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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]
ADI עֲדִי f & m Hebrew
Means "jewel" or "ornament" in Hebrew.
ADINA עֲדִינָה m & f Biblical, Hebrew
Means "slender, delicate" in Hebrew... [more]
AHARON אַהֲרֹן m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of AARON
AKIBA עֲקִיבָא m Hebrew
Variant of YAAKOV... [more]
AKIVA עֲקִיבָא m Hebrew
Variant transcription of AKIBA
ALON אַלוֹן m Hebrew
Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.
ALTER m Yiddish
Means "old" in Yiddish... [more]
AMIR (2) אָמִיר m Hebrew
Means "treetop" in Hebrew.
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]
AVI אֲבִי m Hebrew
Means "my father" in Hebrew... [more]
AVIDAN אֲבִידָן m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIDAN
AVIRAM אֲבִירָם m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABIRAM
AVISHAI אֲבִישַׁי m Hebrew
Hebrew form of ABISHAI
AVIV אֲבִיב m Hebrew
Means "spring" in Hebrew.
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
BARAK (1) בָּרָק m Biblical, Hebrew
Means "lightning" in Hebrew... [more]
BARUCH בָּרוּך m Biblical, Hebrew
Means "blessed" in Hebrew... [more]
BENESH m Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT
BER m Yiddish
Means "bear" in Yiddish.
BINYAMIN בִּנְיָמִין m Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew and Arabic form of BENJAMIN
BOAZ בֹּעַז m Biblical, Hebrew
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew... [more]
CHAIM חַיִּים m Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM
CHATZKEL m Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL
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.
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]
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]
DEKEL דֶּקֶל m Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.
DEROR דְּרוֹר m Hebrew
Means "freedom" or "swallow (bird)" in Hebrew.
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.
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
DUDEL m Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of DAVID
EFRAIM אֶפְרָיִם m Hebrew, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of EPHRAIM
EHUD אֵהוּד m Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Means "united" in Hebrew... [more]
EIRAN עֵירָן m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ERAN
EITAN אֵיתָן m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ETHAN
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.
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.
ELIYAHU אֱלִיָהוּ m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIJAH
ELKAN עֶלְקָן m Hebrew
Modern variant 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.
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]
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
FEIVEL m Yiddish
Diminutive of FEIBUSH
FISHEL m Yiddish
Means "little fish" in Yiddish.
FISHKE m Yiddish
Variant of FISHEL
GAL גַּל f & m Hebrew
Means "wave" in Hebrew.
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
HADAR הָדָר f & m Hebrew
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.
HAIM חַיִּים m Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM
HASKEL m Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL
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.
HERSCHEL m Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSHEL
HERSH m Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSH
HERSHEL m Yiddish
Variant transcription of HIRSHEL
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
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.
ILAN אִילָן m Hebrew
Means "tree" in Hebrew.
IMMANUEL עִמָּנוּאֵל m German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Form of EMMANUEL used in most translations of the Old Testament... [more]
IRA (1) עִירָא m Biblical, English, Hebrew
Means "watchful" in Hebrew... [more]
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
KAPEL m Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB
KESHET קֶשֶׁת m & f Hebrew
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
KOPPEL m Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB
LAVI לָבִיא m Hebrew
Means "lion" in Hebrew.
LAZER m Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER
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]
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