The names listed here are commonly used by Jews. For more specific lists, see Hebrew names and Yiddish names. See also about Jewish names.

ABE   m   English, Hebrew
Short form of ABRAHAM

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

ADAM   אָדָם   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADARA   אַדָרָה   f   Hebrew
Means "noble" in Hebrew.

ADENA   f   Hebrew
Possibly a variant of ADINA

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

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

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

AHARON   אַהֲרֹן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of AARON

AHAVA   אַהֲבָה   f   Hebrew
Means "love" in Hebrew.

AHUVA   אֲהוּבָה   f   Hebrew
Means "beloved" in Hebrew.

AKIBA   עֲקִיבָא   m   Hebrew
Variant of YAAKOV... [more]

AKIVA   עֲקִיבָא   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of AKIBA

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

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

ALIZA   עַלִיזָה   f   Hebrew
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.

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

ALONA   אַלוֹנָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ALON

ALTE   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of ALTER

ALTER   m   Yiddish
Means "old" in Yiddish... [more]

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

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

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

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

ANAT (2)   עַנָת   f & m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ANATH (1)... [more]

ANSHEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ASHER

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

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

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

ARIK   אָרִיק   m   Hebrew
Diminutive of ARIEL

ARYEH   אַרְיֵה   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ARIEH

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

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

ATARA   עֲטָרָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ATARAH

ATARAH   עֲטָרָה   f   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "crown" in Hebrew... [more]

AVI   אֲבִי   m   Hebrew
Means "my father" in Hebrew... [more]

AVIA   f   Hebrew
Variant of AVIYA

AVIDAN   אֲבִידָן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIDAN

AVIGAIL   אֲבִיגַיִל   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIGAIL

AVIRAM   אֲבִירָם   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIRAM

AVISHAG   אֲבִישַׁג   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABISHAG

AVISHAI   אֲבִישַׁי   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABISHAI

AVIV   אֲבִיב   m   Hebrew
Means "spring" in Hebrew.

AVIVA   אֲבִיבָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of AVIV

AVIYA   אֲבִיָה   m & f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIJAH

AVNER   אַבְנֵר   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABNER

AVRAHAM   אַבְרָהָם   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABRAHAM

AVRAM   אַבְרָם   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABRAHAM

AVRUM   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ABRAHAM

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

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

AYLA (1)   אֵלָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ELAH

BAILA   f   Yiddish
Means "white" in Yiddish.

BARAK (1)   בָּרָק   m   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "lightning" in Hebrew... [more]

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

BASHE   בַּאשֶׁע   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BASIA (2)   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BASYA   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

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

BATYA   בַּתְיָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BITHIAH

BATYAH   בַּתְיָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BITHIAH

BENESH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT

BER   m   Yiddish
Means "bear" in Yiddish.

BERACHA   בְּרָכָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of BRACHA

BEYLKE   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of BAILA

BINYAMIN   בִּנְיָמִין   m   Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew and Arabic form of BENJAMIN

BLUMA   f   Yiddish
Means "flower" in Yiddish.

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

BOSMAT   בָּשְׂמַת   f   Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BASEMATH

BRACHA   בְּרָכָה   f   Hebrew
Means "blessing" in Hebrew.

BREINDEL   f   Yiddish
Means "brunette" in Yiddish.

CHAIM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

CHANAH   חַנָה   f   Hebrew
Variant of CHANNAH

CHANNAH   חַנָּה   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of HANNAH

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

CHATZKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL

CHAVA   חַוָה   f   Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of EVE

CHAYA   חַיָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of CHAYYIM

CHAYIM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

CHAYYIM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Derived from the Hebrew word חַיִּים (chayyim) meaning "life"... [more]

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

DALIA (3)   דַּלְיָה   f   Hebrew
Means "branch" in Hebrew.

DALYA   דַּלְיָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of DALIA (3)

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

DANYA   דַּנְיָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of DAN (1)

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

DASSAH   f   Hebrew
Short form of HADASSAH

DAVID   דָּוִד   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

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

DEKEL   דֶּקֶל   m   Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

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

DERORIT   דְּרוֹרִית   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of DEROR

DEVORAH   דְּבוֹרָה   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

DIKLA   דִּקְלָה   m & f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of DIKLAH

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

DOR   דּוֹר   m & f   Hebrew
Means "generation" in Hebrew.

DORI   דּוֹרִי   m   Hebrew
Means "my generation" in Hebrew.

DORIT (1)   דּוֹרִית   f   Hebrew
Strictly feminine variant of DOR

DORON   דּוֹרוֹן   m   Hebrew
Means "gift" in Greek.

DOV   דּוֹב   m   Hebrew
Means "bear" in Hebrew.

