The names listed here are commonly used by Jews. See also about Jewish names.

ABE   m   English, Jewish
Short form of ABRAHAM

ABRAHAM   אַבְרָהָם   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and Hebrew הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude"... [more]

ADAM   אָדָם   m   English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADARA   אַדָרָה   f   Jewish
Means "noble" in Hebrew.

ADENA   f   Jewish
Possibly a variant of ADINA

ADI   עֲדִי   f & m   Jewish
Means "jewel" or "ornament" in Hebrew.

ADINA   עֲדִינָה   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "slender, delicate" in Hebrew... [more]

ADVA   אַדְוָה   f   Jewish
Means "small wave, ripple" in Hebrew.

AHARON   אַהֲרֹן   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of AARON

AHAVA   אַהֲבָה   f   Jewish
Means "love" in Hebrew.

AHUVA   אֲהוּבָה   f   Jewish
Means "beloved" in Hebrew.

AKIVA   עֲקִיבָא   m   Jewish
Variant of YAKOV... [more]

ALIYA (2)   עֲלִיָּה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of ALIYAH (2)

ALIYAH (2)   עֲלִיָּה   f   Jewish
Means "to ascend" in Hebrew... [more]

ALIZA   עַלִיזָה   f   Jewish
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.

ALON   אַלוֹן   m   Jewish
Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.

ALONA   אַלוֹנָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ALON

ALTE   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of ALTER

ALTER   m   Yiddish
Means either "old" in Yiddish or "the other" in Latin... [more]

AMIR (2)   אָמִיר   m   Jewish
Means "treetop" in Hebrew.

AMIRA (2)   אַמִירָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of AMIR (2)

AMIT (2)   עָמִית   m   Jewish
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

AMOS   עָמוֹס   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "to carry" in Hebrew... [more]

ANAT (2)   עַנָת   m & f   Jewish
Variant of ANATH (1)

ANATH (1)   עֲנָת   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "answer" in Hebrew... [more]

ANSHEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of ASHER

ARI (1)   אֲרִי   m   Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

ARIEH   אַרְיֵה   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew... [more]

ARIEL   אֲרִיאֵל   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ARIK   אָרִיק   m   Jewish
Pet form of ARIEL

ARYEH   אַרְיֵה   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of ARIEH

ASA   אָסָא   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "doctor" in Hebrew... [more]

ASHER   אָשֵׁר   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew... [more]

ATARA   עֲטָרָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of ATARAH

AVI   אֲבִי   m   Jewish
Pet form of AVRAHAM or AVIRAM

AVIA   f   Jewish
Variant of AVIYA

AVIDAN   אֲבִידָן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABIDAN

AVIGAIL   אֲבִיגַיִל   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABIGAIL

AVIRAM   אֲבִירָם   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABIRAM

AVISHAG   אֲבִישַׁג   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABISHAG

AVISHAI   אֲבִישַׁי   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABISHAI

AVIV   אֲבִיב   m   Jewish
Means "spring" in Hebrew.

AVIVA   אֲבִיבָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of AVIV

AVIYA   אֲבִיָה   m & f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABIJAH

AVNER   אַבְנֵר   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABNER

AVRAHAM   אַבְרָהָם   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABRAHAM

AVRAM   אַבְרָם   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABRAHAM

AVRUM   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ABRAHAM

AYALA   אֲיָלָה   f   Jewish
Means "gazelle, hind" in Hebrew.

AYELET   אַיֶלֶת   f   Jewish
Means "gazelle, hind"... [more]

AYLA (1)   אֵלָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of ELAH

BAILA   f   Yiddish
Means "white" in Yiddish.

BARAK   בָרָק   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "lightning" in Hebrew... [more]

BARUCH   בָרוּך   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "blessed" in Hebrew... [more]

BASHE   בַאשֶׁע   f   Jewish
Pet form of BATYAH

BASIA (2)   f   Jewish
Pet form of BATYAH

BASYA   f   Jewish
Pet form of BATYAH

BATEL   בַת־אֵל   f   Jewish
Means "daughter of God" in Hebrew.

