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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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• • Saadiah

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning:

    God's Help

    Jewish Thinkers: Saadiah Gaon was a foremost medieval spiritual leader, Talmudist, and philosopher (882-942).

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• • Sadeh

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Field
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• • Sagie

  • Gender: -
  • Meaning: Enough, great, numerous
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• • Sahar

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Moon
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• • Sapir

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Sapphire
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• • Sapira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Sapphire
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• • Sar

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Prince, royal ruler, minister
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• • Sara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Princess. In the Bible, Sarah, the first matriarch, was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
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• • Sari

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Princess
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• • Sarid

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: One who survives, a remnant. More common as a last name, such as that of Israeli politician Yossi Sarid
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• • Sarina

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Princess
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• • Sarit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Princess
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• • Sason

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Joy
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• • Savyon

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Senecio plants, plants in the daisy family. A famous Savion is author Savyon Liebrecht
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• • Sela

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Rock
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• • Sender

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Protector of Mankind
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• • Sesona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Her joy
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• • Seth

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Anointed
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• • Shabat

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Resting, seventh day of the week
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• • Shachaf

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Seagull
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• • Shachar

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Dawn
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• • Shafir

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: A biblical settlement
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• • Shai

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Gift or present
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• • Shaindel

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beautiful
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• • Shaked

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Almond
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• • Shalev

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Calm or Quiet
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• • Shalhevet

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Flame
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• • Shalom

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Peace
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• • Shalva

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Calm or Quiet
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• • Shamai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: One who inspects or evaluates
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• • Shamash

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: A maintenance person. The shamash is the candle that lights the other candles in the Hanukkah menorah
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• • Shana

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Year (lit.); lily
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• • Shani

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Scarlet or Red
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• • Shara

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Princess; coastal plain of Israel
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• • Sharon

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: The Coastal Plain of Israel
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• • Sharona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: The Coastal Plain of Israel
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• • Shaul

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Asked For
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• • Shavit

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Meteor, comet
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• • Shavtiel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: I Returned to God
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• • Shay

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Gift
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• • Shayna

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beautiful
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• • Shefi

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: With traquility, with ease
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• • Shelef

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: A field after harvest
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• • Sheli

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: What belongs to me
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• • Shem

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Name (lit.)
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• • Shemesh

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Sun. The name of a main character of a popular Israeli TV show from the late 90s and early 2000s
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• • Sheva

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Seven
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• • Shezaf

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Jujube plant
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• • Shibolet

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Stalk of grain
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• • Shifra

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Beauty
    
    In the Bible, Shifra was one of the midwives who defied Pharaoh's decree and continued to deliver and keep alive Hebrew baby boys in Egypt.
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• • Shiloh

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: His present
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• • Shimmel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: To Hear
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• • Shimon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: To Hear or Be Heard
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• • Shimona

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    To Hear

    Shimona is the feminine version of Shimon.
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• • Shimrit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Keep or Guard
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• • Shimshon

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning:
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• • Shir

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Song
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• • Shira

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Song
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• • Shiran

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Happy song
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• • Shiraz

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Secret Song
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• • Shirley

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: A song for me; I have a song
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• • Shkediah

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Almond, almond tree
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• • Shlomit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning:

    Peace

    Shlomit is the feminine version of Shlomo.
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• • Shlomo

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: In the Bible, King Solomon (Shlomo) built the First Temple in Jerusalem. The name Shlomo has both the roots of the word "peace" (shalom) and "whole" (shalem).
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• • Shmaryahu

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Protection of God
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• • Shmuel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Has Heard
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• • Shofar

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: An ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes during the High Holidays
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• • Shoshana

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Rose or Lily
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• • Shoval

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Trail
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• • Shraga

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Candle or Lamp
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• • Shulamit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Peace
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• • Shunit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Reef
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• • Si

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Seventh note in music (also known as B or Ti). Si Heyman is a celebrated Israeli musician
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• • Sigal

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Violet
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• • Sigalit

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Violet
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• • Silas

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Saul
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• • Sima

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Treasure
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• • Siman-Tov

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Good sign
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• • Simcha

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Joy or happiness
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• • Simone

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: One who hears
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• • Sinai

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Mout Sinai, in the Sinai peninsula
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• • Sion

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Peak
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• • Sivan

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Sivan is the ninth month of the Jewish calendar and falls in the spring.
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• • Smadar

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Blossom
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• • Sod

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: Secret
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• • Somech

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: One who trusts, leans on
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• • Sophia

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Wisdom of God
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• • Sroel

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: God Prevails
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• • Stav

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Autumn
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• • Stephen

  • Gender: Gender Neutral
  • Meaning: Wreath, crown
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• • Sufa

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Storm
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• • Suri

  • Gender: Female
  • Meaning: Nickname for Sarah. The name of Katie Holmes' daughter with Tom Cruise
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• • Tzabar

  • Gender: Male
  • Meaning: The prickly pear cactus, a nickname for Israeli Jews, because of their prickly and hard exterior and warm interior
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