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

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

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

MALKA   מַלְכָּה   f   Hebrew
Means "queen" in Hebrew.

MAOR   מָאוֹר   m   Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

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

MARGALITA   מַרְגָלִיתָה   f   Hebrew
Variant of MARGALIT

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

MARNI   f   Hebrew
Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

MARNIE (2)   f   Hebrew
Variant of MARNI

MATAN   מַתָּן   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MATTAN

MATTITHYAHU   מַתִּתְיָהוּ   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MATTITYAHU

MATTITYAHU   מַתִּתְיָהוּ   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of MATTHEW

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

MAYTAL   מֵיטַל   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MEITAL

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

MEIRA   מֵאִירָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of MEIR

MEIRIT   מֵאִירִית   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of MEIR

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

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

MELEK (1)   מֶלֶך   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MELECH

MENACHEM   מְנַחֵם   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MENAHEM

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

MENASHE   מְנַשֶּׁה   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MANASSEH

MENDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MENAHEM

MENUHA   מְנוּחָה   f   Hebrew
Means "tranquility" in Hebrew.

MERAV   מֵרַב   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MERAB

MESHULAM   מְשֻׁלָּם   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MESHULLAM

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

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

MICA   f   Hebrew
Short form of MICHAL (2)

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

MIKHA'EL   מִיכָאֵל   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of MICHAEL

MIRELE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MIRIAM

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

MOISHE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MOSES

MORDECAI   מָרְדֳּכַי   m   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "servant of MARDUK" in Persian... [more]

MORDECHAI   מָרְדֳכַי   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MORDECAI

MOSHE   מֹשֶׁה   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of MOSES

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

MOTEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

MOTKE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

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

NADAV   נָדָב   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of NADAB

NAHAL   נַחַל   f   Hebrew
Means "river, stream" in Hebrew.

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

NATAN   נָתָן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of NATHAN

NAVA   נָאוָה   f   Hebrew
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

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

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

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

NISSA   נִסָה   f   Hebrew
Means "sign" in Hebrew.

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

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

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

NOACH   נוֹחַ   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of NOAH (1)

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

NOGA   נֹגַה   f & m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of NOGAH

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

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

OFER   עֹפֶר   m   Hebrew
Masculine variant of OPHRAH

OFRA   עָפְרָה   m & f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OPHRAH... [more]

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

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

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

ORAH   אוֹרָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORA (2)

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

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

ORIT   אוֹרִית   f   Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

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

ORLY   אוֹרְלִי   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORLI

ORNA (2)   אָרְנָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of OREN

OSHER   אֹשֶׁר   m   Hebrew
Means "happiness" in Hebrew.

OVADIA   עֹבַדְיָה   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBADIAH

OVED   עוֹבֵד   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBED

OZ (2)   עוֹז   m   Hebrew
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   פִּינְחָס   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of PHINEHAS

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

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

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

RAISEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of RAISA (2)

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

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

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

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

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

REUT   רְעוּת   f   Hebrew
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

REUVEN   רְאוּבֵן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of REUBEN

RIFKA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RIVKA

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

RIVA   רִיבָה   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of RIVKA

RIVKA   רִיבְקָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of REBECCA

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

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

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

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

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

ROTEM   רוֹתֶם   m & f   Hebrew
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   Hebrew
Means "elevated, sublime" in Hebrew.

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

SARIT   שָׂרִית   f   Hebrew
Hebrew diminutive of SARAH

SAUL   m   Biblical, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical Latin
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   Hebrew
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.

SHAHAR   שַׁחַר   f & m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHACHAR

SHAI   שַׁי   m   Hebrew
Means "gift" in Hebrew.

SHAINA   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA

SHAINDEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of SHAYNA

SHALOM   שָׁלוֹם   m   Hebrew
Means "peace" in Hebrew.

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

SHANI   שָׁנִי   f   Hebrew
Means "red" in Hebrew.

SHAY (2)   שַׁי   m & f   Hebrew
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   Hebrew
Means "light, candle" in Aramaic.

SHIFRA   שִׁפְרָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHIPHRAH

SHIMMEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SIMON

SHIMON   שִׁמְעוֹן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SIMON

SHIMSHON   שִׁמְשׁוֹן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SAMSON

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

SHIR   שִׁיר   f   Hebrew
Means "song" in Hebrew.

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

SHIRI   שׁירי   f   Hebrew
Means "my song" in Hebrew.

