Israel Baby Names

1,038 names of Israel origin

Boy Names

אָבִי חַי

אגרתן: meaning 'messenger' or 'letter writer'.

אָסָף, meaning ‘gather’ or ‘harvest’.

אָבִינֹעַם

Strong or persevering

My strength is God.

My brother is a rising sun

אָמוֹץ - meaning 'strong' or 'brave'.

my truth or my faith

Noble or exalted.

A name meaning 'lion' or symbolizing bravery.

My father is God

father of the rescue

God is my strength (אֲחִיעֶזֶל)

My father is king

a variant of Alon, meaning 'oak tree'

God has favored

אֲמִיכַי (Amichai) means 'my nation lives'.

אֲרִיֵּה (Aryeh) means 'lion'

God strengthens

My father is exalted

אמְרָם - 'people are exalted'

My father's gift

mountain of strength

אֲבִינָדָב

My father is peace

אדאי - meaning 'my witness'.

אקר - 'farm' or 'to cultivate'

אבריק, meaning 'young child' or 'little man'

A surname meaning a son of the father

in the shadow of God

to fish or angler

בְּנָיָה - 'Built by Yah'

son of the right hand

Possessed, acquired

a strong or mighty one

God is my strength

he has redeemed

Beloved, son of Jacob

a name associated with being strong or fearless

God is my strength

God is my judge

Mortal man, human being

My God is Yahweh

God strengthens

God strengthens

הָעוֹזָר

אֵלִיק, meaning 'God is my God'

אֶפְרָיִם - 'fruitful'

God strengthens

חֶשְׁבוֹן - 'a cluster of grapes or a place of grapes'

My God is Yahweh

God is my father.

My God is Yahweh

צֵּרוּצָה

אֵליהוּ, meaning 'My God is Yahweh'.

My God is Yahweh

fawn, young deer

God strengthens

אֵי בַּי - 'There is a house'

אֵצִיֵּיל

God is gracious

God is gracious

God is my strength

A gracious gift

גָּדִיאֵל

God is my strength

גִּדּוֹן, meaning 'hewer' or 'one who cuts.'

הַגְּמָרִי - 'the completion'

he will be strong

God has redeemed.

binding, braided

My God is Jehovah

desolate, barren

mountain of God

gracious or merciful

To embrace or to wrestle.

God has strengthened

אִזְרִיאֵל

salvation of the Lord

צְחָק (Yitzhak): 'He will laugh'.

Hebrew, from the other side

He who struggles with God

It is finished, to work

Yahweh is salvation

Laughter; he will laugh

God is my salvation

Salvation of the Lord

God is gracious

יָרִיאֵם (Yariyam) - he will be cast

Jehovah will uplift

YHWH will lift up

فتح يهوه (Yiftach) -

exalted of the Lord

God will uplift

Yahweh has given

God is salvation

God will increase or add

The name Jobani is often associated with 'to restore' or 'God will restore'.

Yahweh will establish.

Yahweh is salvation

Yahweh will exalt

The Lord is salvation

God will strengthen

יָרְדֵן - Yarden, meaning 'to descend'

City of the moon

God will establish

beloved of the Lord

God will strengthen

he will be increased

The Lord is my salvation

יֹורִיאֵל - God will uplift

Exalted of the Lord

God is my strength

He will be exalted

God is my strength

a horns or a beam of light; a torch

Fit, proper, or acceptable

a place of refuge

He who is righteous

כוהן meaning 'priest'.

the voice of God

I have my heart

the people have spoken

my song, my joy

God strengthens

causing to forget

My messenger, my angel

who is like God?

a gift from God

Drawn out of the water

מַלְאָךְ אֵל (Mal'ach El)

Who is like God?

A strong leader or someone who brings strength.

מָרְדֳּכַי

מֵנַחֵם מֶנְדֶל

Who is like God?

מָרְדֳּכַי - 'warrior'

who is like God (Michael)

son of the right hand

to be pure, to be clean

light, illumination

who is like God

Who is like God?

rest, tranquility

Who is like God?

