<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Out of gratitude to Alexander the Great, who had been positively disposed towards the Jews, the Jews decided to name every boy born the following year &ldquo;Alexander&rdquo; (or &ldquo;Sender&rdquo; for short). Thus since that time till this very day, Alexander, which was a Greek name, has been the name given to many boys at their bris. (see: http://www.jewishhistory.org/alexander-the-great/) </span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">The Rambam also had an Arabic name: </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">Abū ʿImrān Mūsā bin Maimūn bin ʿUbaidallāh al-Qurṭubī. Another great Rav to have an Arabic name was Rav Abdullah Somech (1813 &ndash; 1889), who was the teacher of the Ben Ish Chai, and it would seem that Abdullah was the name he was given at his bris. The name &ldquo;Abdullah&rdquo; is of Arabic origin and means &ldquo;Hashem&rsquo;s servant&rdquo; and is a name commonly found in the Islamic world. </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="left">&nbsp;</p> </span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -26.2pt 10pt 0in;" align="left"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">There are many Jews today who have Yiddish names. In some cases, the Yiddish name is the Yiddish translation of the Hebrew name which precedes it, for example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Yitzchok Eizik &ndash; Eizik in an Anglicised pronunciation is Isaac; Shlomo Zalman<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>- Zalman in an Anglicised pronunciation is Solomon. There are even many people who just have the name Zalman without Shlomo. There are also cases where a Yiddish name follows a particular Hebrew name, for example: Efraim Fischel -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Fischel is a little fish, and when Yaakov blessed Efraim and Menasheh, he used the phrase &ldquo;v&rsquo;yidgu<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>[from the word &ldquo;dag&rdquo;, a fish]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>lorov...&rdquo;; Yehudah Leib &ndash; Leib is a lion, and when Yaakov blessed Yehudah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>he used the phrase &ldquo;Gur Aryeh [lion] Yehudah&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -26.2pt 10pt 0in;" align="left"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Rav Yeshayahu Horowitz (c.1565 &ndash; 1630), also known as the Shelah Hakadosh, writes that in order that we should not forget our name on the Day of Judgment, before we say the (second) &ldquo;yihyu lerotzon&rdquo; at the end of each amidah, we should recite a posuk from Tanach whose first letter is the first letter of our name and whose last letter is the last letter of our name. Many siddurim, after the amidah for the weekday shacharis, give a list of such pesukim for men. I also possess a Rosh Hashanah machzor with Yiddish translation (probably intended for use mainly by women), which also gives a list of such pesukim for women. Incidentally, one can see from this list that many women were given only Yiddish names. </span></span></span></p>