Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!rlw From: rlw@wxlvax.UUCP (Richard L. Wexelblat) Newsgroups: net.social,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Naming - letting the kids choose their own names -- Jewish names Message-ID: <238@wxlvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 16:00:33 EST Article-I.D.: wxlvax.238 Posted: Wed Feb 22 16:00:33 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 01:46:43 EST References: pegasus.953 Lines: 10 Apropos of the naming after living relatives, Andy van Dam -- of a Dutch Sephardic tradition tells me that his family alternates names of first sons. That is, he is Andries, his father Levi, Andy's grandfather is Andries, Levi's grandfather is Levi. The tradition of not naming a child after a living relative is definitely of middle-european (probably Galitzianer) folk origin. --Dick Wexelblat (Lev Haim ben Mortke Hesch) ...decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!rlw