Thank you for this. Then I won’t go through the bureaucracy of changing her official paperwork since we already mostly use the shorter Tikvah. I’ll just stop using her full name in public and in writing :)

Oh goodness. I knew the translation, but I hadn’t realized it was the name of an anthem. I’m not sure their mom knows either. I’m Swedish and she is from Ukraine, but neither of us are Jewish.

Could our naming be considered offensive?

Thank you! I am not sure what song that is… Hatikvahs mom thought about that name for years before getting a dog.

In contrast, Hatikvahs brother was named Lennon in like five minutes.

I think they are fully grown now - here they are as puppers from about two years ago: