Behind the Name: Jewish Names

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Behind the Name:  Jewish Names

ABE  English, Hebrew
Short form of ABRAHAM

ABRAHAM   English, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and  (hamon) "many, multitude"

ACHINOAM  Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Hebrew form of AHINOAM

ADAM   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"

ADARA  Hebrew
Means "noble" in Hebrew.

ADENA Hebrew
Possibly a variant of ADINA

ADI (1)  m Hebrew
Means "jewel" or "ornament" in Hebrew.

ADINA Biblical, Hebrew
Means "slender, delicate" in Hebrew

ADIR   Hebrew
Means "strong, mighty" in Hebrew

ADVA  Hebrew
Means "small wave, ripple" in Hebrew.

AGAM  m Hebrew
Means "lake" in Hebrew.

AHARON   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of AARON

AHAVA  Hebrew
Means "love" in Hebrew.

AHUVA  Hebrew
Means "beloved" in Hebrew.

AKIBA   Hebrew
Variant of YAAKOV

AKIVA   Hebrew
Variant transcription of AKIBA

ALIYA (2)  Hebrew
Variant transcription of ALIYAH (2)

ALIYAH (2)  Hebrew
Means "to ascend" in Hebrew

ALIZA  Hebrew
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.

ALMOG Hebrew
Means "coral" in Hebrew.

ALON   Hebrew
Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.

ALONA  Hebrew
Feminine form of ALON

ALTE Yiddish
Feminine form of ALTER

ALTER  Yiddish
Means "old" in Yiddish

AMICHAI   Hebrew
Means "my people are alive" in Hebrew.

AMIR (2)   Hebrew
Means "treetop" in Hebrew.

AMIRA (2)  Hebrew
Feminine form of AMIR (2)

AMIT (2) Hebrew
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

AMNON   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Means "faithful" in Hebrew

AMOS   Biblical, English, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "carried" in Hebrew

ANAT (2)  m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ANATH (1)

ANSHEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ASHER

ARI (1)   Hebrew
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

ARIEH   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "lion" in Hebrew

ARIEL Biblical, Hebrew, English, French, Biblical Greek
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew

ARIK   Hebrew
Diminutive of ARIEL

ARYEH   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ARIEH

ASA   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "doctor" in Hebrew

ASAF   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ASAPH

ASHER   Biblical, Hebrew, English, Biblical Hebrew
Means "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew

ATALIA  Hebrew
Hebrew form of ATHALIAH

ATARA  Hebrew
Variant transcription of ATARAH

ATARAH  Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "crown" in Hebrew

AVI   Hebrew
Means "my father" in Hebrew

AVIA Hebrew
Variant of AVIYA

AVIDAN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIDAN

AVIGAIL  Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIGAIL

AVIHU   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIHU

AVIRAM   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIRAM

AVISHAG  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABISHAG

AVISHAI   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABISHAI

AVIV   Hebrew
Means "spring" in Hebrew.

AVIVA  Hebrew
Feminine form of AVIV

AVIYA Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIJAH

AVNER   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABNER

AVRAHAM   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABRAHAM

AVRAM   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABRAHAM

AVRUM  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ABRAHAM

AYAL   Hebrew
Means "stag, hart" in Hebrew.

AYALA  Hebrew
Means "doe, gazelle, hind" in Hebrew.

AYELET  Hebrew
Means "gazelle, hind"

AYLA (1)  Hebrew
Variant transcription of ELAH

BAILA Yiddish
Means "white" in Yiddish.

BARAK (1)   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "lightning" in Hebrew

BARUCH   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "blessed" in Hebrew

BARUKH   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of BARUCH

BASHE  Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BASIA (2) Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BASYA Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BATEL  Hebrew
Means "daughter of God" in Hebrew.

BATSHEVA  Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BATHSHEBA

BATYA  Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BITHIAH

BATYAH  Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BITHIAH

BENESH  Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT

BER  Yiddish
Means "bear" in Yiddish.

BERACHA  Hebrew
Variant transcription of BRACHA

BEYLKE Yiddish
Diminutive of BAILA

BINYAMIN   Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew and Arabic form of BENJAMIN

BLUMA Yiddish
Means "flower" in Yiddish.

