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Pron guide here: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=178459&board=gen

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Ada "adornment"
Adama "earth"
Aderet "splendor"
Adina "delicate"
Ahinoam (h=kh here) "my brother is pleasant"
Ahada (h=h here) "endearing, darling"
Aholia (h=h) "tent of G-d"
Ahuda (h=h) "endearing, darling"
Ahuvia (h=h) "beloved of G-d"
Aiana (eye-ah-nah) "waterspring"
Achsa (akh-sah) the little "click click" that jewels make when you move
Alia "elevation" or symbolically the return of a Jew to Israel
Alina "supreme"
Amalia "work of G-d"
Anaia "G-d has answered"
Ateret "tiara" or symbolically the fact of being a Cohen (hereditary priesthood) [Ateret ha Cohanim]
Atalia "dew of G-d"
Ava "I want, I desire"
Avital "my father is dew"
Aviva "spring"
Avivia "spring of G-d"
Avtalia "my father is G-d's dew"
Ayelet Ha Shachar (h=h, ch= kh) "gazelle of dawn" [name of a star]
Azalia "G-d has left"

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Bat Shem "daughter of the Name [of G-d]"
Bat Hen (h=kh) "daughter of grace"
Batia "daughter of G-d"
Batsheva "daughter of the oath"
Bat Tsion "daughter of Zion", symbolically "Jewess"
Brocha (ch=kh) "cypress"

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Daia (die-ah) "kite" (the bird)
Daiana (die-ah-nah) "judgess, female judge"
Dana "she judges"
Dania "G-d has judged"
Datia "thought of G-d" but also "Orthodox Jewess"
Delila "thin, diluted"
Dina "judgment"
Dinia "judgment of G-d"
Disha "wheat beating"
Dita "something written in China ink"
Dona "dwelling place"
Donia "G-d's dwelling place"
Dora "generation"
Doria "generation of G-d"
Dorin, Dorina "little dwelling place"
Doveva "talkative"
Drasha "explanation" (probably religious one, like of a passage of the Bible)

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Edit "little vapour"
Edna "rhythm" or "pleasure"
Egla "young cow", symbolically an attractively plump girl
Elia "G-d is G-d"
Eliana "G-d has answered"
Elika same as Elia but said in a way not to say the name of G-d
Elina "divine"
Elinoa "movement of G-d"
Elinora "fire of G-d"
Elisheva "G-d is a promise"
Elit "little goddess"
Efrona "little hind"
Esther (the h isn't prononced) "I will hide"

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Gaia (guy-ah) "valley"
Gala "wave" or "waterspring"
Galia "waterspring of G-d"
Glilia "roll of G-d" (as in, the rolls where the Bible is written)
Gilia (hard G like Goldie) "joy of G-d"
Gina (hard G) "little garden"

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Hadaia (h not prononced) "resonance of G-d"
Hadass (h not prononced) "myrtle"
Hadassa (h not prononced "myrtle"
Hannah (first h like kh, second not prononced) "gracious"
Hanni (h = kh) "my gracious"
Hannia (h = kh) "gracious one of G-d"
Hannita (h = kh) "little gracious"
Hassia (h =kh) "mercy of G-d"
Hassida (h = kh) "righteous, kind", but also "pious Jewess", and "stork" (the bird)
Heftsiba (h = kh) "I desire her" (in the parents wanting a kid way, not the sexual one lol)
Hila (h not prononced) "halo" (of an angel)
Hileni (h not prononced) "Greek"

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Idit "adorned" or "vaporous"
Ila "the origin"
Iris "iris" (flower)
Irona "metropolitan, from the metropolis"
Iska "one who sees"
Ita "with her"
Izevel "garbage island" (!!) [Hebrew name of Queen Jezebel, too bad the meaning & the person s*ck]

