Rachav

רָחָב

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Modern Hebrew
• Meaning: wide, spacious

• Rachav is one of the Hebrew Bible's most fascinating heroines — the courageous innkeeper in Jericho who risked everything to shelter Israelite spies and help them conquer the city. Her story is one of bravery, quick thinking, and fierce loyalty to her family, qualities the rabbis admired so much that tradition holds she eventually converted and married Joshua himself.

  A quiet revival is underway among parents rediscovering the fierce women of the Hebrew Bible. Rachav's crisp, two-syllable punch sounds modern and confident, equally suited to a ketubah and a keynote introduction. Still flying well under the radar, it is a name with genuine warrior energy that most people will be hearing for the first time.

• Alternate Spellings: Rahab, Rahav
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Gvira
  ,
  Yael
  ,
  Boaz
  ,
  Gideon