CHIENNA given name
Richard Lesses
Anyone have ideas on this one? My wife has suggested that this might be
Shana. I saw the first instance of it for a Polish-born GGGAunt.
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Jessica Schein
Richard Lesses wrote:
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> Anyone have ideas on this one? My wife has suggested that this might be
Shana. I saw the first instance of it for a Polish-born GGGAunt.
>
How about Shayna (beautiful)? French spelling of a common Yiddish name.
Just guessing.
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Jonathan Meltzer
In article <32b14d1...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
Lynn Berkowitz <lynn...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:28:59 -0500, Richard Lesses <rwle...@tiac.net>
>wrote:
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>:Anyone have ideas on this one? My wife has suggested that this might be
>:Shana. I saw the first instance of it for a Polish-born GGGAunt.
>CHIENNA (the "CH" is pronounced the same as in "CHAIM") is of Russian
>origin and is not a variation of SHANA. I used to have a neighbor with this
>name, and she had a daughter Shana.
>
My great-great-grandmother was named "Chiena"... so what does it mean?
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Alan Wachtel
Jonathan Meltzer <jmel...@world.std.com> asked:
>My great-great-grandmother was named "Chiena"... so what does it mean?
In "Jewish Personal Names," Rabbi Shmuel Gorr says that Haiyenneh, as he
spells it (with a dot under the h to indicate a glottal sound), is a rare
form created by the contraction of two names into one--Haiyyah (more often
spelled Chaya) and Henne (a form of Hannah). I suppose it would be roughly
like Marilyn in English, which (according to another book on English-language
names) is a combination of Mary and Ellen.
--
Alan Wachtel
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Irv Cantor
>>:Anyone have ideas on this one? My wife has suggested that this might be
>>:Shana. I saw the first instance of it for a Polish-born GGGAunt.
>>:
>>CHIENNA (the "CH" is pronounced the same as in "CHAIM") is of Russian
>>origin and is not a variation of SHANA. I used to have a neighbor with
this
>>name, and she had a daughter Shana.
>>
>
I'm not sure. But two possibilities:
1. Variation on "chai" or "life", rough translation of "chayennah"
would be "woman who vitalizes others".
2. Variation of "chayn" meaning grace, beauty and charm.
Irv Cantor
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