Dor

דּוֹר

• Gender: Male
• Origin: Modern Hebrew
• Meaning: generation

• Dor means "generation" in Hebrew, connecting it to one of the most cherished phrases in Jewish life: l'dor v'dor, "from generation to generation." It is a name that carries the entire Jewish philosophy of continuity and legacy in a single syllable. Every time you say it, you are invoking the chain that links your child to ancestors stretching back thousands of years.

  An enormous amount of meaning lives inside these three letters. It has the minimalist power of Zev or Tal but with a concept at its core that touches the very heart of what it means to be Jewish. Call your child to dinner and you are quietly reciting a prayer for continuity — not many names can say that.

• Potential Sibling Name:
  Nurit
  ,
  Tal
  ,
  Gidon
  ,
  Dan
• Theme: family