[Opinions] Re: Your favorite Hebrew / Jewish names?
in reply to a message by Miss Claire
(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"
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"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
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
This message was edited 11/16/2005, 4:16 PM