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

MEIR   מֵאִיר   m   Jewish
Means "giving light" in Hebrew.

MEIRA   מֵאִירָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of MEIR

MEIRIT   מֵאִירִית   f   Jewish
Feminine form of MEIR

MEITAL   מֵיטַל   f   Jewish
Means "dew drop" in Hebrew.

MELECH   מֶלֶך   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "king" in Hebrew... [more]

MELEK (1)   מֶלֶך   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of MELECH

MENACHEM   מְנַחֵם   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of MENAHEM

MENAHEM   מְנַחֵם   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "comforter" in Hebrew... [more]

MENASHE   מְנַשֶּׁה   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of MANASSEH

MENDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MENAHEM

MENUHA   מְנוּחָה   f   Jewish
Means "tranquility" in Hebrew.

MERAV   מֵרַב   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of MERAB

MESHULAM   מְשֻׁלָּם   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of MESHULLAM

MESHULLAM   מְשֻׁלָּם   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means either "paid for" or "friend" in Hebrew... [more]

MEYER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MEIR... [more]

MICA   f   Jewish
Short form of MICHAL (2)

MICHAL (2)   מִיכַל   f   Biblical, Jewish
Possibly means "brook" in Hebrew... [more]

MIRELE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MIRIAM

MIRIAM   מִרְיָם   f   Jewish, English, German, Biblical
Original Hebrew form of MARY... [more]

MOISHE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MOSES

MORDECAI   מָרְדֳכַי   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "servant of MARDUK" in Persian... [more]

MORDECHAI   מָרְדֳכַי   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of MORDECAI

MOSHE   מֹשֶׁה   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of MOSES

MOSS   m   English (Archaic), Jewish
Medieval form of MOSES

MOTEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

MOTKE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

NAAMAH   נַעֲמָה   f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "pleasant" in Hebrew... [more]

NADAV   נָדָב   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of NADAB

NAHAL   f   Jewish
Means "river" in Hebrew.

NAHUM   נַחוּם   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "comforter" in Hebrew... [more]

NAOMI (1)   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness"... [more]

NATAN   נָתָן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of NATHAN

NAVA   נָאוָה   f   Jewish
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

NESSA (2)   f   Jewish
Means "miracle" in Hebrew.

NETA   נֶטַע   f   Jewish
Means "plant, shrub" in Hebrew.

NIR   נִיר   m   Jewish
Means "plowed field" in Hebrew.

NISSA   נִסָה   f   Jewish
Means "sign" in Hebrew.

NITZA   נִצָה   f   Jewish
Means "flower bud" in Hebrew.

NIV   נִיב   m   Jewish
Means "speech, expression" in Aramaic.

NOA (1)   נוֹעָה   f   Jewish, Biblical (Variant)
Hebrew form of NOAH (2)

NOACH   נוֹחַ   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of NOAH (1)

NOAM   נוֹעַם   m & f   Jewish
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew... [more]

NOGA   נֹגַה   f & m   Jewish
Variant transcription of NOGAH

NOGAH   נֹגַה   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "brightness" in Hebrew... [more]

NURIT   נוּרִית   f   Jewish
Means "buttercup (the flower)" in Hebrew.

OFER   עֹפֶר   m   Jewish
Masculine variant of OPHRAH

OFRA   עָפְרָה   f & m   Jewish
Variant transcription of OPHRAH

OMER   עֹמֶר   m   Jewish
Means "sheaf of wheat" in Hebrew.

OMRI   עָמְרִי   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "my sheaf" in Hebrew... [more]

OPHRAH   עָפְרָה   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "fawn" in Hebrew... [more]

ORA (2)   אוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.

ORAH   אוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of ORA (2)

OREN   אֹרֶן   m   Jewish
Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.

ORI   אוֹרִי   m   Jewish
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

ORIT   אוֹרִית   f   Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.

ORLI   אוֹרְלִי   f   Jewish
Means "light is mine" in Hebrew.

