What are your favourite hebrew names? Do you have any?

Hello!

[name_f]My[/name_f] younger sister is pregnant for the first time. I know that, unlike me, she will continue our family’s naming tradition, so child will be giver hebrew first or middle name. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any favoirite? Which do you think are worth usable?

Thanks!

These aren’t all necessarily my favorites, but here are some beautiful ones for a girl:

[name_f]Nizana[/name_f]
[name_f]Zella[/name_f]
[name_f]Mayim[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Shani[/name_f]
[name_f]Zahara[/name_f]
[name_f]Atara/name_f
[name_f]Zipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Adira[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariah[/name_f]
[name_f]Aphra[/name_f]
[name_f]Kelilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariza[/name_f]
[name_f]Doveva[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivria[/name_f]
[name_f]Aziza[/name_f]
[name_f]Arava[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisheva[/name_f]

And a few for a boy:

[name_u]Amari[/name_u]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Misael[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] your sister likes some of these! :slight_smile:

I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] Hebrew names

Girls:
[name_f]Adina[/name_f], “gentle”
[name_f]Adira[/name_f], “mighty, strong”
[name_f]Aliza[/name_f], “joy, joyous one”
[name_f]Ayala[/name_f], “deer”
Dafna, “laurel”
[name_f]Dalia[/name_f], “flower”
[name_f]Eila[/name_f], “oak tree”
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f], “God has answered me”
[name_f]Eliora[/name_f], “[name_f]My[/name_f] God is my light”
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f], “[name_u]Dove[/name_u]”
[name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Leila[/name_f], “night”
[name_f]Liora[/name_f], “I have light”
[name_f]Maya[/name_f], “water”
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f], “I will praise God”
Pelia, “wonder,miracle”
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f], “to tie, bind”
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] ([name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] is derived from [name_f]Rivka[/name_f])
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f], original form of [name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Shifra[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f], “dew from God”
[name_f]Tirza[/name_f], “cypress tree”
[name_f]Zahara[/name_f], “to shine, brightness”
Zemira, “song, melody”
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f], “splendor”

Boys:
[name_m]Adam[/name_m], “man, mankind”
Adiel, "adorned by God’, “God is my witness”
[name_m]Alon[/name_m], “oak tree”
[name_m]Asher[/name_m], “blessed, fortunate, happy”
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
Dotan, “law”
[name_u]Edan[/name_u], “era, historic period”
[name_u]Elan[/name_u], “tree”
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m], “help”
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadriel[/name_m], “splendor of the [name_m]Lord[/name_m]”
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m], “God is my salvation”
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m], “[name_m]Fire[/name_m] of the [name_m]Lord[/name_m]”
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m], “dove”
[name_u]Lior[/name_u], “I have light”
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m], “gift”
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m], “God heals”

Thank you! I’m glad to see so many A-names, as they are family tradition too. [name_f]Aviva[/name_f], [name_f]Adira[/name_f], [name_u]Asa[/name_u] and [name_m]Asher[/name_m] are great.
Someone else:)?

There are so many great ones. Is there any specific type, style, sound, meaning that you’re looking for? I’d have names to suggest, but it would be like a stab in the dark.

I absolutely love [name_u]Ari[/name_u] for a boy

I love, love, love [name_f]Aviva[/name_f]. Also: [name_f]Adalia[/name_f], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] (for both genders,) [name_f]Aya[/name_f], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_f]Chaya[/name_f], [name_f]Davina[/name_f], [name_m]Dov[/name_m], [name_m]Eleazar[/name_m], [name_f]Keziah[/name_f], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_f]Nira[/name_f], [name_m]Omri[/name_m], [name_f]Ophira[/name_f], [name_f]Raya[/name_f], [name_f]Sephora[/name_f], [name_f]Sapphira[/name_f], [name_u]Tal[/name_u]

[name_f]Tova[/name_f] is my absolute favorite Hebrew name