Hebrew Names

Hilda with a stuffed nose.

Hebrew name rarely heard in the U. S. , making it a distinctive choice.

The misspelling that created an indelibly one-person name.

Also spelled Bethia and Bithiah, this Old Testament name could wear well today. Bethea might make an original way to honor an ancestral Elizabeth or get to the nickname Beth.

Has taken on a musical tone via the great violinist, Itzhak Perlman.

The cake company pretty much knocked this otherwise-pretty compilation name out of consideration for most parents.

Begs for the guttural pronunciation that's a problem in this culture.

The name given to Jacob/Yaacov after wrestling with God's angel, most often used without the initial Y.

Rare and ethereal.

Known from the Menotti opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, this is a subdued and gentle name.

Anglicized as Judah, this name of a biblical patriarch is given symbolically to boys born on Chanukah; a form of it was spotlighted by violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin.

A bit too elephantine for a modern child.