[name]Hi[/name] all
I’ve noticed during my name reserch that a lot of girls names end or start (or both!) with a vowel. [name]Do[/name] you know any girls names of hebrew origin that both start and end with a consonant? I have [name]Rachel[/name] and [name]Ruth[/name]. Any more?
Thanks
Kath xx
[name]Bethel[/name]
[name]Carmel[/name]
[name]Dagan[/name]
[name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Danit[/name]
[name]Dorit[/name]
[name]Gail[/name]
[name]Hadar[/name]
[name]Hagar[/name]
[name]Jaden[/name]/[name]Jadon[/name]
[name]Jael[/name]
[name]Jezebel[/name]
[name]Joelle[/name]
[name]Jordan[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Judith[/name]
[name]Keren[/name]
[name]Mariam[/name]/[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Mehitabel[/name]
[name]Michal[/name]
[name]Mirit[/name]
[name]Moselle[/name]
[name]Paz[/name]
[name]Peniel[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Rahel[/name]
[name]Reuelle[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Seth[/name]
[name]Shalom[/name]
[name]Sharon[/name]
[name]Shawn[/name]
[name]Shulamit[/name]
[name]Susan[/name]
[name]Tamar[/name]
[name]Tziamarnit[/name]
[name]Yael[/name]
[name]Yehudit[/name]
[name]Zion[/name]
Great list, thanks.
Anyone know any more?
Kath x
I tried to avoid any repeats. These are mostly less common Hebrew names, more often used in [name]Israel[/name].
Batel
Chesed
Drorit
Dor
[name]Gal[/name]
Galit
[name]Hadas[/name]
Herut
Keshet
Liat
Lior
Livnat
Mayan
Meital
[name]Nurit[/name]
Ravid
Reut
[name]Ronit[/name]
[name]Sarit[/name]
[name]Shir[/name]/Sheer
Sigal/Siglit
[name]Sisel[/name] (technically Yiddish, but I love this name)
[name]Tal[/name]
[name]Tov[/name]
Tzeitel (also Yiddish)
[name]Vered[/name]
[name]Zohar[/name]
BASEMATH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: ??? (Ancient Hebrew)
Means “fragrance” in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this was the name of a wife of [name]Esau[/name].
HED
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “echo” in Hebrew.
[name]LIORIT[/name]
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Strictly feminine form of LIOR
LIRON
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “my song” or “my joy” in Hebrew.
MARGALIT
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “pearl” in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek ??? (margarites).
MERAB
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: ??? (Ancient Hebrew)
Means “abundant” in Hebrew. This was the name of a daughter of [name]Saul[/name] in the Old Testament.
NAHAL
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Pronounced: NAH-khahl [key]
Means “stream” in Hebrew.
[name]NOAM[/name]
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “pleasantness” in Hebrew. A famous bearer is [name]Noam[/name] Chomsky, an American linguist and philosopher.
[name]RON[/name] (2)
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “song, joy” in Hebrew.
ROTEM
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
From the name of a desert plant, possibly derived from Hebrew ??? (retom) meaning “to bind”.
SHACHAR
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “dawn” in Hebrew.
SMADAR
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “blossom” in Hebrew.
[name]ZIV/name
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ??? (Hebrew)
Means “bright, radiant” in Hebrew. This was the ancient name of the second month of the Jewish calendar.
[name]Hope[/name] these help!
[name]Dalit[/name] (Gentile)
[name]Carmit[/name] (Garden/Orchard)
[name]Yarden[/name] (Down Flowing)
[name]Kelilah[/name] (Crowed)
[name]Moriah[/name] (Divine [name]Land[/name] in [name]Israel[/name])
[name]Tamar[/name] (Date/Palm Tree)
[name]Vered[/name] ([name]Rose[/name])
[name]Zippora[/name] (Song [name]Bird[/name])
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Zipporah[/name]
[name]Deborah[/name]/[name]Devorah[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Tovah[/name]