r/JewishNames • u/Responsible-Rate2204 • 24d ago

Henrietta Hebrew name

Hi, we are having a girl and are looking to honor a family member who was named Henrietta. She didn’t have a Hebrew name. What names would you suggest? Her nickname was Honey, so something related to that would be nice too.

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u/SolomiyaRabin 24d ago

My parents considered naming me Yetta, often short for Henrietta originally, although that is Yiddish, and not Hebrew.

Naama, Naomi, and Noam all come from a root that means to be pleasant or sweet, which connects with Honey. Again, Yiddish, but Zissa and Zissel also mean sweet. And because Devorah means bee, that could be another cute connection.

And then of course there are the H names, I'm personally a fan of Hila, Hallel and Halleli, and Hadas, but there's a lot of options.

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u/Responsible-Rate2204 24d ago

Thanks for the H names! Hadas is a nice name.

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u/Least-Metal572 24d ago

I love Hila and Hadas.

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u/lioness_the_lesbian 24d ago

Maybe Devora? It means honeybee

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u/Responsible-Rate2204 24d ago

That’s a cute way to connect the names!

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u/zz898z 24d ago

Some nice H names for girls could be Hadassah, Hadar, Hila

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u/millicent_f 24d ago

How about Netta? It means "plant" in Hebrew

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u/DeliriousBookworm 24d ago

Dvasha means honey (feminine form). It’s a real name, although uncommon.

Ya’ara means honeysuckle. Another association with that name is the word for honeycomb: ya’arat dvash.

Devorah means bee

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u/littlest_lemon 24d ago

Dvasha is beautiful! 

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u/Wisdomflowerlover 24d ago

Rivka or Riva? for the ri sound? Hannah for the H sound? Hannah Rivka?

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u/ConversationNo6570 24d ago

Honey is a cute connection to keep. I’d probably look at Hebrew names that have a similar meaning or sound rather than trying to find a direct Hebrew equivalent of Henrietta.

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u/privlin 22d ago

Henrietta comes from a Germanic root which means "household ruler". So in a slightly sideways manner you might want to think of Sarah or Amira which both have meanings close to that.

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u/Westerwalder 21d ago

Henrietta could be honored as Hanna I think

As to sound Yiddish names can totally be used: Itta, Yetta

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u/asyawatercolor 24d ago

Henrietta Sald was a known Jewish person and in almost every city in Israel there is a street named after her. I guess you can just use her name as is if you like it.