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Names in Hebrew

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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.

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Hebrew Name Meaning Gender
Abigail (Avigayil)
אֲבִיגַיִל
Abijah (Aviya, Aviyah, Abiah)
אֲבִיָּה
 		The name seems to be composed of the word "אָבִי" (avi, "my father") and the letters יה (the name of God).
Abishag (Avishag)
אֲבִישַׁג
Abital (Avital)
אֲבִיטַל
Adah (Ada)
עָדָה
Adaiah (Adaya)
עֲדָיָה
 		A girl's name (in the Bible: a boy's name).
Addar (Adar)
אַדָּר
 		A name of a settlement in the land of Judah: "And ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar" (Joshua 15, 3). In the modern pronunciation of Hebrew, the name "אַדָּר" sounds like the name of the sixth Jewish month: "אֲדָר".
Adi
עֲדִי
 		Jewel, ornament.
Adina
עֲדִינָה
 		Gentle, delicate, tender.
Adiva
אֲדִיבָה
 		Courteous, gentle, polite.
Adva
אַדְוָה
 		Ripple.
Agam
אֲגַם
 		Lake, pond.
Aharona
אַהֲרֹנָה (אהרונה)
 		The name Aharona is derived of the name Aharon (Aaron).
Ahinoam (Achinoam, Achino'am)
אֲחִינֹעַם (אחינועם)
Ahuva
אֲהוּבָה
 		Loved, beloved.
Aliza
עַלִּיזָה
 		Merry, cheerful, joyful.
Alma (1)
אַלְמָה
 		The name "אלמה" sounds like the name "עלמה", which means "a young woman".
Alma (2)
עַלְמָה
 		Young woman.
Almog
אַלְמוֹג
 		Coral.
Aluma
אֲלוּמָה
 		In Middle Ages Hebrew, the word "אֲלוּמָה" means "strong, brave". In modern Hebrew, this word sounds like the word "אֲלֻמָּה" (sheaf).
Amalya (Amalia)
עֲמַלְיָה
 		The name may be composed of the word "עָמָל" (amal, "work") and the letters יה (the name of God), thus meaning "the work of God".
Amira (1)
אֲמִירָה
 		The name is derived of the word אמיר (amir, "treetop"). Literally, אמירה means "saying", "speech", "words".
Amira (2)
עֲמִירָה
 		Binding cut stalks of grain into sheaves.
Amit (Amith)
עָמִית
 		Friend; colleague.
Amiya (Ammiya)
עַמִּיָה
 		The name "amiya" is derived from the name "Ami", which means "my people".
Anael (Ana'el)
אָנָּאֵל
 		The name may be composed of the words "אנא" (ana, "please") and "אל" (el, "God").
Anath (Anat)
עֲנָת
 		A girl's name (in the Bible: a boy's name).
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).
Ariel (Ari'el)
אֲרִיאֵל
 		The name is composed of the words ארי (ari, "lion") and אל (el, "God")
Ariela (Ari'ela)
אֲרִיאֵלָה
 		The name Ariela is derived of the name Ariel.
Arnona
אַרְנוֹנָה
 		The name Arnona is derived of the name Arnon.
Asenath (Asnat, Osnat)
אָסְנַת
 		The Biblical pronunciation is "Asnat"; today, it is often pronounced "Osnat".
Asia (Asya)
אַסְיָה
 		Asia.
Atarah (Atara)
עֲטָרָה
 		Crown.
Ateret
עֲטֶרֶת
 		crown.
Athaliah (Atalya, Atalia)
עֲתַלְיָה
Aviv
אָבִיב
 		Spring
Aviva
אֲבִיבָה
 		The name is derived from the word אביב (aviv, "spring").
Avivit
אֲבִיבִית
 		The name is derived from the word אביב (aviv, "spring").
Aya (Aiah)
אַיָּה
 		A girl's name (in the Bible: a boy's name). buzzard (a type of raptor).
Ayala
אַיָּלָה
 		Hind, doe, female deer
Ayelet
אַיֶּלֶת
 		Hind, doe, female deer.
Bar
בַּר
 		Grain, cereal; grain cleaned of its chaff; clean, pure; wild, outside, in the nature; son.
Bashemath (Basmat, Bosmat)
בָּשְׂמַת
 		The name "Bashemath" seems to be derived from the word "בושׂם" (bosem, "perfume"). The Biblical pronunciation is "Basmat"; today, it is often pronounced "Bosmat".
Bat-Ami (Bat-Ammi)
בַּת-עַמִּי
 		Member of my people.
Bat-Hen (Bat-Chen)
בַּת-חֵן
 		Daughter of grace, graceful girl.
Bat-Shahar (Bat-Shachar)
בַּת-שַׁחַר
 		Daughter of dawn.
Bat-Zion (Bat-Tziyon)
בַּת-צִיּוֹן
 		Daughter of Zion, daughter of Jerusalem.
Batel (Bat'el)
בַּתְאֵל
 		God's (אל) daughter (bat, בת).
Bath-Sheba (Bat-Sheva)
בַּת-שֶׁבַע
 		Literally, the meaning of the name is "seven-year old (girl)", but following the etymology of the city name Be'er-Sheva, the name Bat-Sheva can be understood as "(a woman) of oath" (see Genesis 26, 31-33).