BATYA   בַתְיָה   f   Jewish
Variant of BITHIAH

BATYAH   בַתְיָה   f   Jewish
Variant of BITHIAH

BENESH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT

BER   m   Yiddish
Means "bear" in Yiddish.

BERACHA   בְּרָכָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of BRACHA

BEYLKE   f   Yiddish
Pet form of BAILA

BINYAMIN   בִנְיָמִין   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of BENJAMIN

BLUMA   f   Yiddish
Means "flower" in Yiddish.

BOAZ   בֹעַז   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew... [more]

BOSMAT   בָשְׂמַת   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of BASEMATH

BRACHA   בְּרָכָה   f   Jewish
Means "blessing" in Hebrew.

BREINDEL   f   Yiddish
Means "brunette" in Yiddish.

CHAIM   חַיִים   m   Jewish
Variant of CHAYIM

CHANAH   חַנָה   f   Jewish
Variant of CHANNAH

CHANNAH   חַנָּה   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of HANNAH

CHARNA   f   Yiddish
From a Slavic word meaning "dark".

CHATZKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL

CHAVA   חַוָה   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of EVE

CHAYA   חַיָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of CHAYIM

CHAYIM   חַיִּים   m   Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew word חַיִּים (chayyim) meaning "life".

CHESED   חֶסֶד   f & m   Jewish
Means "mercy" in Hebrew.

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANYA   דַנְיָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of DAN (1)

DARA (2)   f   Jewish
Perhaps means "wisdom" or "compassion" in Hebrew.

DASSAH   f   Jewish
Short form of HADASSAH

DAVID   דָוִד   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEBORAH   דְבוֹרָה   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew... [more]

DEKEL   דֶקֶל   m   Jewish
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

DEROR   דְרוֹר   m   Jewish
Means "freedom" or "swallow (bird)" in Hebrew.

DERORIT   דְרוֹרִית   f   Jewish
Feminine form of DEROR

DEVORAH   דְבוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

DIKLA   דִקְלָה   m & f   Jewish
Variant transcription of DIKLAH

DIKLAH   דִקְלָה   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Possibly means "palm grove" in Hebrew or Aramaic... [more]

DOR   דוֹר   m & f   Jewish
Means "generation" in Hebrew.

DORI   דוֹרִי   m   Jewish
Means "my generation" in Hebrew.

DORIT (1)   דוֹרִית   f   Jewish
Strictly feminine variant of DOR

DORON   דוֹרוֹן   m   Jewish
Means "gift" in Greek.

DOV   דוֹב   m   Jewish
Means "bear" in Hebrew.

DOVID   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of DAVID

DROR   דְרוֹר   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of DEROR

DRORIT   דְרוֹרִית   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of DERORIT

DUDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of DAVID

DVORAH   דְבוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

EFRAIM   אֶפְרָיִם   m   Jewish, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of EPHRAIM

EFRAT   אֶפְרָת   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of EPHRATH

EHUD   אֵהוּד   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "united" in Hebrew... [more]

EIDEL   f   Yiddish
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.

EIRAN   m   Jewish
Variant of ERAN

EITAN   אֵיתָן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ETHAN

ELAH   אֵלָה   f   Jewish
Means "oak tree" or "terebinth tree" in Hebrew.

ELI (1)   עֵלִי   m   Jewish, English, Biblical
Means "ascension" in Hebrew... [more]

ELI (2)   אֵלִי   m   Jewish
Means "my God" in Hebrew.

ELIANA (2)   אֶלִיעַנָה   f   Jewish
Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.

ELIJAH   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"... [more]

ELIOR   אֱלִיאוֹר   m   Jewish
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

ELIORA   אֱלִיאוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ELIOR

ELISHEVA   אֱלִישֶׁבַע   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ELIZABETH

ELIYAHU   אֱלִיָהוּ   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of ELIJAH

ELKAN   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELKANAH

ELKE (2)   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ELKANAH

EPHRAIM   m   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name אֶפְרָיִם ('Efrayim) which meant "fruitful"... [more]

EREZ   אֶרֶז   m   Jewish
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.