BOAZ   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew

BOSMAT  Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BASEMATH

BRACHA  Hebrew
Means "blessing" in Hebrew.

BREINDEL Yiddish
Means "brunette" in Yiddish.

CHAIM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

CHANAH  Hebrew
Variant of CHANNAH

CHANNAH  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of HANNAH

CHARNA Yiddish
From a Slavic word meaning "black".

CHATZKEL  Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL

CHAVA  Hebrew
Hebrew form of EVE

CHAYA  Hebrew
Feminine form of CHAYYIM

CHAYIM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

CHAYYIM   Hebrew
Derived from the Hebrew word  (chayyim) meaning "life"

CHESED  m Hebrew
Means "mercy" in Hebrew.

DAFNA  Hebrew
Means "laurel" in Hebrew.

DALIA (3)  Hebrew
Means "branch" in Hebrew.

DALIT  Hebrew
Means "to draw water" in Hebrew.

DALYA  Hebrew
Variant transcription of DALIA (3)

DANIEL   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name  (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"

DANYA  Hebrew
Feminine form of DAN (1)

DARA (2) Hebrew
Perhaps means "wisdom" or "compassion" in Hebrew.

DASSAH Hebrew
Short form of HADASSAH

DAVID   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name  (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew  (dwd) meaning "beloved"

DEBORAH  English, Hebrew, Biblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew

DEKEL   Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

DEROR   Hebrew
Variant transcription of DROR

DERORIT  Hebrew
Variant transcription of DRORIT

DEVORAH  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

DIKLA Hebrew
Variant transcription of DIKLAH

DIKLAH Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Possibly means "palm grove" in Hebrew or Aramaic

DOR Hebrew
Means "generation" in Hebrew.

DORI   Hebrew
Means "my generation" in Hebrew.

DORIT (1)  Hebrew
Strictly feminine variant of DOR

DORON   Hebrew
Means "gift" in Greek.

DOV   Hebrew
Means "bear" in Hebrew.

DOVID  Yiddish
Yiddish form of DAVID

DROR   Hebrew
Means "freedom" or "sparrow" in Hebrew.

DRORIT  Hebrew
Feminine form of DROR

DUDEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of DAVID

DVORAH  Hebrew
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

EFRAIM   Hebrew, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of EPHRAIM

EFRAT  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EPHRATH

EHUD   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "united" in Hebrew

EIDEL Yiddish
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.

EIRAN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ERAN

EITAN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ETHAN

ELAH  Hebrew
Means "oak tree" or "terebinth tree" in Hebrew.

ELI (1)   English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "ascension" in Hebrew

ELI (2)   Hebrew
Means "my God" in Hebrew.

ELIANA (2)  Hebrew
Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.

ELIEZER   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Hebrew  ('Eli'ezer) meaning "my God is help"

ELIJAH   English, Hebrew, Biblical
From the Hebrew name  ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"

ELIOR   Hebrew
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

ELIORA  Hebrew
Feminine form of ELIOR

ELISHEVA  Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIZABETH

ELIYAHU   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ELIYYAHU

ELIYYAHU   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIJAH

ELKAN   Hebrew
Modern variant of ELKANAH

ELKE (2) Hebrew
Feminine form of ELKANAH

EPHRAIM   Biblical, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name  ('Efrayim) which meant "fruitful"

EREZ   Hebrew
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.

ESTEE Hebrew
Diminutive of ESTHER

ESTHER  English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian

ETHAN   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew

EVRON  Yiddish
Yiddish form of EPHRAIM

EYAL   Hebrew
Means "might, strength" in Hebrew.

EYTAN   Hebrew
Variant transcription of EITAN

EZRA   Biblical, English, Hebrew
Means "help" in Hebrew

FAIGA Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL

FAIGEL Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish  (feigel) meaning "bird".

FAIVISH  Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FALK  German, Yiddish
Means "falcon" in German and Yiddish.

