Hebrew names

[name]Hi[/name] Berries!

I’m Jewish, and I’ve been thinking recently about naming my future children with Hebrew names. I’ve compiled a list of some I’ve come across. Any you like? Others you know? I’m afraid my boys’ list is quite short. Also, do you prefer girls’ names that end in -a with or without that final -h?

Girls

[name]Atara/name
[name]Aviva[/name]
[name]Malka[/name]
[name]Yael[/name]
[name]Avigail[/name]
Merav
[name]Eden[/name]
[name]Keturah[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Hadassah[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Talia[/name]
[name]Vered[/name]
[name]Tirtza[/name]
[name]Bar[/name]
Amitai
[name]Eliora[/name]
[name]Raziela[/name]
[name]Erela/name
[name]Nava[/name]
[name]Hadara[/name]
Meital
[name]Talor[/name]
[name]Ayelet[/name]
Livna
[name]Rivka[/name]
[name]Zipporah[/name]
[name]Elisheva[/name]
[name]Devora/name
Liat
[name]Adara[/name]
[name]Tavi[/name]
[name]Davida[/name]
[name]Elisheva[/name]
[name]Doveva[/name]
[name]Eila[/name]
[name]Tovah[/name]
[name]Ivria[/name]

Boys

[name]Noam[/name]
[name]Zev[/name]
[name]Savyon[/name]
[name]Lev[/name]
[name]Oren[/name]
Ronen
[name]Raanan[/name]
[name]Simcha[/name]
Uzziel
[name]Yarden[/name]
Itai
[name]Dovev[/name]
[name]Eilam[/name]
[name]Gidon[/name]

Curious to hear your responses! :slight_smile:

  • [name]Nicole[/name]

So many good ones here. I like:

[name]Atarah[/name] (though it’s close to Atari)
[name]Aviva[/name]
[name]Malka[/name]
[name]Yael[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Talia[/name]
[name]Nava[/name]
[name]Rivka[/name]
[name]Adara[/name]
[name]Tavi[/name]
[name]Tovah[/name]

I also love the name [name]Raya[/name]. [name]One[/name] of my friends used this for her daughter, and I think it’s beautiful.

[name]Noam[/name] and [name]Lev[/name] are my faves from your boy’s list.

With names that end in A, I don’t care either way if there’s an H at the end unless it’s a name (like [name]Hannah[/name] for example) that i almost always see with the H, in which case the name looks incomplete without it.

Here’s the ones I like form your list:

Girls

[name]Aviva[/name]
[name]Eden[/name]
[name]Keturah[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Talia[/name]
[name]Eliora[/name]
[name]Rivka[/name]
[name]Zipporah[/name]
[name]Adara[/name]
[name]Doveva[/name]
[name]Tovah[/name]
[name]Ivria[/name]

Boys

[name]Zev[/name]
[name]Oren[/name]
Ronen

I love [name]Aviva[/name], [name]Ayelet[/name], [name]Adara[/name], [name]Noam[/name], [name]Lev[/name], and [name]Zev[/name]! [name]Ayelet[/name] and [name]Noam[/name] are actually my favorite Hebrew names… there’s just something about them. :slight_smile: As for the "H"s, I’m not sure. The "H"s make them feel more authentic to me, for some reason, but [name]Atara[/name] looks cleaner-cut than [name]Atarah[/name] does. So I’m torn.

I absolutely love [name]Livana[/name], too, which is Hebrew, and I came across Eliava and [name]Chava[/name] which are also Hebrew, I believe. I really like [name]Shimon[/name]/[name]Simon[/name], too, but I’ve heard others (non-Jewish) who say [name]Shimon[/name] has too much teasing potential… but I still really like it. I really love the idea of [name]Boaz[/name] nn [name]Bo[/name], too, and I always loved the story of [name]Boaz[/name] and [name]Ruth[/name].

My favorite Biblical/Hebrew name is [name]Caleb[/name]… I’ve seen several spellings for the original Hebrew name, but I believe @miloowen’s son’s Hebrew name is Kalev, so I’m guessing she would know for sure? I think Kalev is really appealing, too.