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Kalia "lightness of G-d"
Ketina "young one"
Ketura "incense", symbolically "good deed"
Kineret "little violin", name of an ancient city in Israel, and Hebrew name of the Lake of Tiberias
Kiria "city"

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Levia "lioness" and "daughter of a Levi" [http://www.askmoses.com/qa_detail.html?o=41579]
Leviva "fritter"
Lilach (ch = kh) "lilac"
Lilia "what is mine is also G-d's"
Lilit "owl", also name of the queen of the demons (first wife of Adam). From the root "laila", "night".
Linoi "my beauty"
Linor, Linur "my flame"
Loia "festoon"

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Maayan (mah-ah-yahn) "waterspring", "oasis"
Mali "what for me?"
Malka "queen"
Malkiela "queen of G-d", symbolically "queen of divine right"
Mana "portion, part, piece"
Manegina (hard g) "melody"
Mara "bitter"
Margalit "pearl"
Marganit "daisy"
Margo pet form of Margalit & Marganit
Marta "dynamic"
Maxima "superb"
Meshullemet "perfect"
Meira "one who shines, enlights"
Meirona "group of cattle"
Melitsa "saying" (like "Birds of a feather flock together")
Melucha (ch = kh) "royalty" (the fact of being a king, or opposed to a Republic - France is a Republic, but was a Melucha before 1792)
Menora "http://www.modia.org/tora/chemote/menora.jpg"
Michal (ch=kh) "who is like G-d?" (answer: no one)
Mili "for me"
Milka "little queen"
Mirit the sweet, sugary wine that Jews drink
Mora "female teacher"
Moria "myrrh of G-d"
Morit "little myrrh"
Miriam [too many senses, mainly because she was such an important person. To keep it short, at the same time: "one who raises, who elevates", and "bitterly wished for" - but also "lady of the sea", "beloved of G-d", "sea of myrrh", "sea of bitterness"...]

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Naama (nah-ah-mah) "pleasant"
Naamana (nah-ah-mah-nah) "gracious"
Naara (nah-ah-rah) "maiden, young girl"
Nachala (ch=kh) "inheritance"
Naomi "pleasant"
Nassia "banner of G-d"
Nedira "rare"
Nechama (ch=kh) "comfort, solace"
Nechushta (ch=kh) "woman who sees the future"
Neima "melody"
Neria "candle of G-d"
Neshama "soul, spirit" (not in the ghost way)
Nevia "prophetess"
Nili "the tree that gives the indigo", also acronym of Biblical sentence "the glory of Israel will not lie"
Nima "cord" (of a musical instrument)
Nin Gal "siren", litterally "great grand daughter of the wave"
Nira "lace maker" http://website.lineone.net/~janinegates/wpe39.jpg
Niria, Nirel "G-d's lace maker"
Nirit "little lace maker"
Nissa "miracle, sign"
Noa "moving one"
Noadia "destined to G-d"
Noam "pleasant"
Nofeia "peaks of G-d" (like, the highest place)
Nofech (ch=kh) "turquoise" http://www.turquoisejewelry.biz/tjbpic.jpg
Nofia "landscape of G-d"
Noia "beauty of G-d"
Nofar "waterlily"
Nuria "fire of G-d"
Nurit "buttercup" (flower)

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Odeia, Odelia "I will thank G-d"
Ofra "fawn"
Oran "pine"
Orna "moving light", symbolically "glowing worm"
Orpaz "pure gold light"

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Pazia "pure gold of G-d"
Pazit "little pure gold"
Pnina "pearl"
Pua "one who reanimates, who gives life back"

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Rahel (h=kh) "ewe"
Raheli (h= kh) "my ewe"
Raia "friend of G-d"
Ravia "might of G-d"
Rehela (h=kh) "ewe"
Rika pet form of Rivka
Rili pet form of Israela, the female form of Israel
Rishona "first"
Riva "maiden, young woman"
Rivka "satiated, not hungry anymore", symbolically a young cow that is now plump and that can be brought to the Temple for offering (so precious, pretty, rare...)
Roma "altitude"
Romia "highness of G-d"
Roni "my song"
Ruchama (ch=kh) "forgiven"
Rut "sympathizing, lenient"

