Names, as used during the Services

Names are used:

	In Mi Sheberach,
	In Hashcavah
	Assigning Mitzvoth (honours)
	When one is called to the Torah (Subinte)

Based a.o. on a private note from HRP to me (in Dutch).

Names for a man:	[Special title], [title], [first names], [de plus father’s first names and Sephardic last name⁽¹⁾, or if none, ben father’s first names], [haCoheen/ haLevi if applicable]. Note: the son of rabbi is called after his father, without mentioning a rabbi title. Ger or non-Jewish father: [Special title], [title], [first names ben Avraham] Ger with Portuguese Jewish father: [Special title], [title], [first names], [father’s Sephardic last name, ben Avraham],
Names for a woman:	[Title], [first names] + If unmarried: [de plus father’s first names and Sephardic last name⁽¹⁾, or if none, bat father’s first names], [hacoheen/ halevi if applicable]. If married: Eshet hagebir [Husband’s name], If divorced or widow: [own Sephardic last name⁽¹⁾], [if no Sephardic last names: bat father’s first names], [hacohenet/ halevi if applicable]. If perished: [Husband’s Sephardic last name if there is⁽¹⁾], [own Sephardic last name if there is], [bat father’s name of there are no Sephardic names], [haCohenet/ haLevi if applicable].
Names for a woman:	For a giyoret, whenever the father’s name should be used, it must be replaced by one of the following: Giyoret or non-Jewish father: [title], [first names bat Avraham] Giyoret with Portuguese Jewish father: [title], [first names], [father’s Sephardic last name⁽¹⁾, bat Avraham].

⁽¹⁾There is one exception. The family Santcroos is called Yisael, as it is inappropriate to use their name in a service (Santcroos is a name used during the inquisition to hide, and means holy cross).

Titles

Titles, as mentioned in the above table:

	Man	Woman
Children below 9 years	הילד הנעים	הילדה הנעימה
Unmarried	הבחור	הבתולה
Chatan in the seven days after the wedding	החתן הגביר
Married	הגביר	הגברת
From birth till after the day of his son’s Berit Milah	בעל הברית
From birth till after the day of his daughter’s Zebed Habat	אבי הבת \ אבי הבנות
If both of the above apply	בעל הברית ואבי הבת
Chacham (our chief Rabbi), title only, no name. Name is not needed, as there is only one Chacham.	הגביר הנעלה מורנו ורבנו
Rabbi of the community or chief rabbi from another congregation	הגביר הנעלה מורנו הרב
Rabbi from other congregation	הגביר הנעלה
60 and older	הישיש הנכבד הגביר	הזקנה
If granted	הנעלה

Some examples:

הישיש הנכבד הגביר דוד דמשה הכהן פרירה

הגביר אשר בן אורי נתן הכהן

הזקנה אלידה הכהנת פרירה הלוי (bat levi married to a coheen)

הגברת רבקה כהן פרירה - תקסירה דמטוס

Special titles

The Rabbi and Parnassim may grant special titles for man posthumous, before the mistwa (levaya, burial). Some examples are given below.

Doctor (MD)	הרופא המובהק
Mohel	המוהל הנאמן
Chazzan	נעים זמירות ישראל
Parnas or member of the board	שהנהיג את הציבור
Special person	דחיל חטאין ומוקיר רבנן

A more complete explanation on titles can be found elsewhere on the site.

Some examples:

איש דעת איש תבונה שהנהיג את הציבור הישיש הנכבד הגביר הנעלה משה דדוד הכהן פרירה

דחיל חטאין ומוקיר רבנן הגביר הנעלה אורי בן אשר הכהן