Jewish Baby Names

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• • Yaacov

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: A truly timeless name, Jacob means “to follow” and honors the biblical patriarch and Isaac’s son. There have been many famous Jewish Jacobs throughout history, but at the forefront of our mind is Jake Gyllenhaal, as he recently stole our hearts with a seductive and silly ad for a T-shirt from Russ & Daughters deli.
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• • Yaara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: woodland, or honeycomb
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• • Yadin

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Will Judge
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• • Yadon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God has heard, thankful
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• • Yael

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Mountain Goat
    
    In the biblical Book of Judges, Yael killed Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army.
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• • Yaffa

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beautiful
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• • Yagil

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Rejoice
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• • Yair

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Reveal; Enlighten
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• • Yaira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: To enlighten
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• • Yakir

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Dear or Loved
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• • Yakira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Dear or Loved
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• • Yam

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Sea, big body of salty water
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• • Yamima

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Little dove
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• • Yamin

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Right hand
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• • Yaniv

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: To Yield or Produce
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• • Yankel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Supplanter
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• • Yarden

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Jordan (the river in Israel)
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• • Yardena

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Jordan (the river in Israel); feminized form of Yarden
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• • Yaron

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: To Sing
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• • Yechezkel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Strengthens
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• • Yechiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Shall Live
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• • Yedida

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Friend
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• • Yedidiah

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Beloved of God
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• • Yehonatan

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Has Given
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• • Yehoshua

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is Salvation
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• • Yehuda

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Praised
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• • Yehudit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Praised
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• • Yenta

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Aristocratic or Noble
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• • Yerachmiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Shall Have Mercy
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• • Yered

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Descent
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• • Yermiyahu

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God has Uplifted
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• • Yerucham

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: He Will Show Compassion
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• • Yeshaya

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is Salvation.
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• • Yeshayahu

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is Salvation
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• • Yifat

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beauty
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• • Yiftach

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: He Opens
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• • Yigal

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: He Will Liberate
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• • Yisachar

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Reward
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• • Yishai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gift
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• • Yiska

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Foresight
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• • Yisrael

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Wrestled with God.
    
    In the Bible, Israel is the second name given to Jacob after his match with one of God's angels.
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• • Yisraela

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Wrestled with God.
    
    Yisraela is the feminine form of Yisrael.
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• • Yitzhak

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Laughter
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• • Yoav

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is the Father
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• • Yochai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Lives
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• • Yochanan

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is Gracious
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• • Yocheved

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God's Glory
    
    In the Bible, Yocheved was the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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• • Yoel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: The Lord is God
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• • Yomtov

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Good Day; Holiday
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• • Yona

  • Gender: Both
  • Meaning: Dove or pigeon
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• • Yonatan

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God has Given
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• • Yonina

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Dove
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• • Yonit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Dove
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• • Yoram

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is Exalted
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• • Yosef

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Increase
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• • Yosefa

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Increase

    Yosefa is the feminine version of Yosef.

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• • Yotam

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is Perfect
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• • Yovel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Jubilee
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• • Yudel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Praised
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• • Yuval

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Stream or River
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