ORLY   אוֹרְלִי   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of ORLI

ORNA (2)   אָרְנָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of OREN

OSHER   אֹשֶׁר   m   Jewish
Means "happiness" in Hebrew.

OVADIA   עֹבַדְיָה   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of OBADIAH

OVED   עוֹבֵד   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of OBED

OZ (2)   עוֹז   m   Jewish
Means "strength" in Hebrew.

PERELE   f   Yiddish
Variant of PERLE

PERLE   f   Yiddish
Means "pearl" in Yiddish, also used as a Yiddish vernacular form of MARGARET.

PINCHAS   פִינְחָס   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of PHINEHAS

RAANAN   רַעֲנָן   m   Jewish
Means "fresh, invigorating" in Hebrew.

RACHEL   רָחֵל   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
Means "ewe" in Hebrew... [more]

RAISA (2)   f   Yiddish
Means "rose" in Yiddish.

RAISEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of RAISA (2)

RAVID   רָבִיד   m & f   Jewish
Means "ornament, necklace" in Hebrew.

RAYNA (2)   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of REINA (2)

RAZIELA   רָזִאֵלָה   f   Jewish
Means "my secret is God" in Hebrew.

REINA (2)   f   Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish רֵײן (rein) meaning "clean, pure"... [more]

REUBEN   רְאוּבֵן   m   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew... [more]

REUT   רְעוּת   f   Jewish
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

REUVEN   רְאוּבֵן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of REUBEN

RIFKA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RIVKA

RINA (2)   רִנָה   f   Jewish
Means "joy" in Hebrew.

RIVA   רִיבָה   f   Jewish
Diminutive of RIVKA

RIVKA   רִיבְקָה   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of REBECCA

ROI (2)   רוֹעִי   m   Jewish
Means "my shepherd" in Hebrew.

RON (2)   רוֹן   m & f   Jewish
Means "song, joy" in Hebrew.

RONEN   רוֹנֶן   m   Jewish
Derived from Hebrew רוֹן (ron) meaning "song, joy".

RONI (1)   רוֹנִי   f   Jewish
Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.

RONIT (2)   רוֹנִית   f   Jewish
Strictly feminine form of RON (2)

ROTEM   רוֹתֶם   m & f   Jewish
From the name of a desert plant, possibly derived from Hebrew רְתֹם (retom) meaning "to bind".

RUCHEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RACHEL

SAGI   שָׂגִיא   m   Jewish
Means "elevated, sublime" in Hebrew.

SARAH   שָׂרָה   f   English, French, German, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew... [more]

SARIT   שָׂרִית   f   Jewish
Hebrew diminutive of SARAH

SAUL   m   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name שָׁאוּל (Sha'ul) which meant "asked for" or "prayed for"... [more]

SEKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ISAAC

SELIG   m   Yiddish
Means "blessed, happy" in Yiddish.

SENDER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ALEXANDER

SHACHAR   שַׁחַר   f & m   Jewish
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.

SHAHAR   שַׁחַר   f & m   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHACHAR

SHAI   שַׁי   m   Jewish
Means "gift" in Hebrew.

SHAINA   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA

SHAINDEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of SHAYNA

SHALOM   שָׁלוֹם   m   Jewish
Means "peace" in Hebrew.

SHAMIRA   שָׁמִירָה   f   Jewish
Means "guardian, protector" in Hebrew.

SHANI   שָׁנִי   f   Jewish
Means "red" in Hebrew.

SHAY (2)   שַׁי   m & f   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHAI

SHAYNA   f   Yiddish
Means "beautiful" in Yiddish.

SHAYNAH   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA

SHEINE   f   Yiddish
Variant of SHAYNA

SHERAGA   שְׁרַגָא   m   Jewish
Means "light, candle" in Aramaic.

SHIFRA   שִׁפְרָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHIPHRAH

SHIMMEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SIMON

SHIMON   שִׁמְעוֹן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of SIMON

SHIMSHON   שִׁמְשׁוֹן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of SAMSON

SHIPHRAH   שִׁפְרָה   f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew... [more]

SHIR   שִׁיר   f   Jewish
Means "song" in Hebrew.