FAYVEL  Yiddish
Variant transcription of FEIVEL

FEIBUSH  Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FEIGE Yiddish
Variant transcription of FAIGA

FEIVEL  Yiddish
Diminutive of FEIBUSH

FISHEL  Yiddish
Means "little fish" in Yiddish.

FISHKE  Yiddish
Variant of FISHEL

FREYDE Yiddish
Means "joy" in Yiddish.

FRUMA Yiddish
Means "pious" in Yiddish.

GAL  m Hebrew
Means "wave" in Hebrew.

GALIA  Hebrew
Variant of GAL

GALIT  Hebrew
Variant of GAL

GAVREL  Yiddish
Yiddish form of GABRIEL

GAVRIEL   Hebrew
Hebrew form of GABRIEL

GEULA  Hebrew
Means "redemption" in Hebrew.

GIDEON   Biblical, English, Hebrew
Means "feller" or "hewer" in Hebrew

GID'ON   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of GIDEON

GIL (3)   Hebrew
Means "joy, happiness" in Hebrew.

GILAD   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of GILEAD

GILAH  Hebrew
Feminine form of GIL (3)

GILI  m Hebrew
Means "my joy" in Hebrew.

GITTEL Yiddish
Means "good" in Yiddish.

GLUKE Yiddish
Means "good luck" in Yiddish.

GLUKEL Yiddish
Diminutive of GLUKE

GOLDA Yiddish
Means "gold" in Yiddish.

GOLDIE (2) Yiddish
Variant of GOLDA

HADAR  m Hebrew
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

HADAS  Hebrew
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

HADASSAH  Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew

HAGIT  Hebrew
Hebrew form of HAGGITH

HAIM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HANNAH  English, Hebrew, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name  (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"

HASKEL  Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL

HAVA  Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of EVE

HAYIM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HAYYIM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HEBEL   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ABEL

HED Hebrew
Means "echo" in Hebrew.

HENA Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENDA Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENDEL Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of HANNAH

HENE Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENYE Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HERSCHEL  Yiddish
Variant transcription of HERSHEL

HERSH  Yiddish
Means "deer" in Yiddish.

HERSHEL  Yiddish
Diminutive of HERSH

HERUT  Hebrew
Means "freedom" in Hebrew.

HESHEL  Yiddish
Variant of HERSHEL

HEVEL   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABEL

HILA  Hebrew
Means "halo" in Hebrew.

HILLEL   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew  (halal) meaning "praise"

HIRSH  Yiddish
Variant transcription of HERSH

HIRSHEL  Yiddish
Variant transcription of HERSHEL

HODE Yiddish
Yiddish form of HADASSAH

HODEL Yiddish
Diminutive of HODE

HUDES Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDITH

HYAM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HYMAN  Yiddish
Alteration of HYAM influenced by Yiddish man "man".

HYMIE  Yiddish
Diminutive of HYMAN

IDAN   Hebrew
Means "era" in Hebrew.

IDRIYA  Hebrew
Means "duck" in Hebrew.

ILAN   Hebrew
Means "tree" in Hebrew.

ILANA  Hebrew
Feminine form of ILAN

ILANIT  Hebrew
Feminine form of ILAN

IMMANUEL   German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Form of EMMANUEL used in most translations of the Old Testament

INBAL  Hebrew
Means "tongue of a bell" in Hebrew.

INBAR ,  Hebrew
Means "amber" in Hebrew.

IRA (1)   Biblical, English, Hebrew
Means "watchful" in Hebrew

IRIT  Hebrew
Means "asphodel" in Hebrew. The asphodel is a type of flower.

ISAAC   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name  (Yitzchaq) which meant "he laughs"

ISAIAH   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical
From the Hebrew name  (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"

ISER  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ISIDORE  English, French, Hebrew
From the Greek name sd (Isidoros) which meant "gift of Isis", from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek d (doron) "gift"

ISRAEL   Hebrew (Anglicized), English, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name  (Yisra'el) meaning "God contended"

ISSUR  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ITAI ,   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ITHAI

ITAMAR   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ITHAMAR

ITZHAK   Hebrew
Variant transcription of YITZHAK

IYOV   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOB

JAFFE Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFE

JUDITH  English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name  (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel

KAILA Yiddish
Yiddish form of KELILA

KAPEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

KAYLA (2) Yiddish
Variant transcription of KAILA

KELILA  Hebrew
Means "crown of laurel" in Hebrew.

