Name List: Hebrew Names

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Name M/F Remark Rating
Zvi m
Zohar m / f "light, brilliance" "tawny" "yellow-brown"
Zilla f
Zethan m
Zedekiah m
Zamar m / f "makes music to God"
Zahara f /Zohara "light, brilliance" "tawny" "yellow-brown"
Zadok m /Tzadok "righteous" "just"
Zachariah m /Zekaryah "Yahweh remembers" "remembrance of Yahweh" "male of God" NUMBER FIFTEEN
Yosef m /Yoseph "he will add" "he will increase" "increaser" "added" NUMBER TWO
Yonatan m "Yahweh has given" NUMBER EIGHT
Yonan m
Yonah m / f "dove" "oppressor" "vexor"
Yohanan m /Yochanan ""Yahweh is gracious" NUMBER FIVE
Yocheved f
Yoab m "Yahweh is father"
Yeshua m /Yeshu "Yahweh is salvation" "Yahweh saves" "salvation of Yahweh" NUMBER SIX
Yerusha f
Yerachme'el m Yerahme'el/Yerahmeel "God will have pity" "may God have compassion"
Yemima f
Yehudah m "praise" "Jewish" "Judean" NUMBER THREE
Yehoshua m "Yahweh is salvation" "Yahweh saves" "salvation of Yahweh" NUMBER SIX
Yehosheva' f
Yeho'addan f
Yawan m "Greece"
Yaniv m
Yanai m
Yakov m NUMBER ELEVEN
Yakim m /Yoachim "Yahweh will establish" "Yahweh raises up"
Yair m /Iairus "he shines" "he enlightens"
Yael f /Jael "ibex, mountain goat" "she is useful"
Ya'aqov m NUMBER ELEVEN
Vaniah m /Vaniyahu "weak" "Yahweh is praise"
Uzzah m
Uriel m
Uri m /Ori "my light" "my flame" "Yahweh is light"
Tzuri'el m
Tzivya f
Todah m
Tobiah m /Toviah "Yahweh is good"
Tirzah f
Timna f / m
Te'oma m /Te'omas "twin"
Teiman m "the south"
Tavi f / m
Tamar f /Tamara "date palm" "palm tree"
Talita f /Talitha "little girl" "little lamb"
Talia 1 f
Tabita f /Tabitha "gazelle" "beauty"
Sobe f
Sirach m /Sira "thorn"
Simeon m "hearing, listening" "snub-nosed" NUMBER ONE
Shoshana f /Shoshannah/Sushanna "lily"
Shlomzion f /Shlomtzion "peace of Zion" NUMBER THREE
Shlomo m /Shalomo "peace" "recompense" "completeness"
Shira f
Shiphrah f /Shifra "beautiful" "harmony" NUMBER SIX
Shimon m /Shimei "hearing, listening" "snub-nosed" NUMBER ONE
Shiloh m / f
Shepho m
Shemu'el m /Shemuel "name of God" "heard of God" NUMBER TWENTY
Shemaiah m /Shema'ya "heard by Yahweh"
Sha'ul m "asked for, prayed for" "basket" NUMBER EIGHTEEN
Shaphat m
Shabtit f /Shevtehit "one born on Sabbath" "Zephathite" "rest of Yahweh"
Shabtai m "one born on Sabbath" "Zephathite" "rest of Yahweh"
Shabbethai m /Zabbethai "one born on Sabbath" "Zephathite" "rest of Yahweh"
Sha'ala f
Seraiah m
Serah f NUMBER EIGHT
Salomea f NUMBER TWO
Salah 2 m /Shylock/Shelock/Shelach "dart, weapon" "plant shoot"
Ruth 1 f
Roxane f "bright, shining"
Rivka f /Riva//Rivqa/Ribqa "join, tie, snare" "tied up" "secure"
Rina 2 f
Rhesa m
Reuven m /Ruben "behold, a son" "look, a child" "son of vision"
Reuel m
Raushanna f /Raushana "splendid one"
Rahab f
Rafael m /Raphaël "God heals"
Rachel f
Rabbah m "great" "teacher"
Pu'a f
Phinehas m /Fineas "Nubian" "serpent's mouth" "bronze-coloured" "oracle" "hide"
Phasaelis f /Fasaelis/Phasiela "God has delivered"
Perez m /Peretz/Ferez "breach, burst forth"
Perach f /Perah "flower"
Penuel m /Phanuhel/Penuhel "facing God" "face of God"
Pekahiah m
Pedaiah m
Palta f
Oved m
Ophira f
Onias m /Choni "mercy of God" NUMBER NINETEEN
Omar 2 m "speak, say" "talkative"
Obed m
Nili f
Nicaso f
Netzar m
Netanya f
Neriah m /Neriyah "lamp of Yahweh" "Yahweh is a light"
Nehorai m / f /Nehora "light"
Nechemya m /Nechemiah "Yahweh is comfort" "Yahweh's consolation" "Yahweh comforts"
Nava f
Natan m /Nathan "he gave" "given"
Naqai m
Na'omi f /Naomi "my pleasantness" "sweet"
Nahor m "snorting" "scorched" "freeman"
Naggai m
Naftali m /Naphtali "my struggle, my strife" "crafty"
Naarah f
Micaiah m / f /Maacah "who is like Yahweh?"
