L. writes:<\/p>\n
I have a specific question I was hoping you and your readers could help me out with. Perhaps a poll? My husband and I both really like the name Ari and want to use it for our baby boy due this fall. However, it seems to be a primarily Jewish name, and we aren’t Jewish. Would it be too odd for us to use the name?<\/p>\n
Thanks!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Ah! Yes! I would be interested in this too! Periodically we get an email that asks if it’s okay to use a name if the family isn’t ______ (Christian, Russian, etc.), and it seems like the absolute best way to find out is to collect a large number of answers: we’re not exactly a scientific sample here, but it still gives a good idea of the possible reactions and the rough percentages.<\/p>\n
I have only two experiences with the name Ari, and neither involved Jewishness: a fellow student at my childhood Christian school was named Ari, and it’s also a common name in my husband’s non-Jewish family tree. So my own contribution to the pool of answers is that although I know it can be Jewish, I don’t at all think of it as Only Jewish, and I wouldn’t be startled if a non-Jewish family used it.<\/p>\n
Let’s have a poll!<\/p>\n
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