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 English via Arabic via Greek

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458 names, most popular first in United States

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Selah Selah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is genuinely unknown.
Girl Hebrew #216 in US
Rafael Rafael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God heals."
Boy Hebrew #218 in US
Elianna Elianna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God has answered".
Girl 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.
Boy 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.
Boy Hebrew #225 in US
Noa Noa is a unisex name with two separate origins: a Hebrew girls' name meaning "movement," borne by one of the daughters of Zelophehad, and a short form of Noah.
Unisex Hebrew #226 in US
Simon Simon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he has heard," borne by the apostle Peter before his renaming.
Boy Hebrew #230 in US
Abel Abel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "breath" or "vapour."
Boy Hebrew #231 in US
Ellis Ellis is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
Unisex Hebrew #243 in US
Ana Ana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "favor" or "grace," and it is the form of Anna used across Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic Europe.
Girl Hebrew #245 in US
Miriam Miriam is the origin of Mary, Maria, Marie, Maureen, Marion and Molly — the largest name family in Europe — and it still charts in all seven markets we track, with its top four inside 46 places of each other.
Girl Hebrew #246 in US
Rachel Rachel is a girl's name from Hebrew meaning ewe, borne by Jacob's wife in Genesis.
Girl Hebrew #250 in US
Aliyah Aliyah is a girl's name of Hebrew and Arabic origin meaning "ascent" or "exalted," and the two languages arrived at it separately from cognate roots.
Girl Hebrew #263 in US
Talia Talia is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dew from God."
Girl Hebrew #265 in US
Evie Evie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "life."
Girl Hebrew #271 in US
Shiloh Shiloh is a unisex name of Hebrew origin taken from a place rather than a word, the sanctuary town where the Israelites kept the Ark of the Covenant.
Unisex Hebrew #278 in US
Tobias Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."
Boy 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.
Boy Hebrew #292 in US
Kohen Kohen is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "priest".
Boy 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.
Boy Hebrew #296 in US
Joanna Joanna means God is gracious, and it charts in all seven markets we track — the United States 306th, Ireland 367th, Scotland 395th, Northern Ireland 432nd, England and Wales 514th and France 721st.
Girl Hebrew #306 in US
Mathias Mathias is a boy's name, the French and Scandinavian form of Matthias, from a Hebrew name meaning gift of God.
Boy Hebrew #312 in US
Eliam Eliam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God of the people".
Boy 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.
Boy Hebrew #315 in US
Gideon Gideon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "hewer" or "one who cuts down".
Boy Hebrew #337 in US
Jax Jax is a boy's name of modern coinage, a respelling of Jack or Jackson.
Boy Hebrew #342 in US
Ezequiel Ezequiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens".
Boy Hebrew #348 in US
Rebecca Rebecca is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is unsettled, and the standard gloss involves a rope for tying cattle.
Girl Hebrew #349 in US
Ibrahim Ibrahim is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."
Boy Hebrew #351 in US
Maryam Maryam is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Arabic form of Miriam and Mary.
Girl Hebrew #351 in US
Joaquin Joaquin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "established by God".
Boy Hebrew #355 in US
Ariel Ariel means lion of God, and The Little Mermaid moved it hard and briefly.
Unisex Hebrew #358 in US
Briella Briella is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, a short form of Gabriella meaning "God is my strength".
Girl Hebrew #362 in US
Matthias Matthias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God".
Boy Hebrew #372 in US
Ari Ari is a unisex name with several unrelated origins.
Unisex Hebrew #393 in US
Danna Danna is a girl's name with two sources. In Spanish-speaking use it is a modern form of Daniela, from the Hebrew for God is my judge; in English it is a respelling of Dana, an older name whose own origin is disputed.
Girl Hebrew #394 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.
Boy 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.
Boy Hebrew #422 in US
Sarai Sarai is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the name Abraham's wife carried before God renamed her Sarah.
Girl Hebrew #424 in US
Isaias Isaias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation".
Boy Hebrew #426 in US
Nehemiah Nehemiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord comforts".
Boy Hebrew #429 in US
Moshe Moshe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the original form of Moses.
Boy Hebrew #435 in US
Salem Salem is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "complete" or "at peace".
Unisex Hebrew #436 in US
Uriel Uriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my light".
Boy Hebrew #445 in US
Yusuf Yusuf is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
Boy Hebrew #449 in US
Daniella Daniella means God is my judge, and the name is a legal claim — Daniel's story turns on false accusation and vindication, so the name states in advance who decides the case.
Girl Hebrew #468 in US
Alijah Peaked in 2021 · 16,218 births since 1987
Boy Hebrew #469 in US
Musa Musa is a boy's name of Hebrew or Egyptian origin, the Arabic form of Moses.
Boy Hebrew #470 in US

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