Jewish Baby Names

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• • Aaron

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Exalted or High Mountain. In the Bible, Aaron, the high priest, was Moses' brother. Together they helped free the Israelites from Egypt.
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• • Abba

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father. Israeli Leaders: Abba Eban was a noted Israeli diplomat and politician in the 20th century.
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• • Abigail

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: My Father's Joy or God's joy (a combination of the Hebrew word avi — "my father" and gil — "joy"). In the Bible, Avigail becomes one of King David's wives.
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• • Abraham

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Many
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• • Achinoam

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: My brother is pleasant
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• • Ada

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: ornament; adornment
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• • Adam

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Earth
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• • Adara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: The sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, Adar
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• • Aderet

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Crown
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• • Adi

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Jewel or Ornament
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• • Adiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is My Witness or God's Ornament
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• • Adin

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gentle
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• • Adina

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Delicate or Gentle
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• • Adir

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Great, Mighty, or Powerful
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• • Adira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Great, Mighty, Powerful

    Adira is the feminine form of Adir.

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• • Adiv

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Courteous, Gentle, or Polite
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• • Adiva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Gracious or Pleasant
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• • Adva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Small Wave or Ripple
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• • Aharon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Exalted or High Mountain. In the Bible, Aaron, the high priest, was Moses' brother. Together they helped free the Israelites from Egypt.
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• • Aharona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Exalted

    Aharona is the feminine version is Aharon.

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• • Ahava

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Love or Beloved
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• • Ahuva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beloved
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• • Akiva

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning:

    From the verb meaning to follow.

    Jewish thinkers: Rabbi Akiva was one of the greatest sages of Mishnah, the first major work of rabbinic literature (220 CE).

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• • Alanna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Tree; this name is popular for babies born around Tu B'shvat, the "Birthday of the Trees."
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• • Albert

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: noble and bright
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• • Alexander

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Protector of ManJewish History: In the third century B.C.E., Alexander the Great spared Jerusalem from harm. In Alexander's honor, the high priest ordered that all Jewish males born in the city for a year were to be named after the leader.
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• • Alexandra

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Protector of Man. Alexandra is the feminine version of Alexander.
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• • Alfred

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: wise counsel
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• • Aliyah

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Ascend or Go Up
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• • Aliza

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Merry or Cheerful
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• • Allegra

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Happiness
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• • Alma

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Young Woman
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• • Almog

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Coral
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• • Alon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Oak TreeTu Bishvat:Tu Bishvat celebrates the "Birthday of the Trees."
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• • Alona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Oak Tree

    Tu Bishvat: Tu Bishvat celebrates the "Birthday of the Trees."

    Alona is the feminine version of Alon.

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• • Alte

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: OldAlte is the feminine version of Alter.
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• • Alter

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Old
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• • Amada

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beloved
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• • Amado

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Beloved
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• • Amalia

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Work of God
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• • Amatzya

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Courage of God
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• • Amelia

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Work of God
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• • Ami

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Nation
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• • Amiad

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Nation is Eternal
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• • Amichai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Nation Lives
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• • Amiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God of My People
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• • Aminadav

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Nation is Noble
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• • Amir

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Treetop
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• • Amira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Derived from the word amir (treetop), Amira literally means saying.
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• • Amit

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Friend
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• • Amitai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Truth
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• • Amnon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Faithful. Amnon is also the Hebrew name of the pansy flower.
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• • Amos

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Carried
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• • Amotz

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Strong
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• • Amram

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Exalted nation
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• • Anael

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God has Answered
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• • Anat

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Answer
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• • Andrew

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Manly, brave
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• • Anna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: to answer (lit.); gracious
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• • Anne

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God has favored me
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• • Anshel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: HappyAnshel is the Yiddish version of Asher.
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• • Anya

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God answered (lit.); grace, favor, compassion
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• • Arava

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Willow
    
    The willow is one of the four species associated with Sukkot. The Aravah is also a desert region in Israel.
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• • Ari

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Lion
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• • Arianna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: very holy
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• • Ariel

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Lion of God
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• • Ariella

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Lion of God
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• • Arik

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Lion of God (version of Ariel)
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• • Aryeh

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Lion
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• • Asa

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: healer, physician
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• • Asael

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Made
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• • Asaf

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning:

    Gather

    Holidays: Sukkot is also known as Hag Ha-asif, or the gathering festival.

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• • Asher

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Affirmation
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• • Ataliah

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Ataliah was the wife of King Yehoram. She later became the queen regent of the kingdom of Judah. 
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• • Atara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Crown
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• • Ateret

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Crown
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• • Atira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Prayer
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• • Ava

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: life
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• • Avi

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My father
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• • Aviad

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Eternity
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• • Avichai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father Lives
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• • Avidan

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father Judges
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• • Aviel

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: God is My Father
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• • Avielle

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: God is My Father
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• • Avigail

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: My Father's Joy or God's joy (a combination of the Hebrew word avi — "my father" and gil — "joy"). In the Bible, Avigail becomes one of King David's wives.
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• • Avihu

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: He is My Father
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• • Avimelech

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father is King
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• • Avinadav

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father is Noble
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• • Avishai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gift of My Father
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• • Avital

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Father of Dew
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• • Aviv

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Spring
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• • Aviva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Spring
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• • Avivit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Spring
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• • Aviya

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God is my Father
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• • Avner

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father is My Light
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• • Avraham

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Many
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• • Avrum

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: High Father
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• • Avshalom

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Peace
    
    In the Bible, Avshalom was one of King David's sons.
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• • Aya

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: buzzard
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• • Ayal

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Deer
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• • Ayala

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Female Deer
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• • Ayelet

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Gazelle or Deer
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• • Ayla

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Oak
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• • Azarel

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God has Helped
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