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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Jewish; and the first letter is H.
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Hadara הֲדָרָה f Hebrew
Variant of Hadar.
Hadarezer m Jewish
Means "Splendid aid"
Hadarya הדריה f Hebrew (Rare)
Hadass f Yiddish
Variant of Hadassah, used in the 1983 film, 'Yentl'.
Hadasse f Yiddish (?), Jewish
German variant of Hadassah.
Hagai חגי m Hebrew
Either an alternate transcription of Haggai or a younger form of the name.
Hai חי m Hebrew
Means "alive" or "living" in Hebrew.
Halel הַלֵל f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Hillel.
Haleli הַלְלִי f Hebrew (Modern)
Means "praise me" in Hebrew and derives from the root הלל, meaning "praise" (see Hallel)
Hananeel חושיאל m Hebrew
Means "God graciously gave" in Hebrew.
Hananel m Hebrew
Hebrew. This is a traditional, though seldom-used, Jewish name. It means "God is gracious". Ultimately, it derives from the same Hebrew root as John and Anne.
Hananya חֲנַנְיָה m Hebrew
Variant transcription of חֲנַנְיָה (See Chananyah)
Hani חני f Hebrew (Modern)
Hebrew modern diminutive of Channah or Hannah.
Hania f Judeo-Spanish
Judeo-Spanish variant of both Haniyya and Hannah.
Harala f Hebrew
Feminine form of Harel.
Haviva חֲבִיבָה f Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew חֲבִיבָה (see Chaviva).
Hawwah f Hebrew, Arabic
Name of Eve in Judaism and Islam.
Haya חיה f Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Chaya.
Haym m Hebrew, Yiddish
Variant of Chayyim.
Hebzeba f Hebrew (Arabized, Rare)
(my) (light) (is) (in) (her) (Hebrew) (Israel)
Hedi הדי m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "my echo" in Hebrew.
Hefzibah f Hebrew
Modern variant of Hephzibah
Heichal היכל f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "hall", "shrine" or "temple" in Hebrew, it's quite rare name in Israel.
Heimann m German (Rare), Jewish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Heymann. Known bearers of this name include the German Jewish bibliographer Hayyim "Heimann" Michael (1792-1846) and the Prussian-born Romanian Jewish linguist Heimann Hariton Tiktin (1850-1936).
Heinemann m German (Archaic), Jewish (Archaic)
Probably a variant of Heymann. A known bearer of this name was the German rabbi Heinemann Vogelstein (1841-1911).
Heleni הֶלֵּנִי f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), History (Hebraized), Hebrew (Modern)
Brazilian variant of Helene and Hebrewized spelling of Helene. As a Hebrew name it was borne by Queen Helena of Adiabene who was a Queen of a Vassal state of the Parthian Empire and a convert to Judaism... [more]
Hemda חֶמְדָּה f Hebrew (Rare)
From the Hebrew חֶמְדָּה (Khemdah) meaning "Desire, passion, will". It was borne by Hemda Ben-Yehuda (1873–1951), the second wife of the Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. The name Hemda was mostly used pre-establishment of the Israeli state and is rarely given to girls nowadays.
Hen חן f & m Hebrew (Modern), Biblical Hebrew
Variant of Chen 2.
Henach m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Enoch.
Henchy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Hannah.
Hendla f Yiddish
Variant of Hendel.
Hentshe f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Henda.
Herschell m Yiddish
German Yiddish variant of Hershel.
Hersz m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish-Yiddish variant of Hersh.
Herszek m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish influenced name, see Hersz.
Herszka m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish influenced name, see Hersz.
Heruth f Hebrew
Variant of Herut.
Herz m Yiddish
This name was apparently used as a secular form of Naphtali.
Herzl הֵרצְל, הערצל m Hebrew (Rare), Yiddish (Rare)
Herzl is originally a Yiddish given name. Currently it is both given and surname for both Hebrew-speaking and Yiddish-speaking Jews. The most famous Herzl is Benyamin Ze'ev "Theodor" Herzl, a Hungarian journalist who founded Modern Zionism.
Hesed חֶסֶד f & m Hebrew
Variant transcription of חֶסֶד (See Chesed)
Hessa f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Hentshe.
Hessy f Yiddish
Hessy Levinsons was presented as the most beautiful Aryan baby in the journal 'Sonne ins Haus' in 1935. She and her family were able to escape to Cuba and settled in the USA after 1948.
Heyim m Hebrew
Alternative of Hayim
Heymann m German (Rare), Jewish (Rare)
German Jewish form of Chayyim (see Chayim). This name could also be the German form of Hagiman in some cases; for this, compare the medieval Dutch name Heyman.... [more]
Heynekh העניך m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Enoch.
Hezi חזי m Hebrew (Modern)
Diminutive of Yechezkel.
Hilah הילח f Hebrew
"Aura" "glow"
Hili הילי, היאלי, היא-לי f Hebrew (Modern)
Means "she is mine" in Hebrew, from the word Hi (pronuced "hee") means "she" and the name Li 2 means "my.." / "mine" , it's sometimes used as a diminutive of Hila
Hilit הִלִּית, הילית f Hebrew
Diminutive or variant of Hila.
Hilla הִלָה, הִילָה f Hebrew
Variant of Hila.
Hillela f Hebrew
Feminine form of Hillel.
Hind הינד m Yiddish
Hinda הינדא f Yiddish
Means "deer" in Yiddish, related to the English word "hind".
Hindy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Hinda.
Hirsch m Yiddish
German-Yiddish variant of Hersh, which was used to translate Tzvi.... [more]
Hiskia m Jewish (Rare, Archaic)
German transcription of Hizkiah.
Hod הוד f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "glory, splendor" in Hebrew, making it relative to Hadar.
Hodaia הוֹדָיָה f Hebrew
Variant of Hodaya and Hodia means "thank you God" or "glory of God" in Hebrew.
Hodaya הוֹדָיָה f Hebrew
Variant of Hodiyah. Means "splendor of Yahweh" from the Hebrew hod "glory, splendor" and ya "God".
Hodiya הוֹדִיָה f Hebrew
Variant latinisation of Hodiyah.
Hof חוף f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "beach, shore" in Hebrew.
Hofit חופית f Hebrew (Modern)
Feminine form of Hof.
Honi חוני m Jewish
Jewish name in late antiquity. Honi the Circle-Drawer, a rabbi from the 1st century BC, is detailed in both the Mishnah and Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews.
Honnor f Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Judeo-Spanish honor, meaning "honor".
Horo f Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Oro 1.
Horsa m Judeo-Catalan (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include an adaption of Hebrew Hoshaya and a variant of Catalan Ursí (via the variant Ors).
Hoshen חֹשֶׁן, חושן f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Hoshen is the priestly breastplate, who was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites. 12 different precious stones were placed in it against the twelve tribes and it was placed on the chest of the High Priest... [more]
Hosie m Hebrew
Diminutive of Hosea.
Hovav חובב m Hebrew
Hebrew form of Hobab. A famous bearer is Hovi Star whos birth name was Hovav Sekukets
Hualit m Judeo-Spanish (Archaic)
Judeo-Spanish form of Arabic Walid.
Hude f Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Hode.
Hurnaqli f Judeo-Spanish
Possibly derived from Oruaqli, itself a combination of Oro 1 and Acli.