blackelectric's Personal Name List

Means "noble" in Hebrew.

From an Aramaic form of Yaakov. Akiva (or Akiba) ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century Jewish rabbi.

Means "joyful" in Hebrew.

Feminine form of Amir 2.

Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion" and אֵל (ʾel) 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).

Means "my father" in Hebrew. It is also a diminutive of Avraham or Aviram.

Modern Hebrew form of Abishai.

Hebrew variant of Bathsheba.

Hebrew variant of Basemath.

Feminine form of Dan 1. It can also be considered a compound meaning "judgement from God", using the element יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

Hebrew form of Elizabeth.

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.

Hebrew form of Gabriel.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Means "amber" in Hebrew.

Means "the crowned Lord" (or possibly "crown of God") in Hebrew. From the Hebrew keter (כֶּתֶר) "crown" and el (אֵל) "god".

Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew כִּנֶּרֶת (see Kineret).

Means "lion" in Hebrew.

Anglicized variant of Liora.
In some cases, however, it might have been given as a contracted form of Leonora.

Means "heart" in Hebrew.

Means "my light" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אוֹר (ʾor) "light".

Means "spring of water" in Hebrew.

Means "queen" in Hebrew.

Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites).

Modern Hebrew form of Naamah.

Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

Variant of Nisa.

Means either "speech, expression" or "fang, tusk" in Hebrew.

Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.

Means "fawn" in Hebrew.

The masculine biblical name Ophrah is derived from the same root.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אוֹפִירָה (see Ofira).

Feminine form of Osher.

Hebrew form of Obadiah.

Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.

Means "dawn" in Hebrew.

Either from Hebrew שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" or else a Hebrew diminutive of Isaiah.

Means "guardian, protector" in Hebrew, from the root שָׁמַר (shamar) "to guard, to watch".

Means "happiness, joy" in 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].

Means "autumn" in Hebrew.

Derived from Hebrew טַל (ṭal) meaning "dew".

Means "my dew" in Hebrew.

Means "dew from God" in Hebrew, from טַל (ṭal) meaning "dew" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

Means "tall" in Hebrew.

Means "hope" in Hebrew.

Means "good" in Hebrew.

From the Greek name Τρύφαινα (Tryphaina), derived from Greek τρυφή (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy". This name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament.

Derived from Greek τρυφή (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy". In the New Testament this name is mentioned briefly as belonging to a companion of Tryphena.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew ציִלָּה (see Tzila).

Modern Hebrew form of Tobiah.

Means "gazelle, roebuck" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Naphtali (see Genesis 49:21).

Feminine form of Tzvi.

Hebrew form of Jacob.

Means "honeycomb" and "honeysuckle" in Hebrew.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָפָה (see Yafa).

Hebrew form of Isaac. This was the name of two recent Israeli prime ministers.

Hebrew form of Jonathan.

Feminine form of Zohar.

Means "wolf" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Benjamin (see Genesis 49:27).

Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew. This was the ancient name of the second month of the Jewish calendar.