Jewish Baby Names

Bar

בַּר

• Gender: Unisex
• Origin: Modern Hebrew
• Meaning: son, pure, wheat
• Bar is most familiar from the name of the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, bar mitzvah, where "bar" means “son” in Aramaic — but that’s only part of the story. In other contexts, bar can also mean pure or clean in Hebrew, and even wheat or grain in Arabic. It’s short and bold, with layers of meaning across languages. Modern Israeli culture has helped keep it stylish as a gender neutral name, too — think model Bar Refaeli.
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Marganit
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  Gal
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  Nir
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  Erez
• Theme: family