KEREN  Hebrew
Means "horn" or "ray of light" in Hebrew.

KESHET Hebrew
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.

KFIR   Hebrew
Means "lion cub" in Hebrew.

KOPPEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

KREINDEL Yiddish
Diminutive of KREINE

KREINE Yiddish
Means "crown" in Yiddish.

LAVI   Hebrew
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

LAZER  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER

LEAH  English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
From the Hebrew name  (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word  (le'ah) meaning "weary"

LEEBA Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LEV (2)   Hebrew
Means "heart" in Hebrew.

LEVI   Biblical, Hebrew, English, Biblical Latin
Means "attached" in Hebrew

LI (2)  m Hebrew
Means "to me" in Hebrew.

LIAT  Hebrew
Means "you are mine" in Hebrew.

LIBI  Hebrew
Means "my heart" in Hebrew.

LIEBER  Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LIHI ,  Hebrew
Means "she is mine" in Hebrew.

LIOR Hebrew
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

LIORA  Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIORIT  Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIRON Hebrew
Means "my song" or "my joy" in Hebrew.

LIVNA  Hebrew
Means "white" in Hebrew.

LIVNAT  Hebrew
Variant of LIVNA

MAAYAN  m Hebrew
Means "spring of water" in Hebrew.

MALACHI   Biblical, Hebrew, English, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name  (Mal'akhiy) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel"

MALKA  Hebrew
Means "queen" in Hebrew.

MAOR   Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

MARGALIT  Hebrew
Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek µaat (margarites).

MARGALITA  Hebrew
Variant of MARGALIT

MARGANITA  Hebrew
From the name of a type of flowering plant common in Israel, called the scarlet pimpernel in English.

MARNI Hebrew
Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

MARNIE (2) Hebrew
Variant of MARNI

MATAN   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MATTAN

MATTITHYAHU   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MATTITYAHU

MATTITYAHU   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of MATTHEW

MAYA (3)  Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew  (mayim) "water".

MAYTAL  Hebrew
Variant transcription of MEITAL

MEIR   Hebrew
Means "giving light" in Hebrew.

MEIRA  Hebrew
Feminine form of MEIR

MEIRIT  Hebrew
Feminine form of MEIR

MEITAL  Hebrew
Means "dew drop" in Hebrew.

MELECH   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "king" in Hebrew

MELEK (1)   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MELECH

MENACHEM   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of MENAHEM

MENAHEM   Biblical, Hebrew
From the Hebrew name  (Menachem) meaning "comforter"

MENASHE   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MANASSEH

MENDEL  Yiddish
Originally this was possibly a Yiddish diminutive of MANNO

MENUHA  Hebrew
Means "tranquility" in Hebrew.

MERAV  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of MERAB

MESHULAM   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MESHULLAM

MESHULLAM   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means either "paid for" or "friend" in Hebrew

MEYER  Yiddish
Yiddish form of MEIR

MICA Hebrew
Short form of MICHAL (2)

MICHAL (2)  Biblical, Hebrew
Possibly means "brook" in Hebrew

MIKHA'EL   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of MICHAEL

MIRELE Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MIRIAM

MIRIAM  Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of MARY

MOISHE  Yiddish
Yiddish form of MOSES

MOR  m Hebrew
Means "myrrh" in Hebrew.

MORAN  m Hebrew
Means "teacher" in Hebrew.

MORDECAI   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "servant of MARDUK" in Persian

MORDECHAI   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MORDECAI

MOSHE   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of MOSES

MOSS  English (Archaic), Hebrew
Medieval form of MOSES

MOTEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

MOTKE  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

NAAMAH  Biblical, Hebrew
Means "pleasant" in Hebrew

NACHUM   Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Hebrew form of NAHUM

NADAV   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of NADAB

NAHAL  Hebrew
Means "stream" in Hebrew.

