Jewish Names

A popular Israeli baby name inspired by Mount Arbel in the north, which overlooks the Sea of Galilee.

Elroi can be considered a variation of Leroy, which uses the Spanish "El" instead of the French "Le", and the Roi spelling over the Roy option, either to make the pronunciation clearer, to mirror French Eloi, or just to be different. In this case, the name would mean "the king".

Tomer was once a Top 100 name in Israel — it fell out in 2016.

Mordechai and Mordecai are equally valid — both are used as transcriptions from the Hebrew bible, and one did not originate before the other. But although popular culture tends to prefer the (slightly simpler) Mordecai, Mordechai has always been the more common version for babies born in the US.

Old Testament name of a son of Moses used by the Puritans, and now by Orthodox Jews.

Faigy is notable as New York State's quirkiest favorite name, widely-used in the Hasidic community.

Faigy is notable as New York State's quirkiest favorite name, widely-used in the Hasidic community.

A middle-aged, if not elderly, name associated with Israeli statesman and onetime prime minister Begin, this is a symbolic appellation for boys born on the holiday of Tishah-b'Ab.

Enav is a rare Hebrew name that would work equally well for a son or daughter.

Familiar as the most common form of greeting in Hebrew, but also associated with top female model Shalom Harlow.

It's a place in the Bible but also relates to the name Zebulon.

A geographical name in Israel, where Mount Nitai is located.

Variation of Alana.

Mendel is an Old World Jewish name that is also the surname of the founder of genetics.

Edgy German capital with definite possibilities as a baby name.

Also a city near Tel Aviv, Hadar is a name found primarily in Israel. There is also a citrus fruit associated with the holiday of Sukkat the Torah calls the "hadar fruit".

Yeshua is often considered the "real" name of Jesus, via the Hebrew to Greek to Latin to English evolution of Yeshua to Iesous to Iesus to Jesus. It is also used as a common alternative of Yehoshua in the later parts of the Hebrew Bible, making it a variation of Joshuah.