A few other ideas (not sure if they’re the traditional Hebrew names or more Anglicized in modern translations of the Bible–since I come from a [name]Christian[/name] standpoint, I can’t say for sure, sorry):

[name]Efraim[/name]/[name]Ephraim[/name]
[name]Dov[/name] (have you ever seen the TV show Rookie [name]Blue[/name]? There’s a hilarious [name]Dov[/name] on the show, and on one of the first episodes, one of the girls is like, “Your name is [name]Dove[/name]? Isn’t that kind of wimpy for a copper?” And [name]Dov[/name]'s like, “It means “bear”. It’s a very, very manly Hebrew name!” That always stuck with me, haha, and I always liked it. Maybe because of the show, maybe not. I think it’d be a cool MN as a nod to your heritage, though!)
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Gavriel[/name]/[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Idan[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]/[name]Yitzhak[/name]
[name]Yosef[/name]/[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Yonah[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name]
Lior
[name]Ari[/name]/[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Noach[/name]/[name]Noah[/name]
[name]Ori[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name]
Raviv
[name]Reuben[/name]/[name]Reuven[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]/[name]Shmuel[/name]
Yaacov/Ya’akov/[name]Yakov[/name] (I’ve seen it spelled several ways… but I’ve always had a huge crush on the Hebrew form of [name]Jacob[/name]! I love it.)

girls:
[name]Adina[/name]
[name]Ariela[/name]/[name]Ariella[/name]
[name]Dinah[/name]
Dafna (I’m guessing this is a Hebrew form of [name]Daphne[/name]? It’s listed meaning was “laurel”, just like [name]Daphne[/name]'s is. I found it on a website that listed it as a modern Hebrew name…)
[name]Elisheva[/name]
[name]Eliana[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Sarai[/name]
[name]Shoshana[/name]
[name]Tzipora[/name] (I think the more Anglicized [name]Zipporah[/name] is pretty, too)

And there’s the well-known [name]Ziva[/name], thanks to NCIS, too. I love her sister’s name ([name]Talia[/name], nn [name]Tali[/name]), and her half-brother’s, [name]Ari[/name]–much more than [name]Ziva[/name] itself, which feels a bit overglorified to me. It is a nice name, though. :slight_smile:

Good luck!

I like [name]Adah[/name], too, which I think might be Hebrew? I couldn’t say for sure, though.

My favorites:

Girls:
[name]Yael[/name] - there was another [name]Berry[/name] who posted about this a while back. Very pretty!
[name]Avigail[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this version of [name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Talia[/name] -
[name]Tirtzah[/name] - Is this pronounced “Teer-tzah”, or “Tirt-zah” (rhymes with dirt)? Like it with the long “i”, not so much with the short.
[name]Eliora[/name]
[name]Raziela[/name] - gorgeous!
[name]Nava[/name]
Livna
[name]Rivka[/name] - [name]Read[/name] this in a book long ago, and have always loved it.
[name]Zipporah[/name]
Liat - never heard this one. It’s lovely.
[name]Adara[/name]
[name]Tavi[/name]
[name]Davida[/name]
[name]Eila[/name]
[name]Tovah[/name] - love it with the “h”!
[name]Ivria[/name]

Boys

[name]Zev[/name]
[name]Savyon[/name]
[name]Lev[/name]
[name]Oren[/name]
Ronen
[name]Dovev[/name]
[name]Eilam[/name] - this one is just really interesting. [name]Love[/name] the way the vowels sound together.
[name]Gidon[/name]

Other boys’ suggestions:
[name]Abi[/name]/[name]Avi[/name] - love this one! Simple, but so great for a boy!
Sivan
[name]Aviram[/name]
[name]Ari[/name]
[name]Shai[/name]/[name]Shay[/name]
Brosh
Shuah/Shu’a
Biran
[name]Eliab[/name]
[name]Eilon[/name]
[name]Idan[/name]
Jehiel
Maor
Nadiv
[name]Abiel[/name]/[name]Aviel[/name]/[name]Avi[/name]'el
[name]Nahum[/name]/[name]Nachum[/name]
Elichai
[name]Ori[/name]
[name]Avidan[/name]
[name]Rami[/name]/[name]Rani[/name]
Sason
Etham
[name]Moshe[/name]
[name]Pesach[/name]
Yahel
Gera/Gerai
Tzafrir
[name]Rafi[/name]/[name]Rafe[/name]/[name]Raffi[/name]/Raphi

Hello fellow Jewish [name]Berry[/name]!

Names I am considering for our Jewish baby would be: the “Av” names: [name]Avram[/name], [name]Avner[/name], [name]Avi[/name]; and animal names: [name]Zev[/name], [name]Dov[/name], [name]Zvi[/name], [name]Arya[/name]; and [name]Judah[/name] and [name]Saul[/name]. For girls I like Lior (means “my light”), [name]Talya[/name], [name]Dalia[/name], [name]Noemie[/name], Estée ([name]Esther[/name]), [name]Miri[/name] ([name]Miriam[/name]), [name]Chaya[/name], [name]Channah[/name], [name]Sabra[/name], Agam, Naphtalia, [name]Azariah[/name]. I’ve known too many Jewish people in my life thru camp and youth groups so I don’t want to use 90% of the ones I know since they are so connected to those people. Oh ya I forgot I love the name [name]Oren[/name]! [name]Way[/name] more hip than [name]Owen[/name].

Cheers!

˙·٠•”:heart: [name]Poppy[/name]