NAOMI (1)  English, Hebrew, Biblical
From the Hebrew name  (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness"

NATAN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of NATHAN

NAVA  Hebrew
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

NESSA (2) Hebrew
Means "miracle" in Hebrew.

NETA  Hebrew
Means "plant, shrub" in Hebrew.

NIR   Hebrew
Means "plowed field" in Hebrew.

NISSA  Hebrew
Means "sign" in Hebrew.

NITZA  Hebrew
Strictly feminine variant of NITZAN

NITZAN Hebrew
Means "flower bud" in Hebrew.

NIV   Hebrew
Means "speech, expression" in Aramaic.

NOA (1)  Hebrew, Biblical (Variant)
Hebrew form of NOAH (2)

NOACH   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of NOAH (1)

NOAM Hebrew
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew

NOGA  m Hebrew
Variant transcription of NOGAH

NOGAH Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "brightness" in Hebrew

NOY  m Hebrew
Means "beauty" in Hebrew.

NOYA  Hebrew
Means "divine beauty" in Hebrew.

NURIT  Hebrew
Means "buttercup (the flower)" in Hebrew.

OFEK   Hebrew
Means "horizon" in Hebrew.

OFER   Hebrew
Means "fawn" in Hebrew

OFIR Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of OPHIR

OFRA Hebrew
Hebrew form of OPHRAH

OMER   Hebrew
Means "sheaf of wheat" in Hebrew.

OMRI   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "my sheaf" in Hebrew

OR Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

ORA (2)  Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of OR

ORAH  Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORA (2)

OREN   Hebrew
Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.

ORI Hebrew
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

ORIT  Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

ORLI  Hebrew
Means "light is mine" in Hebrew.

ORLY  Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORLI

ORNA (2)  Hebrew
Feminine form of OREN

OSHER   Hebrew
Means "happiness" in Hebrew.

OVADIA   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBADIAH

OVED   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBED

OZ (2)   Hebrew
Means "strength" in Hebrew.

PAZ (2)  m Hebrew
Means "gold" in Hebrew.

PELEG   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Means "division, channel" in Hebrew

PERELE Yiddish
Variant of PERLE

PERLE Yiddish
Means "pearl" in Yiddish, also used as a Yiddish vernacular form of Margaret.

PINCHAS   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of PHINEHAS

RAANAN   Hebrew
Means "fresh, invigorating" in Hebrew.

RACHEL  English, Hebrew, French, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
From the Hebrew name  (Rachel) meaning "ewe"

RAISA (2) Yiddish
Means "rose" in Yiddish.

RAISEL Yiddish
Diminutive of RAISA (2)

RANI (2)  Hebrew
Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.

RAVID Hebrew
Means "ornament, necklace" in Hebrew.

RAYNA (2) Yiddish
Variant transcription of REINA (2)

RAZ Hebrew
Means "secret" in Hebrew.

RAZIELA  Hebrew
Means "my secret is God" in Hebrew.

REINA (2) Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish  (rein) meaning "clean, pure"

REUBEN   Biblical, Hebrew, English
Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew

REUT  Hebrew
Means "friend" in Hebrew, making it a variant of the Biblical name Ruth.

REUVEN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of REUBEN

RIFKA Yiddish
Yiddish form of RIVKA

RINA (2)  Hebrew
Means "joy" in Hebrew.

RIVA  Hebrew
Diminutive of RIVKA

RIVKA  Hebrew
Hebrew form of REBECCA

ROI (2)   Hebrew
Means "my shepherd" in Hebrew.

RON (2) Hebrew
Means "song, joy" in Hebrew.

RONA (2)  Hebrew
Feminine variant of RON (2)

RONEN   Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew  (ron) meaning "song, joy".

RONI (1)  Hebrew
Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.

RONIT (2)  Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of RON (2)

ROTEM Hebrew
From the name of a desert plant, possibly derived from Hebrew  (retom) meaning "to bind".

RUCHEL Yiddish
Yiddish form of RACHEL

SAGI   Hebrew
Means "elevated, sublime" in Hebrew.

