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Is it proper to name two siblings after the same grandparent?

  

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Rabbi Yossi Turk: Bienvenidos Welcome. Un minuto, ya lo atiendo. I'll be with you in a moment...


Gramps: Good Morning, Rabbi. My question concerns baby naming.


Rabbi Yossi Turk: Good morning and Mazal tov.


Gramps: My question has to do with the naming of a sibling. Is it proper to name two children from the same parents after the same deceased grandparent?


Rabbi Yossi Turk: With the same name?


Gramps: Not with the same name, but using the same letter. Example: The grandparent's name was Rachel. The first born was named Rick. The second child will be arrive in October, (gender unknown) and the parents want to use the letter R for the second child.


Rabbi Yossi Turk: Sure that’s ok. As long as the actual name is different.


Gramps: Thank you for your quick response.


Gramps: How about the Hebrew name, is it OK to name the second child with the same Hebrew name as the first?


Rabbi Yossi Turk: Same first letter, different name?


Gramps: Yes.


Rabbi Yossi Turk: Perfect.


Gramps: Thank you again. I will relate your information to my daughter and son-in-law.


Rabbi Yossi Turk: Mazal tov again.


Rabbi Yossi Turk: An easy birth and much nachas.


Rabbi Yossi Turk: Bye.

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In Regard to this Issue...

Posted by: Anonymous, NY on Oct 09, 2005

...I was named Chaya in memory of a male family member, (because it was the feminine version of the name,) and my brother was named Chaim when he came along later. Is this wrong? By the way, because I know that at times, the answers to such questions depend on lineage, we are of Middle Eastern origin.

Editor's Comment

Absolutely nothing wrong with such a practice.

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Rachel
Third of the four Jewish matriarchs. Daughter of Laban, favorite wife of Patriarch Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Died while giving birth to Benjamin in 1557 BCE.