thumb|300px|Zeved Habat / Fadas Ceremony (1687) Brit Bat (Hebrew: - "Covenant of the Daughter") A medieval naming ceremony for girls, according to the custom of some medieval Ashkenazi communities, was known as a [[Hollekreisch (Yiddish: ), including Moroccan Jews, Syrian Jews, The ceremony is listed in a book of prayers published in 1687 associated with the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. It is likely that the first such ceremony to be formulated for Jews outside of the Sephardi and Mizrahi communities was a ceremony developed by rabbis in Reconstructionist Judaism in the 1970s. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, other American Jews from various denominations, including individual Orthodox families, also formulated various ceremonies often referred to as a Simchat Bat. At the same time, some Orthodox scholars, including Moshe Meiselman and Judith Bleich, raised opposition to new ceremonies, while Rabbi Shlomo Riskin at the Lincoln Square Synagogue supported the incorporation of the ceremony as Orthodox custom. Some Jewish communities have the custom of waiting until the mother has recovered and can enter the synagogue for the ceremony to take place. Some Jews have the custom to hold the Zeved Habat ceremony on the first Shabbat from the birth. The Hebrew word zeved is understood to be a somewhat rare word and appears just once in the Pentateuch in where Leah offers thanks to God for the birth of Zebulon. The Hebrew word used in the verse may mean "gift" or "dwelling".

The custom is for a verse from Song of Songs to be recited. And if the newborn is also the firstborn child, the custom is for an added verse of Song of Songs to be recited. Following this recitation, a Mi sheberakh blessing is recited (see text below) which includes the namegiving prayer.

In the Sephardi community, the Zeved habat is usually celebrated within the first month of the birth. It is held privately in the synagogue or at a party at home. It is often led by the ḥakhám (rabbinic sage) or hazzan (cantor).

One custom is for the following to be recited:

One custom is for the father of the newborn to recite a Hebrew poem which begins with Ayuma marayich hareini. According to the Chabad Hasidic custom, it is preferable for the newborn girl to be named at the earliest possible Torah reading in the synagogue (whether on Monday, Thursday, Shabbat or other day which include a public Torah reading), however, other customs are also cited such as those who wait until the Shabbat when a greater celebration may occur and the Sephardi custom of Zeved Habat. According to Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886), in terms of the aliyah for the father of a newborn girl, preference is given to the one whose wife (the mother of the newborn) comes to the synagogue.

The Ashkenz mi sheberach includes the following: