Dear Rov. As we spoke on the phone my wife is expecting a baby girl (ultrasound test). My recently departed father’s zt’l name was Simcha and I would very much like to give that name to the daughter to be born soon. Is that permitted or recommended?

On question 1644 regarding a Baal Teshuva whose father although Jewish was never given a Jewish name, – how should the baal teshuva be called up to the Torah, we wrote: “Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit’a suggested he should use his grandfathers name. A few names are similar to men and women, such as Simcha or Chone, if it applies he could use his mother’s name.” Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a related a similar case where the father was advised by a Gadol to have trust in Hashem that his next child would be a boy and so it happened. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.