Maor

מָאוֹר

• Gender: Unisex
• Origin: Biblical / Rabbinic Hebrew
• Meaning: light

• Maor means "light" in Hebrew, but not just any light — it refers to the great luminaries described in the creation story of Genesis, the sun and moon that God set in the sky to illuminate the world. That gives this compact name a cosmic scope rooted in the very first chapter of the Torah. It is a particularly meaningful choice for a Hanukkah baby, when the theme of light kindling in darkness is at the heart of every celebration.

  Clean and contemporary on the surface, Maor belies its ancient origins. It works seamlessly in both Hebrew and English settings, and its two-syllable simplicity means it never needs to be spelled out twice. A name that carries the full weight of Genesis with the ease of a modern Israeli classic.

• Potential Sibling Name:
  Orli
  ,
  Meira
  ,
  Matan
  ,
  Ziv
• Theme: light