415+ Hebrew Girl Names

Now that Jacob has been the top boys' name for several years, this may come to the fore, the way Michaela did after Michael's long reign at Number One. For now, it's one of the more unusual girl names starting with J.

A fast-rising variation of Abigail that was shooting up the popularity charts a few years ago, but whose star is now falling now that Abigail is not quite as hot as she once was.

Zibby is the adorable, zippy nickname for Elizabeth used for the lead female character in the film "Liberal Arts." Zibby can make a Libby for the 21st century.

Most modern parents would drop the Jo, leaving the superpopular Ella.

Hebrew name with a bright sheen.

Appreciated by religious Jews for its connection to "Hatikva," the Israeli national anthem.

The late actress Sada Thompson introduced this obscure but usable form.

Spelled this way, Adine could be a relative of either the Irish Aideen, which means jealousy, or the Arabic Adina, meaning slender. We'll go with the slender.

Hagar is an Old Testament name with an unfortunate association with comic strip character "Hagar the Horrible."

The kind of feminized male name that never caught on.

Traditional Hebrew name that has never entered the American mainstream, though it is popular among Hasidic parents and was found to be the quirky favorite girls' names of New Jersey in our survey of baby names that enjoy outsized popularity in each state.

Unlike other place names, this one might be tied too tightly to a single locale -- the Maryland suburb of D. C. -- to work as a first name.

Identified with a region famous for its gold, more commonly spelled Ophira.

Abijah, which you might think of as Abigail with rhythm, is the name of both female and male personages in the Bible. A biblical Queen Abijah was the daughter, wife, and mother of kings. The name is pronounced with a long i, to rhyme with Elijah.

Biblical wife of Moses whose name has many variations, with and without the initial T and final h, with one p or two. However you spell it, it's an original choice that also carries teasing potential; those zipper jokes will get old fast, though Zippy is a cute nickname.

Old Testament name of the daughter-in-law of Naomi, now eclipsed by the originally misspelled Oprah.

Has a pleasantly fizzy, effervescent feeling.