Editing Hebrew name (section)

==Jewish usage==
A Hebrew name is used in a religious context during prayer. When deceased relatives are remembered during the [[Yizkor]] memorial service or during the El-Malei Blessing, the Hebrew name of the deceased is used along with the Hebrew name of the father.<ref name="Scherman 1984 p144 810">{{Cite book |last=Scherman |first=Nosson |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32151932 |title=Sidur Ahavat Shalom: The Complete ArtScroll Siddur |year=1984 |publisher=Mesorah Publications |isbn=0-89906-654-2 |edition=2nd  |location=Brooklyn |pages=144, 810 |oclc=32151932}}</ref> When the ''Misheberach'' (prayer for the sick) is recited, the ill person's Hebrew name is said along with the Hebrew name of the mother.<ref name="Scherman 1984 p144 810" /> When an adult Jew is called to receive an [[Aliyah (Torah)|aliyah]] to the [[Torah]], they are identified with their Hebrew personal name along with their father's Hebrew name; for example, ''Ya'akov ben Chaim''. (In some communities, especially those who allow women the honour of receiving an aliyah, the practice is to include both parents' names in the context of an aliyah;<ref>{{cite web |title=Receiving an Aliyah to the Torah |url=https://agudas-achim.org/receiving-an-aliyah-to-the-torah/ |website=Congregation Agudas Achim |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Steps for Aliyah: How to Have an Aliyah to the Torah |url=https://www.bethelnr.org/religious-life/steps-aliyah/ |website=Beth El Synagogue Center |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Gabbai's Corner">{{cite web |title=Gabbai's Corner |url=https://www.bethelyardley.org/gabbai.html |website=Congregation Beth El |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> for example, ''Elisheva bat Moshe v'Sarah''.)

While, strictly speaking, a "Hebrew name" for ritual use is in the Hebrew language, it is not uncommon in some Ashkenazi communities for people to have [[Yiddish name|names of Yiddish origin]], or a mixed Hebrew-Yiddish name;<ref name="Gabbai's Corner"/> for example, the name ''Simhah Bunim'', where ''simhah'' means "happiness" in Hebrew, and ''Bunim'' is a Yiddish-language name possibly derived from the French ''bon nom'' ("good name").

Converts to Judaism may choose whatever Hebrew name they like as a personal name. However, the parental names in their case are not the names of their actual parents, but rather ''[[Abraham#Judaism|Avraham]] v'[[Sarah#In Judaism|Sarah]]'', who are (as the first patriarch and matriarch of Jewish tradition) the prototypical "parents" in Judaism.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lamm |first1=Maurice |title=Choosing a Hebrew Name |url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/choosing-a-hebrew-name/ |website=My Jewish Learning |publisher=70/Faces Media |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>