A list of all modern Hebrew names and their meaning. Names are sorted according to categories, including botanical names, names of places, zoological names, etc. and historical periods including modern, biblical and Talmudic eras.
Names in Hebrew
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Botanical Names
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Alon (Allon) אַלּוֹן |
Oak. |
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Amir (1) אָמִיר |
Treetop. |
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Amira (1) אֲמִירָה |
The name is derived of the word אמיר (amir, "treetop"). Literally, אמירה means "saying", "speech", "words". |
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Amnon אַמְנוֹן |
The flower's name אמנון ותמר (Amnon ve-Tamar, "pansy") is called after Amnon, son of David, and his sister Tamar. |
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Arava (Arabah) עֲרָבָה |
Savanna, prairie; desert; willow tree; a geographical region in Israel, near the Jordan river: "The plain (=Arabah) also and Jordan and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea under Ashdoth pisgah eastward" (Deuteronomy 3, 17). |
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Brosh בְרוֹשׁ |
Cypress tree. |
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Carmit (Karmit) כַּרְמִית |
The name "כַּרְמִית" may be derived of the word כֶּרֶם (kerem, "vineyard"). |
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Carmiya (Carmiyya, Karmiya) כַּרְמִיָּה (כרמייה) |
The name "כַּרְמִיָּה" may be derived of the word כֶּרֶם (kerem, "vineyard"). |
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Dalit דָּלִית |
Vine, the branches of which are rishing up or hanging on posts; long branch rising up or hanging on posts. |
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Daliya (Dalia, Dalya) דָּלִיָּה |
A long branch rising up or hanging on posts. The name Daliya resembles the name of the flower Dahlia. |
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Dekel דֶּקֶל |
Palm tree. |
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Diklah (Dikla) דִּקְלָה |
A girl's name (in the Bible: a boy's name). The name "דקלה" may be derived of the word "דֶּקֶל" (dekel, "palm tree"). |
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Enav (Einav) עֵנָב (עינב) |
Grape. |
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Erez אֶרֶז |
Cedar tree. Grows in the mountains of Lebanon. Was used in constructing the Temple. |
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Eshcol (Eshkol) אֶשְׁכּוֹל |
bunch, cluster (of grapes, etc.). Eshcol is also a name of a brook near Hebron: "And they came unto the brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff" (Numbers 13, 23). |
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Hadar הָדָר |
Glory; citrus fruits. |
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Hadas הֲדַס |
Myrtle. One of Sukkot's "four varieties". |
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Hadassah (Hadasa) הֲדַסָּה |
Myrtle. |
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Harduf (Hardoof) הַרְדּוּף |
Oleander. |
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Havatselet (Havazelet, Chavatzelet) חֲבַצֶלֶת |
Sand lily. This flower, which grows in Israel in the sands by the beach, is mentioned in the Bible: "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys" (Song of Solomon 2, 1). |
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Ilan אִילָן |
Tree. |
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Ilana אִילָנָה |
The name is derived of the word אילן (Ilan, "tree"). |
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Ilanit אִילָנִית |
The name is derived of the word אילן (Ilan, "tree"). |
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Inbar עִנְבָּר |
Amber; the honey-like yellow color of amber. |
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Iris אִירִיס |
A popular name of the flower אירוּס (irus, "iris"). |
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Irit (2) עִירִית |
Asphodel; chives. |
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Jarah (Yaara, Ya'ara) יַעְרָה (יַעֲרָה) |
A girl's name (in the Bible: a boy's name). Its meanning is: (bees') honeycomb; honeysuckle (the plant). |
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Lilach לִילָךְ |
Lilac. |
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Limor לִימוֹר |
The name לִימוֹר (Limor) sounds like the sentence לִי מֹר (li mor, "I have myrth" or "myrth for me"). |
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Lotem לֹטֶם (לוטם) |
Cistus. |
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Marganit מַרְגָּנִית |
Pimpernel (a flower). |
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Mor מוֹר |
Myrth. |
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Moran מוֹרָן |
Viburnum (plant); palace, large building. |
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Morel (Mor'el) מוֹרְאֵל |
The meaning of the name is "God's (אל, el) myrty (מור, mor)" or "God is myrth". |
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Moriel (Mori'el) מוֹרִיאֵל |
The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is myrty (מור, mor)". |
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Narkis נַרְקִיס |
Daffodil, narcissus. |
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Neta נֶטַע |
Seedling. |
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Nitza (Nitsa) נִצָּה (ניצה) |
Bud. |
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Nitzan (Nitsan) נִצָּן (ניצן) |
Bud. |
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Nuphar (Nufar) נוּפָר |
Nuphar (water plant). |
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Nurith (Nurit) נורית |
Ranunculus. |
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Oranit אוֹרָנִית |
The name is derived of the word אורן (oren, "pine tree"). |
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Oren אֹרֶן (אורן) |
Pine tree. |
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Orna אָרְנָה (אורנה) |
The name is derived of the word אורן (oren, "pine tree"). |
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Ornit אָרְנִית (אורנית) |
The name is derived of the word אורן (oren, "pine tree"). |
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Rakefet רַקֶּפֶת |
Cyclamen (plant). |
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Rimmon (Rimon) רִמּוֹן (רימון) |
Pomegranate. |
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Rimona (Rimmona) רִמּוֹנָה (רימונה) |
The name "Rimona" is derived of the word "רימון" (rimon: pomegranate). |
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Rotem רֹתֶם (רותם) |
Furze (a plant's name). |
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Sarig שָׂרִיג |
A thin branch (especially that of a vine). |
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