Why isn't Torah a girl's name?

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    Torah613Torah
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    it’s nekeiva and ends with a kamatz heh, why shouldn’t it be a girls name? And Mitzva! (thanks to the Girl’s Name thread for the idea)

    So I thought about it and realized, for the same reason “Hashem” isn’t a boy’s name even though it’s zachar.

    #944670
    popa_bar_abba
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    It could be. Neshama wasn’t a name until someone named their daughter that. Was shloimele the first one?

    #944671
    OneOfMany
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    Why, are you thinking of making your screen name your legal name?

    #944672
    Torah613Torah
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    Popa: Was he? I don’t know.

    OneOfMany: That would greatly enhance my anonymity.

    #944673
    WIY
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    Torah

    Yeah basically its inappropriate to name a person Torah. How about naming a boy Taryag? Cool name no?

    #944674
    R.T.
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    Because when you make a Mi Sheberach for the girl and call her Torah bas … and at the same time say …Legedelah LeBaal Torah… in front of a Torah scroll no less, it would look odd and contradictory and appear that the father and the Torah scroll are somewhat related ?!?

    #944675
    BYbychoice
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    nah,its because in class they will say “torah says this,and torah says that..” the poor kid would think she is saying all those things 🙂

    #944676
    Torah613Torah
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    RT: More like she would be related to the Torah in the future, no?

    yiddishmeidel: Well, I can speak from experience. When people say Torah, I do not think of myself. 🙂 (I do wish I had picked a different screenname, but it’s too late now.)

    #944677
    BYbychoice
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    torah- hmmm i would never imagine you would want to switch from such a heimish name such as you have, especially to go to a lesser one of kedusha! but im glad you dont think of yourself when pple say torah,could get very confusing like i said before!(hey look,does that mean i was actually right for a change yay good for me 🙂 )

    #944678
    ben_yehuda
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    It is.

    #944679
    147
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    Why isn’t Kohen a boy’s name, as are Levy & Yisroel?

    #944680
    BYbychoice
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    well in the Torah Levi and Yisroel are both used as actual names,Kohen isnt

    #944681
    Torah613Torah
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    ben_yehuda, you know someone?

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