ESTEE   f   Jewish
Pet form of ESTHER... [more]

ESTHER   אֶסְתֵר   f   English, Jewish, French, Biblical
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

ETHAN   אֵיתָן   m   Jewish, English, Biblical
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew... [more]

EVRON   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EPHRAIM

EYAL   אַיָל   m   Jewish
Means "deer" or "ram" in Hebrew.

EZRA   עֶזְרָא   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "help" in Hebrew... [more]

FAIGA   f   Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL

FAIGEL   f   Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish פֵװגֶל (feigel) meaning "bird".

FAIVISH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FALK   m   Yiddish
Means "falcon" in Yiddish.

FAYVEL   m   Yiddish
Pet form of FEIBUSH

FEIBUSH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FEIGE   f   Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL

FEIVEL   m   Yiddish
Pet form of FAIVISH

FISHEL   m   Yiddish
Means "little fish" in Yiddish.

FISHKE   m   Yiddish
Variant of FISHEL

FREYDE   f   Yiddish
Means "joy" in Yiddish.

FRUMA   f   Yiddish
Means "pious" in Yiddish.

GAL   גַל   f & m   Jewish
Means "wave" in Hebrew.

GALIA   גַלְיָה   f   Jewish
Variant of GAL

GALIT   גַלִית   f   Jewish
Variant of GAL

GAVREL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of GABRIEL

GAVRIEL   גַבְרִיאֵל   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of GABRIEL

GIDEON   גִדְעוֹן   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "feller" or "hewer" in Hebrew... [more]

GIL (3)   גִיל   m   Jewish
Means "joy, happiness" in Hebrew.

GILAD   גִלְעָד   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of GILEAD

GILAH   גִילָה   f   Jewish
Means "joy, happiness" in Hebrew.

GITTEL   f   Yiddish
Means "good" in Yiddish.

GLUKE   f   Yiddish
Means "good luck" in Yiddish.

GLUKEL   f   Yiddish
Pet form of GLUKE

GOLDA   f   Yiddish
Means "gold" in Yiddish.

GOLDIE   f   Jewish, English
Either a variant of GOLDA or else simply derived from the English word gold.

HADAR   הָדָר   f & m   Jewish
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

HADAS   הֲדַס   m & f   Jewish
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

HADASSAH   הֲדַסָּה   f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew... [more]

HANNAH   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"... [more]

HASKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL

HAVA   חַוָה   f   Jewish
Modern Hebrew form of EVE

HEBEL   הֶבֶל   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABEL

HED   הֵד   m & f   Jewish
Means "echo" in Hebrew.

HENA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENDA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENDEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of HANNAH

HENE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENYE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HERSCHEL   m   Yiddish
Pet form of HIRSH

HERSH   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSH

HERSHEL   m   Yiddish
Pet form of HIRSH

HERUT   חֵרוּת   f   Jewish
Means "freedom" in Hebrew.

HESHEL   m   Yiddish
Variant of HERSHEL

HEVEL   הֶבֶל   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABEL

HILLEL   הִלֵּל   m   Biblical, Jewish
Derived from Hebrew הלל (halal) meaning "praise"... [more]

HIRSH   m   Yiddish
Means "deer" in Yiddish.

HIRSHEL   m   Yiddish
Pet form of HIRSH

HIZKIAH   חִזְקִיָהוּ   m   Jewish, Biblical
Alternate form of the Hebrew name Chizqiyahu (see HEZEKIAH).

HODE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HADASSAH

HODEL   f   Yiddish
Pet form of HODE

HUDES   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDITH

HYAM   m   Jewish
Variant of CHAYIM

HYMAN   m   Yiddish
Alteration of HYAM influenced by Yiddish man "man".

