Hebrew Names

Hey I don’t have time to respond now in detail but if you message me I can share what we did for my son

We had small, intimate ceremonies with just our family. We did both the Bris and baby namings at 8 days (2boys, 1 girl).

After, we had bagels and a light meal.

Going with on the timeline. My kids naming and bris was either 7 days after birth or 8 days after birth. It was intimate as in the grandparents were involved and we had a family dinner after.

Traditionally, a jewish baby boy is named when he is given a circumcision at 8 days old, or as soon as safely healthy after that. Often (not always) done after morning prayers, you can invite family and friends and put on a brunch for after the ceremony. There are obviously hundreds of name options. Some people choose to name after family or someone special to them. Others choose a name from Torah or related to the Jewish calendar of the time baby was born. Then of course you could also just pick a name you like. Google can help give some ideas. Consider if you'd rather go classic or modern, israeli or american, hebrew, european, english etc. If you believe in the spiritual, the name parents choose is guided and connected to the child's soul and identity so it's pretty special.

We had our neon circumcised in the hospital by a doc, no religious piece at that time. And then a few months later did a symbolic bris (just pricking for a drop of blood) and naming ceremony when my husband’s family was in town.

Due with our second son right after the new year. Planning the bris in hospital with the rabbi present this time. And then naming ceremony in April when the family will be in town for another celebration.

Mazel tov