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Jewish Feminine Names

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

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.

MENUHA   מְנוּחָה   f   Hebrew
Means "tranquility" in Hebrew.

MERAV   מֵרַב   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MERAB

MICA   f   Hebrew
Short form of MICHAL (2)

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

MIRELE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MIRIAM

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

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

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]

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.

NISSA   נִסָה   f   Hebrew
Means "sign" in Hebrew.

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

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

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.

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

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

ORAH   אוֹרָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORA (2)

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

PERELE   f   Yiddish
Variant of PERLE

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

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]

REUT   רְעוּת   f   Hebrew
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

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

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

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

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

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

SHAHAR   שַׁחַר   f & m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHACHAR

SHAINA   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA

SHAINDEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of SHAYNA

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

SHIFRA   שִׁפְרָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of SHIPHRAH

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.

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

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.

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]

TEHILA   תְּהִלָּה   f   Hebrew
Means "praise" in Hebrew.

TIKVA   תִּקְוָה   f   Hebrew
Means "hope" in Hebrew.

TOIBA   f   Yiddish
Means "dove" in Yiddish.

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.

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.

VARDA   וַרְדָה   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of VERED

VARDAH   וַרְדָה   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of VARDA

VELVELA   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL

VERED   וֶרֶד   f   Hebrew
Means "rose" in Hebrew.

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

YAKIRA   יַקִירָה   f   Hebrew
Means "precious" in Hebrew.

YARDEN   יַרְדֵן   m & f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORDAN

YARDENA   יַרְדֵנָה   f   Hebrew
Hebrew feminine form of JORDAN

YARONA   יָרוֹנָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of YARON

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".

YOCHEVED   יוֹכֶבֶד   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOCHEBED

YONINA   יוֹנִינָה   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of YONAH

YONIT   יוֹנִית   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of YONAH

YUTKE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JUDITH

ZAKIAH   זַכִּיָה   f   Hebrew
Means "pure" in Hebrew.

ZELDA (1)   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELDE   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

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.

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