Hebrew Names for boys

  • Addar (Adar)
    A name of a settlement in the land of Judah: "And ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar" (Joshua 15, 3). In the modern pronunciation of Hebrew, the name "אַדָּר" sounds like the name of the sixth Jewish month: "אֲדָר".
  • Aluma
    In Middle Ages Hebrew, the word "אֲלוּמָה" means "strong, brave". In modern Hebrew, this word sounds like the word "אֲלֻמָּה" (sheaf).
  • Amalya (Amalia)
    The name may be composed of the word "עָמָל" (amal, "work") and the letters יה (the name of God), thus meaning "the work of God".
  • Amira (1)
    The name is derived of the word אמיר (amir, “treetop”). Literally, אמירה means “saying”, “speech”, “words”.
  • Arava (Arabah)
    Savanna, prairie; desert; willow tree; a geographical region in Israel, near the Jordan river: "The plain (=Arabah) also and Jordan and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea under Ashdoth pisgah eastward" (Deuteronomy 3, 17).
  • Bar
    Grain, cereal; grain cleaned of its chaff; clean, pure; wild, outside, in the nature; son.
  • Bath-Sheba (Bat-Sheva)
    Literally, the meaning of the name is "seven-year old (girl)", but following the etymology of the city name Be'er-Sheva, the name Bat-Sheva can be understood as "(a woman) of oath" (see Genesis 26, 31-33).
  • Dalit
    Vine, the branches of which are rishing up or hanging on posts; long branch rising up or hanging on posts.
  • Diklah (Dikla)
    A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). The name "דקלה" may be derived of the word "דֶּקֶל" (dekel, "palm tree").
  • Eilat (Elath)
    A city by the Red Sea: "And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab" (Deuteronomy 2, 8).
  • Elisheba (Elisheva)
    The name is composed of אלי (eli, “my God”) and שבע (sheva, “seven” – a number that may express the notion of “many”). Another explanation for שבע may relate it to the verb להישבע (lehishava, “to take an oath”).
  • Eliya
    The name is composed of the word אלי (eli, “my God”) and the letters יה (the name of God).
  • Ephrath (Efrat)
    Ephrath is the other name of Beth-Lehem: "And Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-Lehem." Genesis 35, 19
  • Eve (Chava, Hava)
    The root of the name is ח' י' ה', denoting “life”. According to the bible, Eve was thus named for being “the mother of all living”, i.e. of all mankind.
  • Galila
    the name "Galila" is derived of "גליל" (Galil, Galilee), which is the name of a geographical region in the north of Israel.
  • Galit
    Derived of the word גל (gal, "wave"), the literal meaning of the name is "having waves / stormy".
  • Gilat
    The name Gilat may be related to the words "גיל" (gil) and "גילה" (gila), which mean "joy", "happiness".
  • Goni
    The name Goni may be related to the word "גָּוֶן" (gaven, "color" or "shade").
  • Hadara
    The name "Hadara" is derived from the word "הדר" (hadar), which means "glory" or "citrus fruits".
  • Hanita (Chanita)
    Hanita is the name of an ancient settlement in the land of Asher. Today: the name of a kibbutz in the Galilee. The name is originated from the verb "לחנות" (lahanot, "encamp", "stop for a rest").
  • Harela (Har'ela)
    The name "Harela" is derived from the name "Harel". The altar in the Temple is called "harel" or "ariel". In the Jewish tradition, Harel is one of the names of Jerusalem.
  • Hasia (Hasya, Chasia)
    The name may originat from the verb "לָחוּס" (lachus, "have mercy") or "לַחֲסוֹת" (lachasot, "take refuge"). One of the psalms says: "Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee (חָסָיָה), yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast" (Psalms 57, 1; verse 2 in the Hebrew version of the Bible).
  • Hasida (Chasida)
    Pious, righteous, kind; a follower of Hasidic Judaism - the religious movement of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (Ba'al Shem Tov); stork (a bird).
  • Heda
    The name "Heda" may be derived from the word "הֵד" (hed), which means: echo.
  • Hemda (Chemda)
    Desire, love; desired object, beautiful thing. "אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה" (a pleasant land) is an appellation of Israel (Jeremiah 3, 19).