SHIRA   שִׁירָה   f   Jewish
Means "poetry" or "singing" in Hebrew.

SHIRI   f   Jewish
Means "my song" in Hebrew.

SHLOMO   שְׁלֹמֹה   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Original Hebrew form of SOLOMON

SHMUEL   שְׁמוּאֵל   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Original Hebrew form of SAMUEL

SHOSHANA   שׁוֹשַׁנָּה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHOSHANNAH

SHOSHANNAH   שׁוֹשַׁנָּה   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of SUSANNA

SHPRINTZA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

SHPRINTZE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

SHPRINTZEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ESPERANZA

SHRAGA   שְׁרַגָא   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHERAGA

SHULAMIT   שׁוּלַמִּית   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHULAMMITE

SHULAMITH   שׁוּלַמִּית   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of SHULAMMITE

SHULAMMITE   שׁוּלַמִּית   f   Jewish, Biblical
Derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace"... [more]

SIGAL   סִיגָל   f   Jewish
Means "violet" or "treasure" in Hebrew.

SIMCHA   שִׂמְחָה   f & m   Jewish
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.

SISEL   f   Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish... [more]

SMADAR   סְמָדַר   f   Jewish
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

SOL (2)   m   Jewish
Short form of SOLOMON

SOLLY   m   Jewish
Diminutive of SOLOMON

SROEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

SURI   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SARAH

TAHLIA   f   Jewish
Variant of TALYA

TAL   טַל   m & f   Jewish
Derived from Hebrew טַל (tal) meaning "dew".

TALIA   טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of TALYA

TALYA   טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא   f   Jewish
Means "dew from God" in Hebrew.

TAMAR   תָמָר   f   Jewish, Biblical
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew... [more]

TAMIR   תָמִיר   m   Jewish
Means "tall" in Hebrew.

TEHILA   תְהִלָּה   f   Jewish
Means "praise" in Hebrew.

TEIVEL   m   Yiddish
Means "devil" in Yiddish.

TEVYE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of TOBIAH

TIKVA   תִקְוָה   f   Jewish
Means "hope" in Hebrew.

TOIBA   f   Yiddish
Means "dove" in Yiddish.

TOMER   תוֹמֶר   m   Jewish
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

TOVA (1)   טוֹבָה   f   Jewish
Means "good" in Hebrew.

TOVAH   טוֹבָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of TOVA (1)

TOVIA   m & f   Jewish
Hebrew form of TOBIAH, also used as a feminine form.

TUVYA   טוּבִיָה   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of TOBIAH

TZAFRIR   צַפְרִיר   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ZEPHYR

TZEITEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SARAH

TZIPORAH   צִפּוֹרָה   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ZIPPORAH

TZIVYA   צִבְיָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of TZVI

TZOFIYA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOPHIA

TZUFIT   צוּפִית   f   Jewish
Means "hummingbird" in Hebrew.

TZVI   צְבִי   m   Jewish
Means "deer" in Hebrew.

UDI   אוּדִי   m   Jewish
Diminutive of EHUD

URI   אוּרִי   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "my light" in Hebrew... [more]

URIEL   m   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name אוּרִיאֵל ('Uri'el) which meant "God is my light"... [more]

UZI   עֻזִי   m   Jewish
Variant of UZZI

UZZI   עֻזִּי   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "my power" in Hebrew... [more]

UZZIEL   עֻזִּיאֵל   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "my power is God" in Hebrew... [more]

VARDA   וַרְדָה   f   Jewish
Diminutive of VERED

VARDAH   וַרְדָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of VARDA

VELVEL   m   Yiddish
Means "wolf" in Yiddish... [more]

VELVELA   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL

VERED   וֶרֶד   f   Jewish
Means "rose" in Hebrew.

