Names (was Re: Reminder - Weekly Chat

[alice_loves_cats]

> Naama:
> Both are Biblical names, by the way, although Naomi, as one 
> of the main characters of Ruth, is much more known.

Alice:

And so it is! My dictionary of the Bible says:

Naamah: 1. Daughter of Lamech (Gen 4, 22). 2. Wife of Solomon and 
mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14, 21). 3. Town in Judah (Josh. 15, 41).

I looked it up in my Hungarian Bible (the one I read, the original 
translation from fifteen-something-or-other), and the name mentioned 
in Genesis is "Nahama", in 1 Kings "Naama" and the town in Judah 
also "Naama".

I wonder why some Biblical names become popular and others don't. 
There are many Jewish people living in Hungary, and they almost all 
have Biblical names (from the Old Testament, of course), but they 
only choose from a limited number. Also some Jewish names have become 
extremely popular among non-Jewish people too, like Eszter (Esther) 
or Dániel (Daniel).

Love, Alice