blackelectric's Personal Name List
Ziv
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיו(Hebrew)
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew. This was the ancient name of the second month of the Jewish calendar.
Zeev
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זְאֵב(Hebrew)
Means
"wolf" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of
Benjamin (see
Genesis 49:27).
Zahara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זָהֳרָה(Hebrew)
Yonatan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יוֹנָתָן(Hebrew)
Yitzhak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יִצְחָק(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of
Isaac. This was the name of two recent Israeli prime ministers.
Yaffa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יָפָה(Hebrew)
Derived from Hebrew
יָפֶה (yafeh) meaning
"beautiful".
Yaara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יַעֲרָה(Hebrew)
Means "honeycomb" and "honeysuckle" in Hebrew.
Yaakov
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יַעֲקֹב(Hebrew)
Tzvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: צְבִיָה(Hebrew)
Tzvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: צְבִי(Hebrew)
Means
"gazelle, roebuck" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of
Naphtali (see
Genesis 49:21).
Tzofiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: צוֹפִיָה(Hebrew)
Means "watching" in Hebrew.
Tuvya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוּבִיָה(Hebrew)
Tsila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ציִלָּה(Hebrew)
Tryphosa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Τρυφῶσα(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek
τρυφή (tryphe) meaning
"softness, delicacy". In the
New Testament this name is mentioned briefly as belonging to a companion of Tryphena.
Tryphena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Τρύφαινα(Ancient Greek)
Tova 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוֹבָה(Hebrew)
Means "good" in Hebrew.
Tikva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: תִּקְוָה(Hebrew)
Means "hope" in Hebrew.
Tamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: תָּמִיר(Hebrew)
Means "tall" in Hebrew.
Talia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא(Hebrew)
Means
"dew from God" in Hebrew, from
טַל (tal) meaning "dew" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.
Tali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַלִי(Hebrew)
Means "my dew" in Hebrew.
Tal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: TAL
Derived from Hebrew
טַל (tal) meaning
"dew".
Stav
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סתָו, סתיו(Hebrew)
Means "autumn" in Hebrew.
Sivan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סִיוָן, סִיווָן(Hebrew)
From the name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar (occurring in late spring). It was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, derived from Akkadian
simānu meaning "season, occasion"
[1].
Simcha
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שִׂמְחָה(Hebrew)
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.
Shamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׁמִירָה(Hebrew)
Means
"guardian, protector" in Hebrew, from the root
שָׁמַר (shamar) "to guard, to watch".
Shai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁי(Hebrew)
Shachar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁחַר(Hebrew)
Personal remark: guttural 'ch'
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.
Sapir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סַפִּיר(Hebrew)
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.
Ovadia
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֹבַדְיָה(Hebrew)
Oshrat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹשֶׁרַת, אֹשֶׁרַת(Hebrew)
Ophira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹפִירָה(Hebrew)
Ofra
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֹפְרָה, עוֹפְרָה(Hebrew)
Personal remark: AWF-rə
Modern Hebrew form of
Ophrah. Originally it was a masculine name, but it is now used for females too.
Noam
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, French
Other Scripts: נוֹעַם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-am(Hebrew) NOM(English) NAW-AM(French)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.
Niv
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נִיב(Hebrew)
Means either "speech, expression" or "fang, tusk" in Hebrew.
Nissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נִסָה(Hebrew)
Means "sign" in Hebrew.
Nava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נָאוָה(Hebrew)
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.
Naama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נַעֲמָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: nah-ah-MAH
Personal remark: nah-ah-MAH
Maya 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַיָּה(Hebrew)
Derived from Hebrew
מַיִם (mayim) meaning
"water".
Margalit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַרְגָלִית(Hebrew)
Personal remark: mahr-ga-LEET
Malka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַלְכָּה(Hebrew)
Means "queen" in Hebrew.
Maayan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַעֲיָן(Hebrew)
Personal remark: MAH-yahn
Means "spring of water" in Hebrew.
Livna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִבְנָה(Hebrew)
Means "white" in Hebrew.
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means
"my light" in Hebrew, from
לִי (li) "for me" and
אוֹר ('or) "light".
Lev 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לֵב(Hebrew)
Means "heart" in Hebrew.
Leora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, English, Hebrew
Pronounced: lay-OH-ra(Jewish, Hebrew)
Anglicized variant of
Liora.
In some cases, however, it might have been given as a contracted form of
Leonora.
Lavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לָבִיא(Hebrew)
Means "lion" in Hebrew.
Kinneret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: כִּנֶּרֶת(Hebrew)
From the name of a large lake in northern Israel, usually called the Sea of Galilee in English. Its name is derived from Hebrew
כִּנּוֹר (kinnor) meaning "harp" because of its shape.
Keshet
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: קֶשֶׁת(Hebrew)
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
Katriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: כתריאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: kah-dhree-EL(Hebrew)
Means "the crowned Lord" (or possibly "crown of God") in Hebrew. From the Hebrew keter (כֶּתֶר) "crown" and el (אֵל) "god".
Inbar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עִנְבָּר, עִינְבָּר(Hebrew)
Means "amber" in Hebrew.
Ilana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִילָנָה(Hebrew)
Gavriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: גַּבְרִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Personal remark: GAV-ree-el
Ezra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֶזְרָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EHZ-rə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the
Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the
Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Elisheva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִישֶׁבַע(Hebrew)
Elior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.
Danya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דַּנְיָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of
Dan 1. It can also be considered a compound meaning
"judgement from God", using the element
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.
Bosmat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: בָּשְׂמַת(Hebrew)
Bethesda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Personal remark: silent h?
From the name of a pool in Jerusalem, mentioned in the New Testament, known for its healing properties, which means "house of mercy" or "house of grace" from Aramaic בית (beth) "house, home" and חסדא (hesda) "mercy, kindness; favour, clemency". The second element could also derive from an identical word meaning "shame, dishonour".
Batsheva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: בַּת־שֶׁבַע(Hebrew)
Avishai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִישַׁי(Hebrew)
Personal remark: ah-vee-SHY
Avi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִי(Hebrew)
Ariel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means
"lion of God" in Hebrew, from
אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and
אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the
Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play
The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem
The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film
The Little Mermaid (1989).
Amira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַמִירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ah
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Aliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַלִיזָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-LEE-zah
Personal remark: ah-LEE-zah
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.
Akiva
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲקִיבָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-KEE-vah
Personal remark: ah-KEE-vah
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From an Aramaic form of
Yaakov. Akiva (or Akiba) ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century Jewish rabbi.
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "noble" in Hebrew.
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