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Salma "dress"
Sarah (h not prononced) "princess"
Sarai "my princess"
Sari pet form of Sarai
Sarina "little princess", pet form of Sarah
Selila "little basket"
Serach (ch=kh) "lying" (like on a bed) or "with a heady perfume"
Seraia "princess of G-d"
Shaked "almondtree"
Shamira "corundum" (stone)
Sharona "little poetry"
Shaula "asked for"
Shechina (ch=kh) "presence of G-d"
Shevivia "little flame of G-d"
Shfeia "calm, peace of G-d"
Shimria "G-d's guard"
Shimshia "sun of G-d"
Shkedia "almond tree"
Shlomit "peace"
Shlomtsion "peace of/in Zion"
Shnunit "cliff"
Sidra part of the Bible that you read and that changes every week (you finish all in 1 year)
Sigal "violet"
Sigalia "violet of G-d"
Silona "fountain"
Siona name of a mountain, related to Zion
Snunit "swallow" (the bird, you perv! just kidding lol)
Taama (tah-ah-mah) "the taste"
Talia "dew of G-d"
Tamar "the fruit of the palm tree"
Tamara see ^
Tania "gift of G-d"
Telma "furrow" (in the ground)
Tila "walk" (the word, like to go for a walk in the forrest)
Tili "my walk"
Tilia "lime"
Tilit "little walk"
Tirtsa "desire, wish"
Tora "law", name of the Jewish Bible
Tova "good"
Tovia "goodness of G-d"
Tovit "little good one"
Tsahala "joy", related to Tsahal, name of the Israeli army
Tseira "youth"
Tselila "when you go underwater"
Tsila "shade"
Tsina "rampart" (like in a castle) or a little boat like this http://www.frenchmbaclub.com/fileadmin/clal_upload/FMBA/photos/Barque%20Verte.jpg
Tsiona feminine form of Tsion (Zion)
Tsipora "female bird"
Tsiporen "carnation" (the flower)
Tsira "messenger"
Tsofia "person in the audience, witness"
Tsofit "little audience, little witness"
Tsufit "hummingbird"
Tsukit "thrush" (bird)
Tsuria "rock of G-d"
Tsurit "little rock"
Tsova "wanted"

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Udit "little firebrand"

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Vered "rose"

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Yaala (yah-ah-lah) "antelope"
Yaalat Hen (h=kh) "grace of the antelope"
Yaara, Yaera (yah-ah-rah, yah-eh-rah) "honeycomb"
Yaarit (yah-ah-reet/rit) "honeycomb" or "from the forrest"
Yael "moutain goat"
Yaira "He [G-d] will enlight, shine on her"
Yalta pet form of Ayala
Yardena from the root "yered", to descend. Yarden is the Hebrew name of the river Jordan.
Yedida "beloved"
Yehudit (h not prononced) "Jewess", "from the tribe of Yehudah"
Yeora from Yeor, the Hebrew name of the Nile, meaning "river"
Yerusha "inheritance"
Yoa "G-d is G-d"
Yocheved (ch=kh) "glory of G-d"
Yorit "archer" or "one who raises, brings up, teaches"
Yuta "jute" (like a jute bag)

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Zahara (h not prononced) "shining"
Zaharia (h not pron) "shine of G-d"
Zakia "merit of G-d"
Zehira (h not pron) "shiny" or "full of attentions for people"
Zemira "nightingale"
Zilpa "river that runs slowly"
Zimra "song"
Zimria "song of G-d"
Zina "nurse"
Zifra "zephyr"

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~~ Claire ~~

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My dear ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen and Julian.
My dear ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny and Cordelia.

This message was edited 5/14/2005, 8:40 PM