DOVID   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of DAVID

DROR   דְּרוֹר   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of DEROR

DRORIT   דְּרוֹרִית   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of DERORIT

DUDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of DAVID

DVORAH   דְּבוֹרָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

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

EFRAT   אֶפְרָת   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EPHRATH

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

EIDEL   f   Yiddish
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.

EIRAN   עֵירָן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ERAN

EITAN   אֵיתָן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ETHAN

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

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

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

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

ELIEZER   m   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Hebrew אֱלִיעֶזֶר ('Eli'ezer) meaning "my God is help"... [more]

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

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

ELIORA   אֱלִיאוֹרָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ELIOR

ELISHEVA   אֱלִישֶׁבַע   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIZABETH

ELIYAHU   אֱלִיָהוּ   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIJAH

ELKAN   עֶלְקָן   m   Hebrew
Modern variant of ELKANAH

ELKE (2)   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ELKANAH

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

EREZ   אֶרֶז   m   Hebrew
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.

ESTEE   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of ESTHER... [more]

ESTHER   אֶסְתֵר   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

ETHAN   אֵיתָן   m   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew... [more]

EVRON   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EPHRAIM

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

EYTAN   אֵיתָן   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of EITAN

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

FAIGA   f   Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL

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

FAIVISH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FALK   m   German, Yiddish
Means "falcon" in German and Yiddish.

FAYVEL   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of FEIVEL

FEIBUSH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FEIGE   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of FAIGA

FEIVEL   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of FEIBUSH

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   גַּל   f & m   Hebrew
Means "wave" in Hebrew.

GALIA   גַּלְיָה   f   Hebrew
Variant of GAL

GALIT   גַּלִית   f   Hebrew
Variant of GAL

GAVREL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of GABRIEL

GAVRIEL   גַּבְרִיאֵל   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of GABRIEL

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

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

GILAD   גִּלְעָד   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of GILEAD

GILAH   גִּילָה   f   Hebrew
Means "joy, happiness" in Hebrew.

GITTEL   f   Yiddish
Means "good" in Yiddish.

GLUKE   f   Yiddish
Means "good luck" in Yiddish.

GLUKEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of GLUKE

GOLDA   f   Yiddish
Means "gold" in Yiddish.

GOLDIE (2)   f   Hebrew
Variant of GOLDA

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

HADAS   הֲדַס   f   Hebrew
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

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

HAIM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HANNAH   f   English, Hebrew, 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   Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of EVE

HAYIM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HAYYIM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HEBEL   הֶבֶל   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ABEL

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

HENA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENDA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENDEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of HANNAH

HENE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HENYE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH

HERSCHEL   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSHEL

HERSH   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSH

HERSHEL   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSHEL

HERUT   חֵרוּת   f   Hebrew
Means "freedom" in Hebrew.

HESHEL   m   Yiddish
Variant of HERSHEL

HEVEL   הֶבֶל   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABEL

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

HIRSH   m   Yiddish
Means "deer" in Yiddish.

HIRSHEL   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of HIRSH

HODE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HADASSAH

HODEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of HODE

HUDES   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDITH

HYAM   חַיִּים   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

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

HYMIE   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of HYMAN

IDAN   עִידָן   m   Hebrew
Means "era" in Hebrew.

IDRIYA   אִדְרִיָה   f   Hebrew
Means "duck" in Hebrew.

ILAN   אִילָן   m   Hebrew
Means "tree" in Hebrew.

ILANA   אִילָנָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ILAN

ILANIT   אִילָנִית   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ILAN

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

INBAL   עִנְבָּל   f   Hebrew
Means "tongue of a bell" in Hebrew.

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

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

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

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

ISER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ISIDORE   m   English, French, Hebrew
From the Greek name Ισιδωρος (Isidoros) which meant "gift of Isis", from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

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

ISSUR   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ITAMAR   אִיתָמָר   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ITHAMAR

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

ITZHAK   יִצְחָק   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of YITZHAK

IYOV   אִיּוֹב   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOB

JAFFE   יָפֶה   m & f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFE

JUDITH   f   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel... [more]

KAILA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of KELILA

KAPEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

KAYLA (2)   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of KAILA

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

KEREN   קֶרֶן   f   Hebrew
Means "horn" or "ray of light" in Hebrew.

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

KOPPEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

KREINDEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of KREINE

KREINE   f   Yiddish
Means "crown" in Yiddish.

LAVI   לָבִיא   m   Hebrew
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

LAZER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER

LEAH   f   English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
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.

LEON   m   English, German, Polish, Slovene, Hebrew, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek λεων (leon) meaning "lion"... [more]

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

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

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

LIEBER   m   Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.

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

LIORA   לִיאוֹרָה   f   Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

LIORIT   לִיאוֹרִית   f   Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of LIOR

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

LIVNA   לִבְנָה   f   Hebrew
Means "white" in Hebrew.

LIVNAT   לִבְנַת   f   Hebrew
Variant of LIVNA