  • Irit (1)
    The literal meaning of the name is “Irish (woman)”. The name’s origin may be the name עירית (Irit) or אורית (Orit), both of which sound similar to it.
  • Keren
    (Animal's) horn; shofar; horn (the musical instrument); ray, beam (of light); fund, capital.
  • Klila (Kelila)
    The meaning of the word "כלילה" (klila) is: perfect; utterly. It is said of Jerusalem after the destruction of the First Temple: "Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?" (Lamentations 2, 15).
  • Lali
    The name "Lali" may have started as a pet name for names that contain the letter ל, such as "לאה" (Leah), "חמוטל" (Hamutal) and "הילה" (Hila).
  • Lebanah (Levana)
    A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Its meanning is: white (the feminine form of the adjective "white"); moon.
  • Lidor
    The meaning of the name "Lidor" is: "I have (לי, li) a generation (דור, dor)".
  • Limor
    The name לִימוֹר (Limor) sounds like the sentence לִי מֹר (li mor, "I have myrth" or "myrth for me").
  • Liran
    The name is composed of the words לי (li, “for me”) and רָן (ran, "he sings").
  • Liron
    The name is composed of the words לי (li, “for me”) and רֹן (ron, "singing", "joyful sounds"). It menas “singing/joy for me”, or “I have singing/joy”.
  • Lital
    The meaning of the name Lital is "I have (לי, li) dew (טל, tal)".
  • Maor (Ma'or)
    Light; source of light. The Bible says: "And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, he made the stars also" (Genesis 1, 16).
  • Marit
    The name "Marit" may be derived from the word "מָרָה" (mara: lady, madam). In Modern Hebrew, the word "marit" means "spatula" (for mortar).
  • Maya
    The name Maya maybe derived of the name of the month "May", which was named after the Roman Goddess of spring and fertility - Maia.
  • Moria (Moriah, Moriya)
    "Moriah" is the name of the place where Abraham bound his son Isaac. It is also the name of the mountain in Jerusalem, where the Tample stood: "Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah" (2 Chronicles 3, 1). Hence, "Moriah" is one of the appellations of Jerusalem.
  • Nili
    The name is an acronym composed of the first letters of the Hebrew words in the Biblical verse "the Strength of Israel will not lie" (1 Samuel 15, 29).
  • Nira
    The name "Nira" is derived of the word "ניר" (nir, "plowed field").
  • Nisan
    Nisan is the name of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. In early times it was the first month of the calendar. Also called "the spring month".
  • Noya
    The name "Noya" is derived of the word "נוֹי" (noy, "beauty").
  • Ophira (Ofira)
    The name is composed of the name “Ophir” and the final letter ה which denotes a direction. The meaning of the name is: “to Ophir”.
  • Orli (Orlie)
    The name is composed of the words אור (or, “light”) and לי (li, “for me”). It menas “a light for me”, or “I have a light”.
  • Ortal
    The name is combined of the words אור (or, “light”) and טל (tal, “dew”). It menas “dew glow”.
  • Paz
    Pure gold, or anything that glimmers like gold.
  • Pazit
    The name is derived of the word פָּז (paz), which means: pure gold, or anything that glimmers like gold.
  • Rama
    As an adjective, the word "רמה" (rama) means "high", "tall" or "exalted". As a noun, it means "height" (the georaphical term) or "plateau".
  • Ranit
    The name is related to the words רֹן (ron), רִנָּה (rina) and רְנָנָה (renana), which mean "singing", "joyful sounds".
  • Rinat
    רִנַּת (rinat) is the construct state (סמיכות) form of the noun רִנָּה(rina, "singing", "joyful sounds").
  • Romi
    The name "רוֹמִי" may be derived from the word "רוֹם" (rom: height). Another meaning of the word "רוֹמִי" comes from Latin: "Roman".
  • Roni
    The name is derived of the word רֹן (ron), which means "singing", "joyful sounds".
  • Ronit
    The name is derived of the word רֹן (ron), which means "singing", "joyful sounds".
