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Baby name wizard is claimed to be an acclaimed field guide to baby names. According to them naming an American Girl is an intriguing challenge.

There should be a delicate balance between character naming and brand naming while naming any baby. Keeping in mind that nobody is perfect, Baby name wizard is quite capable of striking  that balance fairly well.

For a live example if we consider the name Rebecca Rubin for a Jewish girl born to an Russian immigrant family in New York, is it at all feasible? and where is the balance?

Baby name wizard proves that name is not only feasible but it is also having fantastic balance, let’s see how:

The 1910 U.S. Census lists 796 girls named Rebecca born 1902-1906 living in New York City. Judging by surname, a majority of them were Jewish…and three of them were named Rebecca Rubin.

If we consider that the same census sample that gave us three Rebecca Rubins also yields at least that many Rubins with names more typical of the period, such Dorothy, Helen, Mary, Bessie, and Anna…not to mention 11 Idas, 11 Fannies and 17 Roses & Rosies. The trick is that none of those names sounds distinctly Jewish.

As a biblical matriarch, Rebecca is a classic “good Jewish name.” It has traditionally sounded Jewish to non-Jews, too — the “Jewess” Rebecca of Ivanhoe is a glaring example.

Today, Rebecca sounds timeless with a whiff of the 1970s. This suggests that the focus is more on the religious connotations than the time period when they chose the name Rebecca which is still a well-liked name.

Like the example of Rebecca, Baby name wizard suggests that if your family have Scandinavian roots, and you like to honor that tradition with the name of your daughter, then Ronja or Ronia would be a excellent choice.