ZonkotheSane
why does everybody have 2-4 names?)
Why do a lot of Americans have three names? Personal name, middle name, family name. It's the same thing, I guess.
As to the person who said most female Hebrew names are over-used or very plain, think again. There are some truly wonderful Hebrew names for girls. There's a wonderful book called, appropriately enough,
The Book of Hebrew Names. I forget who the editors and publishers are, but it's fantastic. My friends' Hebrew names:
Anufah (a many-branched tree)
Avital (my father is dew)
Meirav (warrior -- a name of one of King Sha'ul's daughters, I think)
Michal ('who is like' -- a name of one of King David's daughters)
Osnat (the daughter of the Par'oh, who married Yoseif and became the mother of the tribes of Efrayim and Menashe)
Chayil (my second Hebrew name; I'm Dinah Chayil -- it means "soldier-like" because chayal means male soldier and chayelet means female solderi)
Na'amah (Noah's wife, it means pleasant)
Qeturah (incense -- the name of Avraham's concubine after Sarah died)
Sarit (an alternative to Sarah or Sarai, meaning queenly or majestic woman)
Serach (according to midrash, a woman who lived from the time before Yoseif went into Egypt until the Israelites came back out again, and helped them find their way back to the land of K'na'an)
Dorit ('generation' -- also related to Dora, my grandmother's name, which can either mean the same as Dorit, or it can be short for Adora meaning 'adored' or Isidora 'beloved of Isis' or Theodora 'beloved of G*D')
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