  • Sagit
    The name "Sagit" may be related to the adjective "שַׂגִּיא" (sagi; feminine form: שַׂגִּיאָה, sagi'a), which means: lofty, tall, immense.
  • Salit (Sal'it)
    Wheatear, oenanthe (bird). The name of the bird, "סַלְעִית" (sal'it) is derived of the word "סֶלַע" (sela, "rock").
  • Sapir (Sappir)
    Sapir was one of the twelve precious stones inlayed in the breastplate of the hight priest. The Classical Hebrew word refers to lapis lazuli. In Modern Hebrew, this word refers to sapphire.
  • Shamira
    The name "Shamira" is derived of the word "shamir", which means: dill (plant); emery (stone); in the Biblical time: a name of a city in the mountains of Judah; today: a name of a kibbutz in the Galilee.
  • Sharona
    The name "Sharona" is derived of "Sharon", which is the name of a geographical region in Israel: the central section of the coast.
  • Shiraz
    The name "Shiraz" may be composed of the words "שיר" (shir: song, poem) and "רז" (raz: secret, mystery).
  • Shoham
    Shoham was one of the twelve precious stones inlayed in the breastplate of the hight priest. It is sometimes identified as a black Onyx.
  • Sinaya (Sinaia)
    The name "Sinaya" is derived of the name "Sinai": the desert which is found between Canaan and Egypt. There, on Mount Sinai, God gave moses the Tables of the Covenant.
  • Talia (Talya)
    The name seems to be composed of the word "טַל" (tal, "dew") and the letters יה (the name of God). Hosea utters God's words: "I will be as the dew unto Israel" (Hosea 14, 5; verse 6 in the Hebrew version of the Bible).
  • Tidhar
    In the Bible, "tidhar" is the name of a certain tree (translated here as "pine"): "I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree, I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together" (Isaiah 41, 19).
  • Tova
    As an adjective: the feminine form of טוב (tov, "good"). As a noun: favor, kindness; welfare, well-being.
  • Tsabar
    Indian Fig Opuntia - a cactus that grows in Israel; Sabra, native-born Israeli.
  • Tzofit (Tsofit)
    The name "Tzofit" is related to the verb "צופָה" (tsofa) or "צופיה" (tsofiya), which means "(she is) watching".
  • Vardit
    The namd "Vardit" may be derived of the flower's name "וֶרֶד" (vered, "rose"). "Vardit" is also the name of a small pinkish bird (Rosefinch).
  • Yafit
    The name "Yafit" is derived of the verb "יָפָה" (yafa, "be beautiful"). From the Song of Solomon: "How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!" (Song of Solomon 7, 6; verse 7 in the Hebrew version of the Bible).
  • Yaheli
    The name "יָהֵלִי" may be derived of the verb "יָהֵל" (yahel, "he shines"). The book of Job says: "If I beheld the sun when it shined (yahel), or the moon walking in brightness" (Job 31, 26).
  • Yardena
    The name is composed of the name of the Jordan river and the final letter ה which denotes a direction. The meaning of the name is: “to Jordan”, as attested in the verse: "And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here, for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan." 2 Kings 2, 6
  • Yonat
    The name "Yonat" may be derived from the word "yona" (יונה, dove, pigeon).
  • Yonit
    The name "Yonit" may be derived from the word "yona" (יונה, dove, pigeon).
  • Zeela (Ze'ela, Tseela, Tse'ela)
    The name "צֶאֱלָה" (Zeela) may be derived of "צֶאֱלִים" (zeelim) - a name of a tree which appears in the Bible. The identity of that tree is unclear. "צֶאֱלִים" (zeelim) is also a synonym of the word "צֵל" (zel, "shadow"). In Modern Hebrew, the tree "poinciana" is called "צֶאֱלוֹן" (zeelon).
  • Ziv
    Light, brilliance, glow; in the Bible, this is the name of the eighth month of the Jewish calendar - Iyar.
  • Zohara
    The name "Zohara" is derived from the word "זוהר" (zohar), which means ""light", "brilliance", "glow".
  • Zoharit
    The name "Zoharit" is derived from the word "זוהר" (zohar), which means ""light", "brilliance", "glow".