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[Opinions] Your favorite Hebrew / Jewish names?
Which are your favs in this list? http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/jew.php & http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/bibl.phpTo help about the pron.
a = ah
e = eh
i = ee
o = oh
u = oo
th = t
ie = yeah
ay, ai = eye
tia, tya = t-yah
ch = kh
g = hard g like goldThank you!


~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

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Boys
Amir
Alter
Barak
Chaim
Daniel
Gavriel
Joel
Israel
Asher
Ethan
Issac
Moshe
Avraham
Lior
David
Ari
Eitan
Zev
Elijah
Evron
Yoav
Shimon
Tamar
Girls
Aliyah
Orly
Zohar
Yael
Tziporah / Zipporah
Liora
Raisa
Ofra
Miriam
Tahlia
Shira
Mirele
Naomi
Shamira
Rahel
Nava
Golda
Elisheva
Hadassah
Ilana
Hava
Livna
Ziva
Yemima
Malka
Maya
Tova
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Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by delusion.
My &'s are
Chiara,Griffin,Melor,Zara,Iris,Dane
My #'s are Alastar,Lachlan,Carys,Finola,Gareth,Deidre
My !'s are
Grigore,Faina,Oleg,Kyril,Raisa
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Assuming that you're meaning beyond the popular Jacob, Joshua, etc...Shoshana and Ari.
Go on, be evil and get lazy.
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I tend to like the ones I've encountered in my real life. Dull, I know.Asher
Ezra
Ira
Judith
Reina
Sarah
Cain
Eden
Edna
Mara
SolomonAlso attractive to me for sound & meaning:
Ashtoreth
Velvel
Meital
Jerusha (not the meaning though.)- chazda
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Boys:
Ephraim
Gavriel
Jeremiah
Malachi Girls:
Leah
Marganita
Ziva
Yemima
Sisel
Thalia
Sarit My #1 boys combo:
Daniel ReubenMy #1 girls combo:
Nessa Avigail
----Betsy-----

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(Anglicised forms are in parentheses)GIRLS:Anina- "Answer my prayer"
Penina or P'nina- "Pearl"
Elana- "Oak tree"
Aviva- "Spring"
Lilach- "You are mine"
Lili- "Mine"
Rachel- "Ewe"
Shiri- "My song"
Razel- "Secret of G-d"
Yemima- "Dove" (Jemima)
Shoshana- "Lily" (Susannah)
Libiya- "My heart belongs to G-d"
Libi- "Heart"
Ahava- "Love"
Yael- "To ascend" or "Mountain goat" (Most unfortunately on that last meaning, lol)
Chana- "Grace" (Hannah)
Sarah- "Princess"
Yaara- "Honeycomb"
Nava- "Beautiful"
Mishala- "Desire, wish"
Devasha or D'vasha- "Honey"
Liora- "I have light"
Chaviva- "Loveable" or "amiable"
Pelia- "Wonder, miracle"
Yekutiel- "G-d will nourish"
Ivria- "Hebrew"
Kochava- "Star"
Lehava- "Flame" or "tongue of fire"
Mitka- "Sweet"
Yaen- "Ostrich"
Nuria- "Fire of G-d"BOYS:Gavriel- "G-d is my strength" (Gabriel)
Yishai- "Gift" (Jesse)
Matityahu- "Gift of G-d" (Matthew)
Ariel- "Lion of G-d"
Yarden- "To descend" (Jordan)
Lael- "I belong to G-d"
Moshe- "Drawn out of the water" (Moses)
Michlal- Perfection"
Noam- "Pleasantness, tenderness" (Noah)
Neriyahu- "G-d is my candle, light of G-d"____
"Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!"--Byron"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."--Thoreau"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."--Beethoven

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This is in no particular order whatsoever:
Ephraim
Tal
Omri
Adina
Mordecai
Jezebel
Caleb
Sigal
EzraShiloh [not technically meant to be a name, and never used by Jewish people (excepting, I suppose, the exceptionally crass and blasphemous), I know. But it is from Hebrew.]
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