Micah m
Mibtahiah f
Meshullam m "friend, ally" "recompensed" "peacemaker"
Menahem m /Menachem "comforter" "leader" NUMBER TEN
Melchi m
Melcha f /Milcah "queen"
Mattathias m /Mattithiah/Matityahu "gift of Yahweh" NUMBER NINE
Matat f
Matai m
Marta f "lady" "Mrs." "myrrh" NUMBER FOUR
Mariamne f /Mariamme "sea of bitterness" "rebelliousness" "wished for child" "beloved" "love" "myrrh" "loving" NUMBER ONE
Mara 1 f /Marah "bitter" NUMBER TEN
Maor m
Manasses m /Manasseh/Menashe/Menassheh "causing to forget" "evaporating"
Manaen m "comforter" "leader" NUMBER TEN
Malka f /Melika "queen"
Mahalah m /Malah/Mahlah "weak, sick" "disease"
Maccabee m
Maath f
Leui m /Levi/Lewi "joined, attached" "priestly" "weary" "Levite" NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Leah f /Leia/Lea "weary, grieved" "wild cow" "toiled"
Lael m /Laël "of God" "unto God"
Keziah f
Keturah f /Ketura "incense" "distribution of feastly surplus"
Kenan 1 m /Qenan "possession" "woven together" "composer"
Kelita m
Kelila f
Kazbi f
Karaa f /Kara "she has called"
Judith f /Yehudit/Judit "praise" "Jewess"
Judah m "praise" "Jewish" "Judean" NUMBER THREE
Josias m /Yosiah "Yahweh supports" "despair of Yahweh" "womanly" "fire-offering"
Josek m
Joezer m /Yoazar "Yahweh is help"
Joda m
Joanna f /Yochannah/Yoanna/Yochanna "Yahweh is gracious" NUMBER FIVE
Jether m
Jeriah m
Jehudi m
Jehozadak m
Jecoliah f
Javan m "Greece"
Jannai m / f
Jannaeus m
Jabez m /Yahvetz/Javez/Yavez "sorrow" "he grieves" "he will afflict"
Ittai m
Ismail m /Ishmail/Yishma'el "God will hear" "God hears" NUMBER SIXTEEN
Ishaq m /Ishaaq/Isaaq "he will laugh, he will rejoice" "laughing" "felicity"
Iscah f /Jescha/Jischa/Yissicah "beheld" "beholding" "she will weave a cover" "she will look for"
Imma f /Eema "mother" NUMBER NINE
Idra f "fig tree"
Hyrcanus m "of wolf-land"
Hur m /Hurr "white stuff" "freeman" "cavern"
Hoshea m /Hosea/Oshea "salvation"
Hoshama m /Hoshamah "God hears"
Honi m /Oneias
Hodiah f / m
Hiram m /Chirom "exalted brother" "nobleman" "angry" "whitened" "highborn" "ripe"
Hilkiah m /Hilikiah "portion of Yahweh" "Yahweh is my portion"
Hezron m
Hester f /Hesther "star" "myrtle"
Helah f /Hela "rust" "scum" "ornament" "piercing" "defiling"
Hananiah m /Hananias "Yahweh is gracious" NUMBER SEVEN
Hanan 1 m /Chanan "gracious" "merciful" NUMBER TWELVE
Hanameel m
Halafta m /Heliphtah "willow"
Hadassah f /Hadasa/Hadassa "myrtle tree"
Gurias m /Gourias "lion cub"
Gomer m / f "complete"
Gershom m
Gera m "grain"
Gedaliah m /Gedalyahu "Yahweh is great" "Yahweh has made it great"
Gad m
Ezekias m /Ezekiah/Hezekias "Yahweh strengthens" NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
'Etzer m /Ezar "treasured" "covenant" "storage"