HYMIE   m   Yiddish
Pet form of HYMAN

IDAN   עִדָן   m   Jewish
Means "era" in Hebrew.

IDRIYA   אִדְרִיָה   f   Jewish
Means "duck" in Hebrew.

ILAN   אִילָן   m   Jewish
Means "tree" in Hebrew.

ILANA   אִילָנָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ILAN

ILANIT   אִילָנִית   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ILAN

IMMANUEL   עִמָּנוּאֵל   m   German, Jewish, Biblical
Form of EMMANUEL used in some translations of the Old Testament... [more]

INBAL   עִנְבָל   f   Jewish
Means "tongue of a bell" in Hebrew.

IRA (1)   עִירָא   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "watchful" in Hebrew... [more]

IRIT   עִירִית   f   Jewish
Means "asphodel" in Hebrew. The asphodel is a type of flower.

ISAAC   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitzchaq) which meant "he laughs"... [more]

ISAIAH   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]

ISER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ISRAEL   m   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el) meaning "God contended"... [more]

ISSACHAR   יִשָּׂשׁכָר   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "hireling" in Hebrew... [more]

ISSUR   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ITAMAR   אִיתָמָר   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of ITHAMAR

ITHAMAR   אִיתָמָר   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "palm island" in Hebrew... [more]

ITZHAK   יִצְחָק   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of YITZHAK

IYOV   אִיּוֹב   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of JOB

JAEL   f   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name יָעֵל (Ya'el) meaning "mountain goat"... [more]

JAFFE   יָפֶה   m & f   Jewish
Variant transcription of YAFE

JEREMIAH   m   Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted"... [more]

JOEL   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning "YAHWEH is God"... [more]

JUDITH   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) which meant "woman from Judea"... [more]

KAILA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of KELILA

KAPEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of JACOB

KAYLA (2)   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of KAILA

KELILA   כְּלִילָה   f   Jewish
Means "crown of laurel" in Hebrew.

KESHET   קֶשֶׁת   m & f   Jewish
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.

KOPPEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of JACOB

KREINDEL   f   Yiddish
Pet form of KREINE

KREINE   f   Yiddish
Means "crown" in Yiddish.

LAVI   לָבִיא   m   Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

LAZER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER

LEAH   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary"... [more]

LEEBA   f   Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LEV (2)   לֵב   m   Jewish
Means "heart" in Hebrew.

LEVI   לֵוִי   m   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "attached" in Hebrew... [more]

LIAT   לִיאַת   f   Jewish
Means "you are mine" in Hebrew.

LIEBER   m   Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

LIOR   לִיאוֹר   m & f   Jewish
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

LIORA   לִיאוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIORIT   לִיאוֹרִית   f   Jewish
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIRON   לִירוֹן   m & f   Jewish
Means "my song" or "my joy" in Hebrew.

LIVNA   לִבְנָה   f   Jewish
Means "white" in Hebrew.

LIVNAT   לִבְנַת   f   Jewish
Variant of LIVNA

MAAYAN   מַעֲיָן   f   Jewish
Means "spring of water" in Hebrew.

MALACHI   מַלְאָכִי   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "my messenger" or "my angel" in Hebrew... [more]

MALKA   מַלְכָּה   f   Jewish
Means "queen" in Hebrew.

MAOR   מָאוֹר   m   Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.

MARGALIT   מַרְגָלִית   f   Jewish
Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites).

MARGALITA   מַרְגָלִיתָה   f   Jewish
Variant of MARGALIT

MARGANITA   מַרְגָנִיתָה   f   Jewish
From the name of a type of flowering plant common in Israel, called the scarlet pimpernel in English.

MARNI   f   Jewish
Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

MARNIE (2)   f   Jewish
Variant of MARNI

MATAN   מַתָּן   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of MATTAN

MATTITHYAHU   מַתִּתְיָהוּ   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Original Hebrew form of MATTHEW

MAYA (3)   מַיָּה   f   Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מַיִם (mayim) "water".

MAYTAL   מֵיטַל   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of MEITAL