SAPIR  Hebrew
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.

SARAH  English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew

SARIT  Hebrew
Hebrew diminutive of SARAH

SAUL   Biblical, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name  (Sha'ul) which meant "asked for" or "prayed for"

SEKEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ISAAC

SELIG  Yiddish
Means "blessed, happy" in Yiddish.

SENDER  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ALEXANDER

SHACHAR  m Hebrew
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.

SHAHAR  m Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHACHAR

SHAI   Hebrew
Means "gift" in Hebrew.

SHAINA Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA

SHAINDEL Yiddish
Diminutive of SHAYNA

SHAKED  m Hebrew
Means "almond" in Hebrew.

SHALEV Hebrew
Means "calm, tranquil" in Hebrew.

SHALOM   Hebrew
Means "peace" in Hebrew.

SHAMIRA  Hebrew
Means "guardian, protector" in Hebrew.

SHANI  Hebrew
Means "red" in Hebrew.

SHAY (2) Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHAI

SHAYNA Yiddish
Means "beautiful" in Yiddish.

SHAYNAH Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA

SHEINE Yiddish
Variant of SHAYNA

SHERAGA   Hebrew
Means "light, candle" in Aramaic.

SHIFRA  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SHIPHRAH

SHIMMEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SIMON

SHIMON   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SIMON

SHIMSHON   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SAMSON

SHIR (1)  Hebrew
Means "song" in Hebrew.

SHIRA  Hebrew
Means "poetry" or "singing" in Hebrew.

SHIRI  Hebrew
Means "my song" in Hebrew.

SHLOMIT  Hebrew
Means "peaceful" in Hebrew.

SHLOMO   Hebrew
Hebrew form of SOLOMON

SHMUEL   Hebrew
Hebrew form of SAMUEL

SHOSHANA  Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHOSHANNAH

SHOSHANNAH  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SUSANNA

SHPRINTZA Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

SHPRINTZE Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

SHPRINTZEL Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish diminutive of ESPERANZA

SHRAGA   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHERAGA

SHULAMIT  Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHULAMMITE

SHULAMITH  Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHULAMMITE

SHULAMMIT  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SHULAMMITE

SHULAMMITE  Hebrew, Biblical
Derived from Hebrew  (shalom) "peace"

SIGAL  Hebrew
Means "purple, violet" in Hebrew.

SIGALIT  Hebrew
Means "violet flower" in Hebrew.

SIMCHA  m Hebrew
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.

SISEL Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish

SMADAR  Hebrew
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

SOL (2)  Hebrew
Short form of SOLOMON

SOLLY  Hebrew
Diminutive of SOLOMON

SOLOMON   Biblical, English, Hebrew (Anglicized)
From the Hebrew name  (Shelomoh) which was derived from Hebrew  (shalom) "peace"

SROEL  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

SURI Yiddish
Yiddish form of SARAH

TAHLIA Hebrew
Variant of TALYA

TAL Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew  (tal) meaning "dew".

TALI  Hebrew
Diminutive of TAL

TALIA ,  Hebrew
Variant transcription of TALYA

TALYA ,  Hebrew
Means "dew from God" in Hebrew.

TAMAR  Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew

TAMIR   Hebrew
Means "tall" in Hebrew.

TEHILA  Hebrew
Means "praise" in Hebrew.

TEIVEL  Yiddish
Means "devil" in Yiddish.

TEVYE  Yiddish
Yiddish form of TOBIAH

TIKVA  Hebrew
Means "hope" in Hebrew.

TIRTZAH  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of TIRZAH

TOIBA Yiddish
Means "dove" in Yiddish.

TOM (2) Hebrew
Means "honest" in Hebrew.

TOMER   Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

TOVA (1)  Hebrew
Means "good" in Hebrew.

TOVAH  Hebrew
Variant transcription of TOVA (1)

TOVIA  & f Hebrew
Hebrew form of TOBIAH, also used as a feminine form.

