blackelectric's Personal Name List

Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "noble" in Hebrew.
Akiva
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲקִיבָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-KEE-vah
Personal remark: ah-KEE-vah
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From an Aramaic form of Yaakov. Akiva (or Akiba) ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century Jewish rabbi.
Aliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַלִיזָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-LEE-zah
Personal remark: ah-LEE-zah
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.
Amira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַמִירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ah
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Feminine form of Amir 2.
Ariel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
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Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).
Avi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִי(Hebrew)
Means "my father" in Hebrew. It is also a diminutive of Avraham or Aviram.
Avishai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִישַׁי(Hebrew)
Personal remark: ah-vee-SHY
Modern Hebrew form of Abishai.
Batsheva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: בַּת־שֶׁבַע(Hebrew)
Hebrew variant of Bathsheba.
Bosmat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: בָּשְׂמַת(Hebrew)
Hebrew variant of Basemath.
Danya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דַּנְיָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Dan 1. It can also be considered a compound meaning "judgement from God", using the element יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.
Elior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.
Elisheva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִישֶׁבַע(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Elizabeth.
Ezra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֶזְרָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EHZ-rə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Gavriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: גַּבְרִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Personal remark: GAV-ree-el
Hebrew form of Gabriel.
Ilana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִילָנָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Ilan.
Katriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: כתריאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: kah-dhree-EL(Hebrew)
Means "the crowned Lord" (or possibly "crown of God") in Hebrew. From the Hebrew keter (כֶּתֶר) "crown" and el (אֵל) "god".
Keshet
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: קֶשֶׁת(Hebrew)
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means "my light" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אוֹר ('or) "light".
Livna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִבְנָה(Hebrew)
Means "white" in Hebrew.
Maayan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַעֲיָן(Hebrew)
Personal remark: MAH-yahn
Means "spring of water" in Hebrew.
Malka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַלְכָּה(Hebrew)
Means "queen" in Hebrew.
Margalit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַרְגָלִית(Hebrew)
Personal remark: mahr-ga-LEET
Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites).
Naama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נַעֲמָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: nah-ah-MAH
Personal remark: nah-ah-MAH
Modern Hebrew form of Naamah.
Noam
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, French
Other Scripts: נוֹעַם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-am(Hebrew) NOM(English) NAW-AM(French)
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.
Ofra
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֹפְרָה, עוֹפְרָה(Hebrew)
Personal remark: AWF-rə
Modern Hebrew form of Ophrah. Originally it was a masculine name, but it is now used for females too.
Ophira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹפִירָה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew אוֹפִירָה (see Ofira).
Shachar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁחַר(Hebrew)
Personal remark: guttural 'ch'
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.
Shai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁי(Hebrew)
Either from Hebrew שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" or else a Hebrew diminutive of Isaiah.
Tamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: תָּמִיר(Hebrew)
Means "tall" in Hebrew.
Tova 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוֹבָה(Hebrew)
Means "good" in Hebrew.
Tzvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: צְבִי(Hebrew)
Means "gazelle, roebuck" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Naphtali (see Genesis 49:21).
Tzvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: צְבִיָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Tzvi.
Yitzhak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יִצְחָק(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Isaac. This was the name of two recent Israeli prime ministers.
Zeev
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זְאֵב(Hebrew)
Means "wolf" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Benjamin (see Genesis 49:27).
Ziv
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיו(Hebrew)
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew. This was the ancient name of the second month of the Jewish calendar.
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