Jewish Baby Names

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• • Abba

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father. Israeli Leaders: Abba Eban was a noted Israeli diplomat and politician in the 20th century.
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• • Abira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Brave, strong, female version of a knight.
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• • Achava

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Camaraderie, allyship, friendship.
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• • Achinoam

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: My brother is pleasant
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• • Ada

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: In the Bible, a wife of Lamech and a wife of Esau.
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• • Adam

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Earth
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• • Adar

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Adar is the 12th month of the Hebrew calendar.
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• • Adara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: The sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, Adar
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• • Adaya

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Jewel of God, God's witness, a biblical character from the book of Kings.
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• • Adele

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: From German, it means nobility. In Hebrew, it stands of "esh dat lamo" — "a fiery law unto them," in reference to the Torah. From the Talmud.
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• • Aderet

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Crown
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• • Adi

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Jewel or Ornament
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• • Adiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God is My Witness or God's Ornament
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• • Adin

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gentle
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• • Adina

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Delicate or Gentle
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• • Adir

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Great, mighty, or powerful
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• • Adira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Great, mighty, or powerful. Adira is the feminine form of Adir
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• • Adiv

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gracious, generous
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• • Adiva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Gracious, generous, feminine of Adiv
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• • Adriel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God's flock
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• • Adva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Small Wave or Ripple
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• • Aharon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: In the Bible, Aaron, the high priest, was Moses' brother. Together they helped free the Israelites from Egypt.
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• • Aharona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Exalted

    Aharona is the feminine version is Aharon.

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• • Ahava

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Love
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• • Ahuv

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Love or beloved
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• • Ahuva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beloved
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• • Akiva

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning:

    From the verb meaning to follow.

    Jewish thinkers: Rabbi Akiva was one of the greatest sages of Mishnah, the first major work of rabbinic literature (220 CE).

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• • Alanna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Tree; this name is popular for babies born around Tu B'shvat, the "Birthday of the Trees."
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• • Alaz

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Was happy
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• • Albert

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: noble and bright
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• • Aldema

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: A happy life is wished upon you — literally "no tears."
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• • Aleph

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: First letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The name of Natalie Portman's oldest child.
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• • Alexander

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Protector of Man. Jewish History: In the third century B.C.E., Alexander the Great spared Jerusalem from harm. In Alexander's honor, the high priest ordered that all Jewish males born in the city for a year were to be named after the leader.
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• • Alexandra

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Protector of Man. Alexandra is the feminine version of Alexander.
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• • Alfred

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: wise counsel
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• • Aliyah

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Ascend or Go Up
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• • Aliza

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Merry or Cheerful
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• • Allegra

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Happiness
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• • Alma

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Young woman
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• • Almog

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Coral
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• • Alon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Oak Tree
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• • Alona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Oak Tree

    Tu Bishvat: Tu Bishvat celebrates the "Birthday of the Trees."

    Alona is the feminine version of Alon.

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• • Alte

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: OldAlte is the feminine version of Alter.
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• • Alter

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Old
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• • Aluma

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: A sheaf, ray.
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• • Alva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Leafage, vegetation.
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• • Amada

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beloved
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• • Amado

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Beloved
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• • Amal

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Hebrew for labor or labored, Arabic for hope.
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• • Amalia

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Work of God
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• • Amarya

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Decision of God, literally "God has said."
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• • Amatzya

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Courage of God
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• • Ami

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My nation
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• • Amiad

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My nation is eternal
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• • Amichai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My nation lives
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• • Amiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God of My People
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• • Aminadav

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Nation is Noble
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• • Amir

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Treetop
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• • Amira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Derived from the word amir (treetop), Amira literally means saying.
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• • Amiran

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: My nation is happy.
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• • Amit

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Friend
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• • Amitai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Truth
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• • Amnon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Faithful. Amnon is also the Hebrew name of the pansy flower.
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• • Amon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: One who educates — a tutor. A biblical king.
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• • Amos

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Carried
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• • Amotz

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Strong
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• • Amram

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Exalted nation
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• • Anael

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God has Answered
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• • Anafa

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Egret bird.
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• • Anat

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Answer
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• • Andrew

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Manly, brave
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• • Anna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: to answer (lit.); gracious
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• • Anne

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God has favored me
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• • Anshel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Happy. Anshel is the Yiddish version of Asher.
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• • Anya

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God answered (lit.); grace, favor, compassion
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• • Apple

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Apple. Apple is the name of Gwenyth Paltrow's daughter.
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• • Arad

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Copper-brown, bronze.
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• • Arava

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Willow. The willow is one of the four species associated with Sukkot. The Aravah is also a desert region in Israel
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• • Ari

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Lion
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• • Arianna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: very holy
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• • Ariel

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Lion of God
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• • Ariella

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Lion of God
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• • Arik

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Lion of God (version of Ariel)
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• • Armon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Chesnut fruit or tree
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• • Arthur

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Brave, strong. There are many famous Jewish Arthurs including pianist Arthur Rubinstein and playwright Arthur Miller
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• • Aryeh

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Lion
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• • Arza

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: The female version of the name "Erez," which means cedar tree.
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• • Asa

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: healer, physician
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• • Asael

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Made
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• • Asaf

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gather. Holidays: Sukkot is also known as Hag Ha-asif, or the gathering festival
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• • Asheda

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Slope
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• • Asher

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Affirmation
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• • Ashira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: I will sing, rejoice.
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• • Ataliah

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Ataliah was the wife of King Yehoram. She later became the queen regent of the kingdom of Judah. 
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• • Atara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Crown
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• • Ateret

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Crown
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• • Atira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Prayer
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• • Atzilah

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Noble, noblewoman.
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• • Ava

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: life
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• • Avdiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God's servant
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• • Avi

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My father or father of. Diminutive of Avraham, Avner, and other Jewish names that begin with "av."
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• • Aviad

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Eternity
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• • Avichai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My father lives
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• • Avidan

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My father judges
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• • Aviel

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: God is My Father
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• • Avigail

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: My Father's Joy or God's joy (a combination of the Hebrew word avi — "my father" and gil — "joy"). In the Bible, Avigail becomes one of King David's wives.
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• • Avihu

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: He is My Father
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• • Avimelech

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father is King
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• • Avinadav

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father is Noble
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• • Avirama

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Female version of the name Aviram, meaning my father is important, strong,tall or loud.
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• • Avishai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Gift of My Father
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• • Avital

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Father of Dew
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• • Aviv

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Spring
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• • Aviva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Spring
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• • Avivit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Spring
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• • Aviya

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: God is My Father
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• • Avner

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: My Father is My Light
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• • Avraham

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Many. Abraham was the first patriarch in the bible.
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• • Avrum

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: High Father
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• • Avshalom

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Father of Peace
    
    In the Bible, Avshalom was one of King David's sons.
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• • Avuka

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Flame, torch
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• • Aya

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: buzzard
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• • Ayal

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Deer
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• • Ayala

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Female Deer
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• • Ayelet

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Gazelle or Deer
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• • Ayla

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Oak
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• • Azarel

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: God has Helped
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• • Azariah

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God has Helped
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• • Azriel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Help of God
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• • Hevel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Breath, vapor or foolishness
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