WOLF   m   German, Jewish, English (Rare)
Short form of WOLFGANG or WOLFRAM... [more]

YAAKOV   יַעֲקֹב   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Original Hebrew form of JACOB

YACHIN   יָכִין   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JACHIN

YACHNA   יַחְנָא   f   Jewish
Perhaps a feminine form of YACHIN

YAEL   יָעֵל   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of JAEL

YAEN   יָעֵן   f   Jewish
Means "ostrich" in Hebrew.

YAFA   יָפָה   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of YAFFA

YAFE   יָפֶה   m & f   Jewish
Variant and masculine form of YAFFA

YAFFA   יָפָה   f   Jewish
Derived from Hebrew יָפֶה (yafeh) meaning "beautiful".

YAFFE   יָפֶה   m & f   Jewish
Variant transcription of YAFE

YAIR   יָאִיר   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JAIR

YAKIRA   יַקִירָה   f   Jewish
Means "precious" in Hebrew.

YAKOV   יַעֲקֹב   m   Jewish, Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JACOB (or JAMES), and a Hebrew variant transcription of YAAKOV.

YANIV   יָנִיב   m   Jewish
Means "he will prosper" in Hebrew.

YANKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

YARDEN   יַרְדֵן   m & f   Jewish
Hebrew form of JORDAN

YARDENA   יַרְדֵנָה   f   Jewish
Hebrew feminine form of JORDAN

YARON   יָרוֹן   m   Jewish
Means "to sing" or "to shout" in Hebrew.

YARONA   יָרוֹנָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of YARON

YECHEZKEL   יְחֶזקֵאל   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of EZEKIEL

YEHIEL   יְחִיאֵל   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JEHIEL

YEHUDAH   יְהוּדָה   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JUDAH

YEHUDI   יְהוּדִי   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JEHUDI

YEHUDIT   יְהוּדִית   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of JUDITH

YEMIMA   יְמִימָה   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of JEMIMA

YENTE   f   Yiddish
Possibly a variant of YENTL... [more]

YENTL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of the French nickname Gentille, meaning "noble, aristocratic".

YERED   יֶרֶד   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JARED

YIDEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JUDITH

YISHAI   יִשַׁי   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Original Hebrew form of JESSE

YITZHAK   יִצְחָק   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of ISAAC... [more]

YOAV   יוֹאָב   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JOAB

YOCHANAN   יוֹחָנָן   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of JOHN... [more]

YOCHEVED   יוֹכֶבֶד   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of JOCHEBED

YOEL   יוֹאֵל   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JOEL

YONAH   יוֹנָה   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JONAH

YONATAN   יוֹנָתָן   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JONATHAN

YONI   m   Jewish
Diminutive of YONATAN

YONINA   יוֹנִינָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of YONAH

YONIT   יוֹנִית   f   Jewish
Feminine form of YONAH

YORAM   יוֹרָם   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JORAM

YOSEF   יוֹסֵף   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of JOSEPH

YUDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH

YUSSEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JOSEPH

YUTKE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JUDITH

YUVAL   יוּבָל   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of JUBAL

ZAKIAH   זַכִּיָה   f   Jewish
Means "pure" in Hebrew.

ZALMAN   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOLOMON

ZEEV   זְאֵב   m   Jewish
Means "wolf" in Hebrew.

ZELDA (1)   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELDE   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELIG   m   Yiddish
Variant of SELIG

ZEV   זְאֵב   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of ZEEV

ZION   צִיוֹן   m   Jewish, Biblical
From the name of a citadel which was in the center of Jerusalem... [more]

ZIPPORAH   f   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah) which meant "bird"... [more]

ZISEL   f   Jewish
Variant of SISEL

ZIV   זִיו   m & f   Jewish
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew... [more]

ZIVA   זִיוָה   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIVIT   זִיוִית   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZLOTA   f   Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.

ZOHAR   זֹהַר   m & f   Jewish
Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

ZUSA   f   Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

ZUSMAN   m   Yiddish
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

ZVI   צְבִי   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of TZVI