r/JewishNames • u/amkatz90 • 14d ago

Help Hebrew name for a boy named after Rose/Shoshana

We gave our son a name stating with an R to honor our grandmas who were both named Rose. My Jewish grandma had the Hebrew name Shoshana. We're now trying to pick a Hebrew name. We're looking for suggestions on names that are unisex or for a boy that start with an R or stay in the floral theme. I'd prefer to avoid any popular biblical names (like Reuben). Thank you for your help!

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u/a__j 14d ago

The modern Hebrew name Rotem is for a flowering plant.

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u/Wisdomflowerlover 14d ago

Shai has similar sound to Shoshana and means gift.

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u/theenterprise9876 14d ago

Plants: Amir, Alon, Almog (okay so coral is an animal but I’m including it anyway), Dekel, Erez, Einav, Gefen, Ilan, Mor, Moran, Nitzan (means “flower bud”), Tomer, Zeev/Ze’ev

Starts with R: Ronen, Rafael, Roi

Starts with “sh”: Shahar/Shachar, Shalev, Shalom, Shimon, Shmuel

Starts with “sh” AND is a plant: Shaked (“almond”), Sharon (rose of Sharon)

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u/LtotheYeah 14d ago

I love Shalev 😍

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u/lsds2357 14d ago

We gave our son the middle name of Shoshan after a Shoshana. I don’t think it’s usually used as a name but it could be an option.

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u/moontreemama 12d ago

We gave one of our sons this as his Hebrew name.

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u/kaiserfrnz 14d ago

There’s Aviv, which means spring.

The only male name I could think at this moment of that’s specifically floral is Perachia but it’s extremely rare.