Hebrew Names

Hebrew names are built from three-consonant roots, and a great many are small sentences rather than words: God has heard, God has given, who is like God. Almost all of them reached English through Greek and Latin translations of the Bible, which is why the English forms are so far from the Hebrew ones — Jacob and James are the same name, separated only by which route they took.

Languages behind these names Hebrew Biblical Hebrew via Greek and Latin via Arabic via English via Spanish

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240 names, most popular first in United States

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Ivan Ivan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious."
Hebrew #163 in US
Matias Matias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Hebrew #170 in US
Jesus Jesus is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is salvation."
Hebrew #173 in US
Judah Judah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised."
Hebrew #178 in US
Emmanuel Emmanuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is with us."
Hebrew #179 in US
Jesse Jesse is a name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is debated.
Hebrew #184 in US
Aziel Aziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from elements meaning strength and God.
Hebrew #186 in US
Jaziel Jaziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God allots" or "God apportions."
Hebrew #198 in US
Messiah Messiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "anointed one."
Hebrew #207 in US
Abraham Abraham is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."
Hebrew #210 in US
Malakai Malakai is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger".
Hebrew #213 in US
Zachary Zachary is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered."
Hebrew #216 in US
Rafael Rafael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God heals."
Hebrew #218 in US
Joel Joel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin that joins two names for God, and the prophet's book supplied the line quoted at Pentecost.
Hebrew #219 in US
Cohen Cohen is a boy's name from the Hebrew word for priest, and a surname marking descent from the priestly line of ancient Israel.
Hebrew #225 in US
Simon Simon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he has heard," borne by the apostle Peter before his renaming.
Hebrew #230 in US
Abel Abel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "breath" or "vapour."
Hebrew #231 in US
Tobias Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."
Hebrew #283 in US
Jeremy Jeremy is a boy's name, the medieval English form of Jeremiah, from a Hebrew name generally read as God will exalt.
Hebrew #292 in US
Kohen Kohen is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "priest".
Hebrew #295 in US
Kaleb Kaleb respells Caleb, and the Hebrew reads as dog — which was not an insult but a claim of loyalty, since Caleb is one of only two spies who trusted the report on Canaan.
Hebrew #296 in US
Mathias Mathias is a boy's name, the French and Scandinavian form of Matthias, from a Hebrew name meaning gift of God.
Hebrew #312 in US
Eliam Eliam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God of the people".
Hebrew #313 in US
Israel Israel means he wrestles with God, and it is a name given after a fight — Jacob receives it in Genesis having wrestled a stranger until dawn and refused to let go without a blessing.
Hebrew #315 in US
Gideon Gideon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "hewer" or "one who cuts down".
Hebrew #337 in US
Jax Jax is a boy's name of modern coinage, a respelling of Jack or Jackson.
Hebrew #342 in US
Ezequiel Ezequiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens".
Hebrew #348 in US
Ibrahim Ibrahim is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."
Hebrew #351 in US
Joaquin Joaquin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "established by God".
Hebrew #355 in US
Matthias Matthias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God".
Hebrew #372 in US
Jared Jared is a boy's name from Hebrew meaning descent, borne by the father of Enoch — the one man in Genesis who does not die but is taken.
Hebrew #397 in US
Solomon Solomon means peace, and it charts in all seven markets we track — the same Hebrew shalom behind the Arabic Suleiman, so one name covers the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions at once.
Hebrew #422 in US
Isaias Isaias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation".
Hebrew #426 in US
Nehemiah Nehemiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord comforts".
Hebrew #429 in US
Moshe Moshe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the original form of Moses.
Hebrew #435 in US
Uriel Uriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my light".
Hebrew #445 in US
Yusuf Yusuf is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
Hebrew #449 in US
Alijah Peaked in 2021 · 16,218 births since 1987
Hebrew #469 in US
Musa Musa is a boy's name of Hebrew or Egyptian origin, the Arabic form of Moses.
Hebrew #470 in US
Samson Peaked in 2025 · 17,584 births since 1892
Hebrew #477 in US
Ruben Ruben is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "behold, a son."
Hebrew #480 in US
Asa Asa is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "healer" or "physician".
Hebrew #483 in US
Hezekiah Peaked in 2024 · 11,943 births since 1880
Hebrew #485 in US
Jasiah Peaked in 2022 · 10,465 births since 1991
Hebrew #498 in US
Moses Moses is explained in Exodus as drawn out of the water, but the name is more likely Egyptian — mose means born of, and it is the second half of Thutmose and Ramose, where the god's name sits in front.
Hebrew #515 in US
Zachariah Peaked in 1992 · 36,012 births since 1880
Hebrew #538 in US
Eliseo Peaked in 2025 · 12,260 births since 1880
Hebrew #550 in US
Saul Saul means asked for, and the Hebrew Bible appears to have attached his wordplay to the wrong man — the puns on asking in the birth of Samuel fit Sha'ul far better than they fit Shemuel.
Hebrew #557 in US

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