Looking for more suggestions on Hebrew boy names! I prefer unusual names but am okay if it’s popular in Israel as long as it’s not too common in America (I wouldn’t want a boy to be one of 10 Eitans in his school…)
My favorite non-Jewish boy names (by sound, not meaning), if you can think of similar ones in Hebrew:
Valentine, Valerian, Theodore, Christopher
Some names I currently like already for Hebrew boy names:
Lev
Ilan
Adin
Ariel
Aryeh
Noam
Menachem (I don’t feel that this is super usable in the US, and would prefer my kids have the same legal name and Hebrew name so that’s not an option)
Elchanan (ditto)
Chanan (ditto)
[name_m]Adriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Elior[/name_m]
[name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_m]Remiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Zimri[/name_m]
[name_u]Zohar[/name_u]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Zev[/name_m]
[name_u]Liron[/name_u]
[name_u]Meyer[/name_u]
Meron/Miron
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]
[name_u]Elim[/name_u]
[name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
I love your choices!
Here are some of my favorites:
[name_m]Avishai[/name_m]
[name_m]Avidan[/name_m]
[name_u]Avi[/name_u]
[name_u]Ori[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezer[/name_u]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezriel[/name_m]
[name_u]Ami[/name_u]
[name_m]Natan[/name_m]
[name_u]Elisha[/name_u]
[name_u]Amir[/name_u]
[name_f]Adar[/name_f]
[name_m]Meir[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuven[/name_m]
[name_u]Eliya[/name_u]
[name_m]Yehuda[/name_m]
[name_m]Yonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Oz[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliav[/name_m]
[name_u]Emanuel[/name_u]
[name_m]Nadav[/name_m]
I’m also happy to message you if you need any more advice 
How about…
[name_m]Ayal[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordechai[/name_m]
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriel[/name_m] / [name_m]Uri[/name_m]
[name_m]Zev[/name_m]
[name_m]Ziv[/name_m]
[name_m]Natan[/name_m]
[name_m]Gavriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ido[/name_m]
[name_u]Amit[/name_u]
[name_m]Dor[/name_m]
Ilai
Ofir / [name_u]Ophir[/name_u]
[name_m]Rom[/name_m]
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m] (nn “Bo”)
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_u]Asher[/name_u]
I like [name_m]Yonah[/name_m] a lot! I live in the US though and am worried people would think it’s a girl’s name, do you think that would be a problem?
I wouldn’t think so. Technically it’s gender neutral but because it’s so close to [name_u]Jonah[/name_u] which is typically used as a boys’ name in the US, I don’t think they’d asume a girl. Plus there are lots of common boys’ names that end in an “A” sound like [name_u]Ezra[/name_u], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], and [name_u]Noah[/name_u].
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