[Hawkeye_a]

My parent's new house is almost ready and they have'nt picked a name for it yet. They are thinking of giving it a Hebrew name, but none of us are familiar with the language.I know this request is kinda specific but some help would be appreciated as i am really having a hard time finding anything. I was wondering if i could get some suggestions from you guys here.

The name has to either be:
1- a Hebrew name that people name their houses (im assuming in Israel).
2- be a phonetically good sounding Hebrew word with good meaning behind it. For example, in english the words would be akin to 'home', 'providence', etc...

If you could post the word in hebrew(hebrew characters), its phonetical description in english characters and its meaning we'd really appreciate it. The more suggestions the better, so go nuts.

Cheers

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Wow, I had no idea that people named their houses. Neat.

[BlueSky]

My house's name is Steve.

[OwlBoy]

Ohh is this like naming your Mac via naming it's hard drive? Do you hang up a sign over the door?

-Owl

[BigBadWolf]

Unless you're living in a Newport, RI "cottage," your house doesn't need a name.

[Hawkeye_a]

Well i honestly dont know if its common practice, but it's sort of a tradition in my family to give the house a name during the house warming/blessing. And yeah it's usually put on a plaq near the main entrance and used in the formal address as well.

I think it's kinda cool, and gives the place some "personality".

[BlueSky]

There's a house named "Wuthering Heights" around here. Once in a while I'll see a house with a name.

[Uncle Skeleton]

Beth!

[ort888]

Name it after this guy...

[Shaddim]

How about just Bet Shalom?

[subego]

Originally Posted by OwlBoy 

Ohh is this like naming your Mac via naming it's hard drive? Do you hang up a sign over the door?

-Owl

That's just half the fun. You get to name the computer itself too if you want. It's in the sharing preferences.

This computer I'm on right here is named Mimi, the SO's is Betty, and my AppleTV is named Koala. I also have a Lisa, a Minnie and a Little Blue, and have previously had a Grendel and a Gemini.

My hard drives are name...

Ow! Why did you just hit me? Stop! OW!

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by ort888 

Name it after this guy...

Gregory isn't a Hebrew name.

[ghporter]

My house is named "Fluffy" for the gargoyle/dragon that sits on the gable peak over the front porch. Gotta have a gargoyle, and a dragon type gargoyle is a great one to have.

Here's Fluffy, but not on my house:

[k squared]

My house is named "verde amarela" for its green/yellow paint scheme. I also have lived in a house called "The Lemon" because it had so many problems.

[peeb]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

My house is named "Fluffy" for the gargoyle/dragon that sits on the gable peak over the front porch. Gotta have a gargoyle, and a dragon type gargoyle is a great one to have.

Here's Fluffy, but not on my house:

Sorry to be picky, but isn't having a gargoyle on the peak kind of pointless?

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by peeb 

Sorry to be picky, but isn't having a gargoyle on the peak kind of pointless?

Not when it's just decoration. Which is what ours is. A really functional gargoyle would of course have gone elsewhere.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by peeb 

Sorry to be picky, but isn't having a gargoyle on the peak kind of pointless?

Not if it's a chimera

-t

[Lateralus]

Name it Samuel L. Jackson.

[BRussell]

I don't know much Hebrew. Shlomo? Putz? Schlep? Or is that yiddish?

[alligator]

This reminds me of Anne of Green Gables, my wife's favorite movie.

[Goldfinger]

Why do you want Hebrew if you don't even understand the language ? That's like people getting those chinese character tatoos without understanding chinese. Anyway, a lot of houses have names here. Our house is called Vert Logis, we didn't give it though. The name probably comes from the Ivy that has always been on the house's walls. It's a house from the 1930s.

[moonmonkey]

Shalom in the home?