TUVYA   Hebrew
Hebrew form of TOBIAH

TZAFRIR   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ZEPHYR

TZEITEL Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SARAH

TZION   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ZION

TZIPORAH  Hebrew
Hebrew form of ZIPPORAH

TZIPPORAH  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ZIPPORAH

TZIVYA  Hebrew
Feminine form of TZVI

TZOFIYA  Hebrew
Means "watching" in Hebrew.

TZUFIT  Hebrew
Means "hummingbird" in Hebrew.

TZVI   Hebrew
Means "deer" in Hebrew.

UDI   Hebrew
Diminutive of EHUD

URI   Biblical, Biblical Latin, Hebrew
Means "my light" in Hebrew

URIEL   Biblical, Hebrew
From the Hebrew name  ('Uri'el) which meant "God is my light"

UZI   Hebrew
Variant of UZZI

UZZI   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "my power" in Hebrew

UZZIEL   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "my power is God" in Hebrew

VARDA  Hebrew
Diminutive of VERED

VARDAH  Hebrew
Variant transcription of VARDA

VELVEL  Yiddish
Means "wolf" in Yiddish

VELVELA Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL

VERED  Hebrew
Means "rose" in Hebrew.

WOLF  German, Hebrew, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Short form of WOLFGANG, WOLFRAM or other names containing the Germanic element wulf meaning "wolf"

YAAKOV   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACOB

YACHIN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACHIN

YACHNA  Hebrew
Perhaps a feminine form of YACHIN

YAEL  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JAEL

YAEN  Hebrew
Means "ostrich" in Hebrew.

YAFA  Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFFA

YAFE Hebrew
Variant and masculine form of YAFFA

YAFFA  Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew  (yafeh) meaning "beautiful".

YAFFE Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFE

YAIR   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JAIR

YAKIRA  Hebrew
Means "precious" in Hebrew.

YAKOV   Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JACOB (or JAMES), and a Hebrew variant transcription of YAAKOV.

YANIV   Hebrew
Means "he will prosper" in Hebrew.

YANKEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

YARDEN Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORDAN

YARDENA  Hebrew
Hebrew feminine form of JORDAN

YARON   Hebrew
Means "to sing" or "to shout" in Hebrew.

YARONA  Hebrew
Feminine form of YARON

YECHEZKEL   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EZEKIEL

YEHIEL   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHIEL

YEHOSHUA   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOSHUA

YEHUDAH   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUDAH

YEHUDI   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHUDI

YEHUDIT  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUDITH

YEMIMA  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEMIMA

YENTE Yiddish
Possibly a variant of YENTL

YENTL Yiddish
Yiddish form of the French nickname Gentille, meaning "noble, aristocratic".

YIDEL  Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH

YISHAI   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of JESSE

YISRA'EL   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ISRAEL

YISSAKHAR   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISSACHAR

YITZHAK   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISAAC

YOAV   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOAB

YOCHANAN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOHN

YOCHEVED  Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOCHEBED

YOEL   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOEL

YONAH   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JONAH

YONATAN   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of JONATHAN

YONI   Hebrew
Diminutive of YONATAN

YONINA  Hebrew
Feminine form of YONAH

YONIT  Hebrew
Feminine form of YONAH

YORAM   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORAM

YOSEF   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOSEPH

YUDEL  Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH

YUSSEL  Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JOSEPH

YUTKE Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JUDITH

YUVAL   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUBAL

ZAKIAH  Hebrew
Means "pure" in Hebrew.

ZALMAN  Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOLOMON

ZEEV   Hebrew
Means "wolf" in Hebrew.

ZELDA (1) Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELDE Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELIG  Yiddish
Variant of SELIG

ZEV   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ZEEV

ZION   Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical
From the name of a citadel which was in the center of Jerusalem

ZIPPORAH  Biblical, Hebrew
From the Hebrew name  (Tzipporah) which meant "bird"

ZISEL Yiddish
Variant of SISEL

ZIV Hebrew
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew

ZIVA  Hebrew
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIVIT  Hebrew
Feminine form of ZIV

ZLOTA Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.

ZOHAR Hebrew
Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

ZUSA Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

ZUSMAN  Yiddish
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

ZVI   Hebrew
Variant transcription of TZVI

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