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# Generally speaking, Ashkenazim do not name children after living people<ref>Sefer HaChassidim 460</ref> for fear of shortening the other person's life<ref>Yehuda Ya’aleh (vol. 2 Even HaEzer, Choshen Mishpat 106; Yoreh Deah 246)</ref> or to avoid violating a living parent's honor by calling the child the same name as the parent in his presence.<ref>Sdei Chemed (Chattan veKallah 5), Chelkat Yaakov Yoreh Deah Siman 136, Aseh Lecha Rav 2:57 and 6:69</ref> | # Generally speaking, Ashkenazim do not name children after living people<ref>Sefer HaChassidim 460</ref> for fear of shortening the other person's life<ref>Yehuda Ya’aleh (vol. 2 Even HaEzer, Choshen Mishpat 106; Yoreh Deah 246)</ref> or to avoid violating a living parent's honor by calling the child the same name as the parent in his presence.<ref>Sdei Chemed (Chattan veKallah 5), Chelkat Yaakov Yoreh Deah Siman 136, Aseh Lecha Rav 2:57 and 6:69</ref> | ||
# Some say that if there is no reason to pick a particular name, even Ashkenazim are advised to choose the name of one of the Neviim or a recognized Tzaddik and genius of our times, even if he's still alive.<ref>Iggerot Moshe (Orach Chaim 4:66). See Minchat Elazar vol. 4 Siman 27 and Beis Yitzchok 5747 page 5</ref> | # Some say that if there is no reason to pick a particular name, even Ashkenazim are advised to choose the name of one of the Neviim or a recognized Tzaddik and genius of our times, even if he's still alive.<ref>Iggerot Moshe (Orach Chaim 4:66). See Minchat Elazar vol. 4 Siman 27 and Beis Yitzchok 5747 page 5</ref> Others allow naming after a living person if it will give the namesake tremendous satisfaction and raise his low spirits.<ref>Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv named his third child, a daughter, after their childless neighbor as an act of kindness to uplift her gloomy spirits. HaShakdan vol. 3 page 182; Rav Elyashiv, Yehuda and Malky Heimowitz, Artscroll Mesorah, p. 109. | ||
# Sepharadim in general have the custom to name children after living relatives, starting with the father’s parents and then the mother’s, unless there are additional factors such as a loss of the mother’s parent, in which case the paternal grandfather’s Mechilah would be needed.<ref> Yabia Omer vol. 5 Yoreh De’ah 21, Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot vol. 2 10:2)</ref> | # Sepharadim in general have the custom to name children after living relatives, starting with the father’s parents and then the mother’s, unless there are additional factors such as a loss of the mother’s parent, in which case the paternal grandfather’s Mechilah would be needed.<ref> Yabia Omer vol. 5 Yoreh De’ah 21, Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot vol. 2 10:2)</ref> | ||
# If one is naming after both parents (such as to appease everybody), the name of the paternal father should come first.<ref>Ben Ish Chai (Shanah II Shoftim 27), Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot vol. 2 10:3)</ref> | # If one is naming after both parents (such as to appease everybody), the name of the paternal father should come first.<ref>Ben Ish Chai (Shanah II Shoftim 27), Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot vol. 2 10:3)</ref> | ||
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# If the child is the product of a broken marriage, some recommend not naming the baby for members of either family to avoid aggravation from the opposite side.<ref>Chashukei Chemed Gittin 26b</ref> | # If the child is the product of a broken marriage, some recommend not naming the baby for members of either family to avoid aggravation from the opposite side.<ref>Chashukei Chemed Gittin 26b</ref> | ||
# Ultimately, every family should follow its custom.<ref>Shaarei Halacha uMinhag vol. 3 Yoreh Deah pg 297</ref> | # Ultimately, every family should follow its custom.<ref>Shaarei Halacha uMinhag vol. 3 Yoreh Deah pg 297</ref> | ||
=Giving a Child Two Names= | =Giving a Child Two Names= | ||
# Although it’s unclear when the practice of giving a child two names began, as we don’t find anybody in Tanach, Shas, or even Rishonim (except for one exception) with two names, it certainly has become commonplace to do so.<ref> Noda BeYehuda (Orach Chaim II 123), Chatam Sofer (Even HaEzer II 18)</ref> | # Although it’s unclear when the practice of giving a child two names began, as we don’t find anybody in Tanach, Shas, or even Rishonim (except for one exception) with two names, it certainly has become commonplace to do so.<ref> Noda BeYehuda (Orach Chaim II 123), Chatam Sofer (Even HaEzer II 18)</ref> | ||