Messenger or Angel

מַלְכִּיָּה (Malchijah) means 'my king is Yahweh'

bright, radiant

Comforted by Yahweh

Brave; he who takes the initiative

My light is God

Comforted by Yahweh

נתנאל - 'gift of God'

He has given (נתןם)

He who is given by God

Comforted by God

נַפְתּוּלִי - my wrestling

God is my strength

God is my strength

Odes (אודס) means 'a gift' or 'blessing'.

He has restored

Strength, power

a snake or a mouth of a serpent

son of the palm tree

מְעוֹרְבָב

to inspire, to move forward

ראובן: "behold, a son"

God has compassion

רונן - meaning 'joyful song' or 'to sing'.

God has been gracious

רִאשׁוֹן

רוֹאֵי, meaning 'my shepherd'.

guardian or protector

זכרי - Zachary, meaning 'God has remembered'.

שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּטְרוֹס

שמשון, meaning 'sun'

God is my witness

to be heard, to be famous

שניאור - 'two lights' or 'double light'

שְׁלוֹמָה

Asked for, prayed for

a classified person or a messenger

the land of the Tiber

רְשָׁעָה - Resha - 'A person of unyielding spirit'

Yah has strengthened

Derived from 'Jordán', meaning 'to descend'.

God is gracious

He will be prosperous

יֶחֶסְקֵל, meaning 'God will strengthen'.

יִשְׂרָאֵל - He who struggles with God

יָנִיב; meaning 'he will produce'

יָרְדֵן - Jordan; to descend

Yahweh is salvation

כְּיוֹם גָּנֵן; God will be merciful

Yoshua means 'God is salvation'

God is salvation

beloved of the Lord

יְהוֹנָתָן

Yehoshua means 'Yahweh is salvation'

יִצְחָק, meaning 'he will laugh'

יֹשִׁיָּהוּ - 'Yahweh supports'.

to follow, to supplant

He who supplants

יְהוּדָה

יְרִמְיָהוּ

God will uplift

He will be judged

God will increase

God is my strength

יְהוֹנָן (Yehonatan)

God is gracious

God will increase

God will uplift

God will protect

God will strengthen

God is gracious

To bring forth; to yield.

He will enlighten

God will establish

יובנ - may refer to the act of being young or youthful.

God will strengthen

God has remembered

הַצַּדִּיקָה

חָזוֹן גָּבוֹהַּ, אֵת מֹשֶׁה

the Lord has remembered

the righteous one

God strengthens

אֵיּוָב (Eiyov): he who combats

The Lord has remembered

זְכַרְיָה - Zekariah, meaning 'the Lord remembers'

Girl Names

meaning 'Lion of God'

My father is joy.

إلهي, divine

אֲיָלָה means 'doe' or 'gazelle'.

Gracious, favor

God has answered

Binding or binding of Isaac, referring to 'Akedah' in the Jewish tradition.

Father of many nations

lit. 'noble' or 'prince'

God is my father

my people are exalted

God has answered

My father is God

Goddess of the sea

God is my light

আনাত - 'Answer'

the ascent or rising

An alternative form of Elizabeth, meaning 'God is my oath'.

Daughter of the Oath

בת שבע - 'daughter of the oath'

daughter of God

The land of the Philistines, known as modern-day Britain.

Meaning 'the house of God' or 'God's house'.

house of the wild goat

Meaning 'my pious one' or 'my righteous one'.

one who is full of grace or mercy

Bee, or to speak, to communicate

To speak, to declare

דניאליה - meaning 'God is my judge' as a feminine form of Daniel

God is my judge

Meaning 'God is salvation' (אלישבע) or 'My God is salvation'.

My God has answered.

God is my father

God is my light

my God has answered

God has answered

the one who rises

God is my salvation

Fruitful; fertile

God has answered

אֵלָנִי, means 'oak tree'

God is gracious

גאל - to redeem

גֵּאַל (Ge'al) - to redeem or liberate

Thanksgiving to God

praise the Lord

sand, stretch of sand

Myrtle tree; compassionate

There is a mole, a mouse.

the final destination

a circle or as a flowing stream

God is my strength

God will support

God's tree or oak.

God is my father

דקל; 'palm tree'

he who is in the shadow

God is gracious

God is gracious

The name Joannah means 'God is gracious'.

She will illuminate

from Judea or having a Hebrew origin

A name meaning 'not exalted' or 'where is the prince?'

