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I have a friend Avital so it can't be too outdated.

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I've seen a couple really young boys named Moshe too, I love that name. I just can't imagine it on someone past the age of 5.

That's me!

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I adore Hebrew names, especially the boys names--they just seem so strong and masculine. The girls names you have listed are very pretty, however.

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GIRLS
Yael*
Merav
Naomi
Adiel
Aviva
Leah
Lital
Maya*
Ora
Talia
Livnat (gorgeous, esp. nn Livie!)
Sarai
Shiri*
Charna
Avital
Miri
Nitza
Avia
Kalanit
Aliza
Leili

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BOYS
David
Yosef*
Benjamin
Levi
Noah
Ezra
Tor
Isaac
Ronen
Elam
Elad
Omri* (curse you, Jonny Greenwood! You named your daughter this and now I know it as a girl's name...and love it!)
Oren
Ziv
Zev
Amit
Eitan

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I also like: Noam, Lior / Liorit, Liat, Aviv, Avram, Adi (m), Ari, Achim, Yair, Noach, Tamir and Yachin.

Love the Hebrew names :)

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I like:

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GIRLS
Aviva-I know one girl w/ this name
Talia-I know a tv character w/ this name lol

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BOYS
David-I know a few of these
Benjamin-I know a couple of these
Levi-I LOVE this one. I only know one kid w/ this name
Noah-I LOVE this one too
Ezra-And this one

I believe Aviva is quite popular now. I know two girls from Israel with the name and another few who are Jewish Americans that are called Aviva as well. (My university is 40% Jewish.) Another you don't have that is popular at my school is Adina (g). I think I saw on another name site that Maya is becoming popular in Israel. At my school I also know a few Esthers and a Shoshana. I've heard of several Talias, but I only know one personally. And Rebecca/Rebekah is really, really popular among the Jewish Americans at my school as well.

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Most of the boys at school are named David or Benjamin. I know two Anats who are both male and several Levis.

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ETA: I forgot to mention that I adore the name Yocheved, and outside of anywhere with a large Hebrew-speaking population, people wouldn't realize that it's dated or whatever. So I think it's fine unless of course you are in Israel.

This message was edited 1/10/2009, 4:24 PM

Oh I love Yocheved and if I were Israeli I'd ponder using it even if it was outdated. Other names I like:

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Yael - Even if it it overkill
Merav
Aviva - I used to just love it but I've seen it too much on these boards so it's rapidly crossing into meh territory.
Nili - I've never heard of this. It's cute. What's it mean?
Talia
Yafa - Used to be one of my favorites.
Shiri - So sweet, though I'd never use it, even as an Israeli.
Yava
Einav - What's this mean?
Miri
Yaen
Nahal - Though this would sound better on a boy.
Yasmin
Leili

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Yosef - Though it's overused.
Noah - The Hebrew prn is cool.
Ezra
Isaac - Though the Hebrew form is Yitzhak, which is also nice.
Elam
Omri
Eitan - Probably my favorite Hebrew boy name.

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I tend to like Hebrew girls names more than boys. I kept the ones I like and starred the ones I love:

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GIRLS
Leah*
Yasmin

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BOYS
David
Benjamin
Levi
Noah
Ezra
Tor
Isaac
Ilan

I love Hebrew names but I know nothing whatsoever about their popularity in Israel. I seem to recall someone telling me that feminized versions of girl names like Aviva and Liora were dated, and now girls are just named Aviv and Lior. I'm sad to hear about Zipporah, as I really like that one.

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My favorites from your list:
Naomi
Ziva
Zehava
Chaya
Aviva
Leah
Galia
Maya
Talia
Livnat (prefer Livna)
Sarai
Kelila
Michal
Avital
Tzofiya
Rina
Kalanit
Aliza
Shoshana

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David
Benjamin
Noah
Ezra
Isaac
Tzvi
Ziv
Ilan
Yonatan

Could you ask your friend about Aviva, Noa, Michal, Chaya, Miriam, Eden, Kineret (Kinneret) and Keturah? that would be awesome. Such a surprise to hear the Zipporah is seen as dated, it is among my favorites.

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Aviva is one of my favorites. It's so beautiful and I love its meaning. A wonderful name.

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I love Maya, too. Maia used to be my favorite spelling but since I know about Maya's Hebrew meaning, I prefer Maya.

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Oh I love Avia. I thought about spelling it Aviya but I guess it could be perceived as trendy by many or as just another Ava variant.

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ahhhhh Kinneret. I love it! I also like Rona, but I prefer Roni and Ronia nn Roni. Chaya and Hadar are lovely.

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I like Miri (prefer Miriam nn Miri), Naomi, Dana, Michal, Nahal, Sarai and Talia.

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I really dislike Rotem. It reminds me of "rotten". Nitza reminds me of Nizza (the party island) so I'm not a fan.

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Zev is cool and I like Noah, though I prefer it on a girl. I also love Noa for a girl.

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I love Hebrew names!

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I have no idea about the current popularity of any of these but I like:

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GIRLS
Yael*
Adiel
Chaya
Emunah
Leah
Anat
Maya*
Ora
Talia
Sarai
Yafa
Nava
Rotem*
Nahal
Rona

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BOYS
Benjamin
Noah
Ezra
Isaac
Ronen
Yakov
Elam
Omri*
Oren
Reuven
Yuval*
Eran
Ilan
Idan*

This reminds me when I discussed names with my ex, who was Israeli (and very secular). I mentioned I liked Zipporah very much and he said "that kind of name is only for the ultra-Orthodox" and when I suggested Anna or some variant as it's both Jewish and Italian he said it reminded him of an old cleaning woman. He liked modern Hebrew names like Eshkar, which might have nice meanings but which don't sound nice at all to my ears.

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Of your list I like/love:

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GIRLS

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Yardena
Merav
Ziva
Aviva
Liraz
Leah
Lital
Maya*
Ora
Orli
Talia
Roni*
Shaina
Livnat
Kelila
Michal
Shira* and Shiri*
Shachar*
Avital
Shani
Yasmin
Aliza
Shoshana
Leili
Kefira

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BOYS
David
Yosef*
Benjamin
Levi
Noah
Elad
Gilad*
Oren
Tzvi
Ziv
Zev
Amit
Reuven
Ilan
Yonatan*

This message was edited 1/10/2009, 11:41 AM