Ester f /Esther "star" "myrtle"
'Elyo'enai m Elyo'enai//Eliyonai "my eyes look to Yahweh" "unto Yahweh are my eyes"
'Elyaqim m
'Elqana m Elqana/Elkanah "God has purchased" "God has acquired"
Elpalet m /Elifalet/Eliphelet/Elphelet "God delivers" "learning is deliverance"
Elnathan m /Elnatan "God has given"
Elisheva f
Eliphaz m
Elioud m
Elior m
Eliashib m
Eliana 2 f
Eliam m
Elhanan m /Elchanan "God is gracious"
Eleazar m /Elazar/Leazar/Eleazarus "God has helped" "whom God helps" NUMBER FOUR
Eilan m "little oak tree"
Eglah f
Efrat f
Edna f "pleasant" "pleasure"
Dysmas m /Dismas "sunset"
Dvora f /Devorah/Devora "bee" "formalizer"
Dodo m
Dina 1 f /Dinah/Deina "judged" "judgess"
Darius m
Dareios m
Dan 1 m "he judged" "judge"
Dalia 3 f /Daliya "hanging branch"
Chuza m "seeing" "visionary" "seer"
Chulda f
Channa f /Chanah "favour, grace"
Chananya m /Chananiyah/Chananiah "Yahweh is gracious" NUMBER SEVEN
Chaggit f
Chaggai m
Carmi m
Buni m
Bruria f
Boaz m
Bithiah f /Bitya/Bithia "daughter of Yahweh"
Bilha f /Bilhah "bashful" "trouble" "calamity"
Beulah f /Be'ula "married" "Mrs."
Beriah m
Benyamin m /Beniamin "son of the right hand" "son of the south"
Benaiah m "Yahweh has built" "Built by Yahweh"
Beeri m / f
Barzillai m /Barzellai "ironlike" "iron of Yahweh"
Baruch m /Barukh "blessed" "kneeling"
Barak 1 m "lightning"
Baracha f /Bracha "blessing"
Babatha f /Babbatha
Azubah f
Azor m
'Azazyahu m
Azariah m /Azarya "Yahweh has helped"
Avtalyon m
Avner m
'Aviya m / f Aviya/Avijah/Abiyah/Aviyah "my father is Yahweh"
Aviva f
Aviram m /Abiram "my father is exalted" "father of loftiness"
Avihail f / m
Avigail f /Avigael "my father is joy", "my father's joy", "fountain of joy"
Avia m / f
Avdiel m /Abdiel "servant, slave of God"
Atarah f /Atara "crown" "surround"
Atalia f
Asher m "happy, blessed" "go right on"
Asa m "healer" "man of sorrows"
Ariel m / f "lion of God"
Areli m "lion of God" "hero" "gathered by God"
Apphia f /Apfia "increasing" "she who shields" "protected one"
Ananias m /Ananiah "Yahweh is gracious" NUMBER SEVEN
Anah f / m "answer" "task" "affliction" "song"
Ana f /Anna "favour, grace"
Amoz m
Ammi m "my people", "my kinspeople"
Amittai m
Alon 1 m /Alonn "oak tree"
'Akhsa f
Ahitub m
Ahinoam f
Ahihud m
Ahiah m
Ahi m "brother" or a diminutive of below
Adriel m
Adnah m
Adiel m / f
Adara f
Adah f "adornment", "ornament", "dawn" "pass by"
'Achashwerosh m
Abriyah f /Avriyah "one who loves God"
Abiud m
Abigail f /Abigael "my father is joy", "my father's joy", "fountain of joy"
Abi f
Abgar m
Abdi m NOTE FOR WHOLE LIST - I originally listed this list as "Hebrew names" but it would be more accurate to say "Semitic names" (and names that were familiar to the Hebrews). Hebrew, Aramaic, Persian. etc.