Jewish Baby Name 8 Days. Instead of Michael David and Benjamin Moss said names like Caleb Levi and Eljah are becoming more popular. First of all it is a custom to give the baby a name at the bris.
Most Ashkenazi Jews name a baby girl the first Sabbath after she is born but its acceptable to name her at any Torah reading the Torah is read Monday and Thursday mornings as well as holidays and the Sabbath. Waiting Until AFTER Circumcision to Name a Baby In the hospital you name your baby and its mostly Orthodox Jews that either give Hebrew or Yiddish names with or without English versions of their names so I never fully understood waiting 8 days for baby naming. Some customarily choose a name based on the Jewish holiday coinciding with the birth.
So that means we give baby boys their names on the eighth day.
Eight days later when the baby was circumcised he was named Jesus the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived. Despite popular practice among non-Orthodox Jews to hold the baby naming ceremony for a girl months after the birth the ceremony traditionally occurs at the first opportunity after the birth when Torah is read with a minyan. In traditional circles a sons name isnt announced until the bris circumcision on the eighth day and a daughters name isnt revealed until the baby naming ceremony. When it comes to secular names Kushner said they come and go in popularity.