יוֹכֶבֶד

purity, holiness

a form of 'Kadosh' meaning 'sacred' or 'holy'

הָרוּחַ מְקַדֵּשׁ

a place of beauty

Bringer of peace

Regality or crown

cassia, a fragrant spice

the name of a lake; 'harp' in Hebrew

white, bright, or pure

a gift for me; a gift

light or God’s light

Lenya can mean 'light' or 'shining'

My heart is a dove

I have been to her, or 'I have been known'

my heart is joyful

God will strengthen

مَرِيَّة، دافئة

A combination of the names Mara and El, meaning 'bitter' and 'God'.

rest, tranquility

To flutter or to soar high

Who is like God?

Luck or fortune

myrrh, a fragrant resin

to enrich, to be fruitful

a gift from God

פורן (Puran)

a little bitter

who is like God?

Who is like God?

a song, a poetic lament

נִירִיָּה - 'a fertile land'

the meaning is 'a new beginning' or 'a fresh start'

a form of the name Nathan, meaning 'to give'

A blossom or flower

נָצְרַתְּ

Ewe; female sheep

בֶּרֶךְ: 'to tie, bind' or 'captivating'

Rachel (רָחֵל), meaning 'ewe' or 'female sheep'.

Ewe; female sheep.

Joyful song, joy of the Lord.

Compassionate, merciful

To tie, to bind

נועה של רוח

to be beautiful, to be fair

שֵׁיָּנָה - meaning 'beautiful' or 'innocent'

Princess of the evening

God has guarded

שכינה - Divine Presence

Sevana has connotations of tranquility and peace.

Princess; Noblewoman

Princess of the Lord

To be a shining light, brightness

princess; noblewoman

Derived from the Hebrew word for ’bird’, also associated with 'to add' or 'increase'.

Beautiful gemstone; precious stone

beautiful and flourishing

שירן - a song; poem

beautiful; a significant figure in Hebrew Bible, one of the midwives in Egypt

שַׁבְּרִי

a combination of things, or a mixing of influences

خصب (Fruitfulness)

God is my protector

טליה - 'dew from God'.

כלולה, שלמה (Complete, whole)

a place of palm trees

A name meaning 'a form of Tif'.

she who is a beautiful girl

The one who is like a deer

צִיפִּי - 'bird' or 'sparrow'

A being of light

Glory, beauty, or harmony

Meaning 'delight' or 'pleasantness'.

my light is God

וֵלָה - meaning 'veil' or 'to cover'

יוֹנִינָה: meaning 'dove'

to remember or to be remembered

A diminutive form of ‘Yitzhak’, meaning 'laughter'.

God is gracious

God is gracious

God will answer.

יוחני - 'God is gracious'

fawn or young animal

A form of 'Yen', meaning 'to be willing or desire'

God is my light

Goddess; she who is dear

God will remove

זַנְיָה - meaning 'to shine'.

light, brightness, radiance

God's completion

Unisex Names

breath or vapor

אֲמָזִיָּה: 'Yah is mighty' or 'strength of Yah'.

my father is Yahweh

Strong, powerful

My father is a gift

Garden or orchard

God is my judge

God is my judge

God is my judge

a meaning of 'Judge' or 'to judge'.

God has answered me

God is my light

Pleasure, delight

my God is Yahweh

God is my strength

a wave or a burst of water

ישׂראל - Yisra'el, meaning 'God contends'

My nation is exalted

יְהוּדָה - Yehuda, meaning 'praised'

דּוֹמֵה לַיּוֹר

God will uplift; God has risen

יְרֶمְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) - Exalted of the Lord

My God is light

Joined, attached

a form of the name Miri, meaning 'bitter' or 'rebellious'.

Who is like God?

מאירה (Maira)

Who is like God?

נסיך, 'to forget'

מאשה (Moshe)

וּמְשִׁיחַ (Messiah) - Anointed one

נְחֶמְיָה

motion, movement

נָצְרַת - 'to watch, to guard'

to beat or roar

name, reputation

asked for, prayed for

a derivative of 'Tanya', meaning 'the gift'.

to elevate or raise

to be lifted up

God is gracious

يָהָב - 'to give' or 'to grant'

God is gracious

The Lord has remembered

light, radiance, brightness

The Lord remembers