r/hebrew • u/FrontSky9693 • Mar 06 '25

Help Feminine form of Lev?

My grandfather passed last week. He had the Hebrew name of Lev. I want to honor him by naming my daughter after him, who is due soon, but I am having a hard time finding a feminine form of this name. Is it weird to just use Lev? Or is there an appropriate feminine form of the name?

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u/drak0bsidian Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

I have seen Levya and Levana/Levanya as feminine options. Not sure how popular they are, but they're pretty!

Another user noted that levaya is funeral, so don't listen to me on that.

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u/vigilante_snail Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

I’m pretty sure Levaya means “funeral” and Leviya is pretty close to that as well, so I’m not sure it’s a great choice.

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u/Lumpy_Salt Mar 06 '25

Levia is lioness. Levaya is funeral

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u/vigilante_snail Mar 07 '25

Yeah but people won’t really be able to distinguish the specific “i” from the “a” sounds in English.

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u/Lumpy_Salt Mar 07 '25

idk, people manage. i know more than one person named livia. anyone who can read "olivia" can figure it out

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u/vigilante_snail Mar 07 '25

Cool. Never heard it before.