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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Meteorology and Calendar Names

Hebrew Name Meaning Gender
Aviv
אָבִיב
Spring
Aviva
אֲבִיבָה
The name is derived from the word אביב (aviv, "spring").
Avivi
אֲבִיבִי
The name is derived from the word אביב (aviv, "spring").
Avivit
אֲבִיבִית
The name is derived from the word אביב (aviv, "spring").
Bat-Shahar (Bat-Shachar)
בַּת-שַׁחַר
Daughter of dawn.
Gal
גַּל
Wave; heap, pile.
Galit
גַּלִּית
Derived of the word גל (gal, "wave"), the literal meaning of the name is "having waves / stormy".
Galya
גַּלְיָה
The name may be derived of the word גל (gal, "wave").
Jerah (Yerah, Yerach)
יֶרַח
Month.
Keshet
קֶשֶת
Bow; crossbow; rainbow.
May (Mai)
מַאי
May (the month).
Maya
מַיָּה (מַאיָה)
The name Maya maybe derived of the name of the month "May", which was named after the Roman Goddess of spring and fertility - Maia.
Meital
מֵיטַל
Dew-water.
Nisan
נִיסָן
Nisan is the name of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. In early times it was the first month of the calendar. Also called "the spring month".
Ortal
אוֹרְטַל
The name is combined of the words אור (or, "light") and טל (tal, "dew"). It menas "dew glow".
Pesach (Pesakh, Pesah)
פֶּסַח
Pesach (Passover) is the name of one of the Jewish holidays: "In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover" (Leviticus 23, 5).
Raviv
רָבִיב
Rain.
Revital
רְוִיטַל
The meaning of the name "Revital" is: "drink dew (טל, tal) and quenched your thirst".
Reviva
רְבִיבָה
The name "Reviva" is derived of the word "רָבִיב" (raviv, "rain").
Saar (Sa'ar)
סַעַר
Storm.
Shahar (Shachar)
שַׁחַר
Dawn.
Sivan
סִיוָן (סיוון)
Sivan is the name of the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
Sivana
סִיוָנָה (סיוונה)
The name "Sivana" is derived of the name "Sivan", which is the name of the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
Stav
סְתָו (סתיו)
Autumn, fall.
Tal
טַל
Dew.
Tal-Or (Tal'or)
טַל-אוֹר (טַלאוֹר)
The name is combined of the words טל (tal, "dew") and אור (or, "light").
Talia (Talya)
טַלְיָה
The name seems to be composed of the word "טַל" (tal, "dew") and the letters יה (the name of God). Hosea utters God's words: "I will be as the dew unto Israel" (Hosea 14, 5; verse 6 in the Hebrew version of the Bible).
Yuli
יוּלִי
July (the month).
Zafrir (Tzafrir, Tsafrir)
צַפְרִיר
Pleasant morning wind or morning sunlight. Originally: a certain morning goblin.
Zafrira (Tzafrira, Tsafrira)
צַפְרִירָה
The name "Zafrira" is derived of the name "Zafrir", whihc means: pleasant morning wind or morning sunlight; originally: a certain morning goblin.
Ziv
זִיו
Light, brilliance, glow; in the Bible, this is the name of the eighth month of the Jewish calendar - Iyar.