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Book Title What's in a Name?
By Zushe Wilhelm
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6. Names Common to Both Males and Females

1) Some say that one should not give his child a name that is common to both males and females.

2) Some are particular not to marry a woman whose name is the same as one’s own.

3) If a bridegroom has the same name as his prospective mother-in-law, or if the bride has the same name as her prospective father-in-law, there is no cause for concern, and the bride and groom may marry each other.


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Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm is the author of many compilations on Jewish law. This book with its extensive footnotes can be purchased here.

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What's in a Name?
3. How and When a Girl is to Be Named
4. Naming After Parents, or After an Event
5. Giving a Boy a Feminine Name, and Vice Versa
6. Names Common to Both Males and Females
7. Names Containing the Name of G-d
8. Naming Children After Places
9. Naming A Son After One’s Rebbe
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What's In A Name
  Among the Jewish life cycle events, naming a child is uniquely important, for throughout his life, his Jewish name defines his identity at every waking and sleeping moment. It is by his Jewish name that a person is remembered and memorialized after a hundred and twenty years.