Help with Jewish names

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Any Jewish berries out there that can help me with Jewish names? I need to know about naming traditions and customs. If it helps the Jewish family I’m naming is of Iranian descent but lived in [name]Israel[/name] for about ten years or so. Now they live in the US. Can anyone help or lead me somewhere that can?

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What kinds of names are you looking for? Hebrew names or Jewish names? Because those are different things. If they live in [name]Israel[/name], they’ll most likely have either/or. Jews in [name]Israel[/name] have beyond the typical Bible names of [name]Jonah[/name] and [name]Sarah[/name]; they usually have either more obscure Bible names or other names in Hebrew… For example: [name]Tamar[/name], [name]Noa[/name], Shahar, [name]Yael[/name], Galit, Merav, [name]Shari[/name]…

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I’m not too sure what I’m looking for right now. A mixture of both types of names would be nice if it isn’t too much of a hassle. Thanks!

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Oh sure! There are tons, and you can comb the Internet for more. [name]Just[/name] type ‘Hebrew names’ into Google, and you’ll get plenty of results. Here’s one: http://www.learn-hebrew-names.com/

The Biblical names you’ll be familiar with, mostly:

[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Jebediah[/name]
[name]Jeremiah[/name]
[name]Zachariah[/name]
[name]Nathan[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Judah[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Ezekiel[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Joel[/name]
[name]Moses[/name]
[name]Mordechai[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]

[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Orpah[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]

Some other Hebrew names:

Liat
[name]Adar[/name]
Hadarah
[name]Hadassah[/name]
[name]Abital[/name]/[name]Avital[/name] (b’s and v’s usually interchangable)
[name]Amira[/name]
[name]Keturah[/name]
Shoshanna (rose)
Tzipporah (bird)
[name]Malka[/name] (means queen - quite popular)
[name]Yael[/name] (goat)

[name]Eleazar[/name]
[name]Nehemiah[/name]
[name]Avi[/name]
[name]Naphtali[/name]

Good luck! [name]Hope[/name] this helps!