Hebrew Names

Benevolent name found in Israel in several forms, including Doran and Doroni.

Interesting Old Testament name that embraces many traditional female attributes; also name of a place in the Jordan Valley. In the Bible, a daughter of King Ammon and wife of Solomon.

Dania is a fun, offbeat name with international flair.

Related to the Arabic Warda, Vered is a strong sounding nature name with a sweet floral meaing.

One of Noah's biblical grandsons, making it a natural to honor a relative with the name of the ark builder.

The name from which Jordan arose, Yarden has a nice combination of river imagery and a sound connoting a garden. Like Jordan, used for both sexes.

Hard to think of this name without "Captain" in front of it.

This zippy short form of Zachary is more and more often standing on its own -- sometimes as Zac, Zach, Zack, or even Zakk -- but this simple-yet-straightforward version may be the very best.

Also an Israeli place-name, this is an unusual, feminine choice.

A feminization of Adam with several sweet nickname options — Addie, Ada, Minnie, or Mina being a few.

Feels truncated, as though a first syllable was snapped off.

While this is an ancient male name, it's too similar to modern girls' choices like Mia and Pia to work for a boy today.

Feminine spin on Moses and European river name that's also the name of a wine.

The Biblical Addar was a son of King Bela. This obscure name is simple and strong and well-suited to modern life.

Feminine but strong name heard in Israel.

A French name that's lost its chic.

Supermodel Shalom Harlow glamorized this name, which is heard as a greeting every day in Israel.

Shoshanna is a variation of one of the best-known original Hebrew baby names for girls , the original of Susanna. This is the spelling used by Shoshanna Lonstein, a designer who creates the Shoshanna clothing line and also the name of one of the four leading characters on the TV show Girls, Shoshanna Shapiro.

Abiah is a gentle, rarely used Old Testament name belonging to Samuel's second son. This makes a good choice for the parent who wants a traditional biblical name that is not overly familiar.

Zechariah is actually the original Biblical form of the name more often found these days as Zachariah, probably because of the popularity of Zachary. People are going to have trouble getting Zechariah because they won't understand the Zech part. This name, in whatever form, begs to be shortened in the modern world to Zach (or Zac or Zack).