilani.
Zilpah.
Chaglah, Chuldah, Chayah, Chavah, Channah.
Tova.
Yehudit, Yokheved, Yonah, Yiskah, Yael.
Leah.
Mirav, [Michal], Moriah, Malka, Milkah.
Noa, Netzavah, Naomi.
Sarach.
Adinah, Atarah.
Pninah.
Tzvia, Tzfira.
Rivkah, Ruth.
Simchah, Shulamit, Shoshannah, Shifra, Sarah, Sharach.
Tehila, Tirtzah.
Accurate spelling in Hebrew:
אביגיל, אביטל, אבישג, אָדְל, אחינועם, אלישבע, אסנת, אפרת.
בלהה, ברכה, בתיה, בת-ציון, בת-שבע.
דבורה.
הודיה, הדסה, הילני.
זלפה.
חגלה, חולדה, חיה, חוה, חנה.
טובה.
יהודית, יוכבד, יונה, יסכה, יעל.
לאה.
מירב, [מיכל], מוריה, מלכה, מִלְכָּה.
נועה, נצבת, נעמי.
סרח.
עדינה, עטרה.
פנינה.
צביה, צפורה.
רבקה, רות.
שמחה, שולמית, שושנה, שפרה, שרה, שרח.
תהלה, תרצה.
There are other names, and the above list is compiled from sources in the Tanakh and the words of Chazal in the Midrashim.
Uriya is a name for a boy and should not be given to a girl.
Best wishes and congratulations - Menashe Yisrael
