Jewish Names

It looks like a creative respelling of battle, but this name is anything but. Instead, Batel is a Hebrew name with a lovely meaning.

Botanical Hebrew choice that leads to the sweet vintage nickname Nettie.

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.

Sprightly name popular in Israel with beachy meaning and international flex.

Energetic nickname name.

Jonathan variation that is common among Jewish baby boys in Israel.

A feminization used more before Jordan joined the girls' camp.

The modern Hebrew form of Asaph, which was the name of several characters in the Old Testament.

The original form of the Hebrew Meyer.

In the US, best known as the name of Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and White House Chief of Staff under President Obama.

A name commonly heard on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the last century.

A possible alternative to the ever-common Leah.

Hallel is derived from the Hebrew word halall, meaning "praise."

Part of a group of similar midcentury names rarely given to babies today.