Hebrew Girls Names

  1. Ilana
    • Adi
      • Aviva
        • Chaya
          • Origin:

            Feminization of Chayyim or Chaim, Hebrew, Hindi, "life; shadow, shade"
          • Meaning:

            "life; shadow, shade"
          • Description:

            A life-affirming name of Hebrew origin, currently popular in Israel, Chaya has also risen up the charts in both the US and the UK in recent years. Used as a common name for leafy shrub in Mexico, it shares the same root as Chava, Eve, and Eva.
        • Devorah
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "bee"
          • Description:

            The Biblical name of a great prophet and judge who helped organize an army and effect a major victory over the Canaanites. Sounds much fresher than the Anglicized Deborah.
        • Dina
          • Origin:

            Hebrew variation of Dinah or Adinah
          • Meaning:

            "judged or delicate"
          • Description:

            Dina is a 20th century version of either Dinah or Adinah, two Old Testament names not related to each other. Dinah was the beautiful daughter of Jacob and Leah, while Adinah or Adina was a male soldier, though the name is also used for girls in modern Israel.
        • Eden
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "place of pleasure, delight"
          • Description:

            Eden is an attractive, serene name with obvious intimations of Paradise, one of several place names drawn from the Bible by the Puritans in the seventeenth century.
        • Leora
          • Origin:

            Diminutive of Eleanor, or Hebrew and Greek
          • Meaning:

            "light"
          • Description:

            Somewhat dated Hebrew name that appears more modern when spelled Liora.
        • Naomi
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "pleasantness"
          • Description:

            Naomi was once a primarily Jewish name from the Old Testament that referenced the mother-in-law of Ruth. Because of this, it is a symbolic name given to girls on Shavuot when the story of Ruth is read in the synagogue.
        • Noa
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "motion"
          • Description:

            This Old Testament female name has been one of the most popular girls’ names in Israel over the last decade. Also highly popular in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, and a new entrant to the US Top 1000, it may be misunderstood here as an attempt to streamline and feminize the more familiar Noah – although it's a separate name with a separate derivation.
        • Orli
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "light"
          • Description:

            Cute, nickname-y, and international, à la Romy or Demi. Spelling it Orly turns it into a busy French airport.
        • Shira
          • Origin:

            Hebrew, Japanese
          • Meaning:

            "singing, song; poetry, excellent, white"
          • Description:

            A popular Israeli choice that could work across different languages, Shira comes from the Hebrew shir meaning "song." Some parents may be reminded of the animated heroine She-Ra, Princess of Power, from both the 1980s original and the 2018 reboot, however, they are not related.
        • Shoshana
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "lily"
          • Description:

            This is a rare and lovely form of Susannah commonly heard in Israel. Shoshana Shapiro — nicknamed Shosh — is the character played by Zosia Mamet on the hit HBO series Girls — a fact that could give the name an upward thrust.
        • Zera
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "seeds, beginnings"
          • Description:

            More than zero, but perhaps too close to Vera.
        • Ziva
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "life"
          • Description:

            A zippy little international name. The Hebrew name relates to the month of Israeli independence, while the Slavic Ziva (also spelled Živa and Siva) is a goddess of love, life and fertility.