SHLOMO   שְׁלֹמֹה   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of SOLOMON

SHMUEL   שְׁמוּאֵל   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of SAMUEL

SHOSHANA   שׁוֹשַׁנָּה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHOSHANNAH

SHOSHANNAH   שׁוֹשַׁנָּה   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of SUSANNA

SHPRINTZA   f   Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

SHPRINTZE   f   Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

SHPRINTZEL   f   Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish diminutive of ESPERANZA

SHRAGA   שְׁרַגָא   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHERAGA

SHULAMIT   שׁוּלַמִּית   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHULAMMITE

SHULAMITH   שׁוּלַמִּית   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHULAMMITE

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

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

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

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

SMADAR   סְמָדַר   f   Hebrew
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

SOL (2)   m   Hebrew
Short form of SOLOMON

SOLLY   m   Hebrew
Diminutive of SOLOMON

SROEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

SURI   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SARAH

TAHLIA   f   Hebrew
Variant of TALYA

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

TALIA   טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of TALYA

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

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

TAMIR   תָּמִיר   m   Hebrew
Means "tall" in Hebrew.

TEHILA   תְּהִלָּה   f   Hebrew
Means "praise" in Hebrew.

TEIVEL   m   Yiddish
Means "devil" in Yiddish.

TEVYE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of TOBIAH

TIKVA   תִּקְוָה   f   Hebrew
Means "hope" in Hebrew.

TOIBA   f   Yiddish
Means "dove" in Yiddish.

TOMER   תּוֹמֶר   m   Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

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

TOVAH   טוֹבָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of TOVA (1)

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

TUVYA   טוּבִיָה   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of TOBIAH

TZAFRIR   צַפְרִיר   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ZEPHYR

TZEITEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SARAH

TZIPORAH   צִפּוֹרָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ZIPPORAH

TZIVYA   צִבְיָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of TZVI

TZOFIYA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOPHIA

TZUFIT   צוּפִית   f   Hebrew
Means "hummingbird" in Hebrew.

TZVI   צְבִי   m   Hebrew
Means "deer" in Hebrew.

UDI   אוּדִי   m   Hebrew
Diminutive of EHUD

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

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

UZI   עֻזִי   m   Hebrew
Variant of UZZI

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

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

VARDA   וַרְדָה   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of VERED

VARDAH   וַרְדָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of VARDA

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

VELVELA   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL

VERED   וֶרֶד   f   Hebrew
Means "rose" in Hebrew.

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

YAAKOV   יַעֲקֹב   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACOB

YACHIN   יָכִין   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACHIN

YACHNA   יַחְנָא   f   Hebrew
Perhaps a feminine form of YACHIN

YAEL   יָעֵל   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JAEL

YAEN   יָעֵן   f   Hebrew
Means "ostrich" in Hebrew.

YAFA   יָפָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFFA

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

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

YAFFE   יָפֶה   m & f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFE

YAIR   יָאִיר   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JAIR

YAKIRA   יַקִירָה   f   Hebrew
Means "precious" in Hebrew.

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

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

YANKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

YARDEN   יַרְדֵן   m & f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORDAN

YARDENA   יַרְדֵנָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew feminine form of JORDAN

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

YARONA   יָרוֹנָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of YARON

YECHEZKEL   יְחֶזְקֵאל   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EZEKIEL

YEHIEL   יְחִיאֵל   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHIEL

YEHOSHUA   יְהוֹשֻׁעַ   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOSHUA

YEHUDAH   יְהוּדָה   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUDAH

YEHUDI   יְהוּדִי   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHUDI

YEHUDIT   יְהוּדִית   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUDITH

YEMIMA   יְמִימָה   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
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".

YIDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH

YISHAI   יִשַׁי   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of JESSE

YISRA'EL   יִשְׂרָאֵל   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ISRAEL

YISSAKHAR   יִשָּׂשׁכָר   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISSACHAR

YITZHAK   יִצְחָק   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISAAC... [more]

YOAV   יוֹאָב   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOAB

YOCHANAN   יוֹחָנָן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOHN... [more]

YOCHEVED   יוֹכֶבֶד   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOCHEBED

YOEL   יוֹאֵל   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOEL

YONAH   יוֹנָה   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JONAH

YONATAN   יוֹנָתָן   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JONATHAN

YONI   יוֹני   m   Hebrew
Diminutive of YONATAN

YONINA   יוֹנִינָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of YONAH

YONIT   יוֹנִית   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of YONAH

YORAM   יוֹרָם   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORAM

YOSEF   יוֹסֵף   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
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   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUBAL

ZAKIAH   זַכִּיָה   f   Hebrew
Means "pure" in Hebrew.

ZALMAN   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOLOMON

ZEEV   זְאֵב   m   Hebrew
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   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ZEEV

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

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

ZISEL   f   Yiddish
Variant of SISEL

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

ZIVA   זִיוָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIVIT   זִיוִית   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ZIV

ZLOTA   f   Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.

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

ZUSA   f   Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

ZUSMAN   m   Yiddish
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

ZVI   צְבִי   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of TZVI