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Boy Names of Hebrew Origin

Hebrew baby names and what they mean, with 487 results. Usage of these boy names reached its apex in the 1980s (USAGE OF 31.4%) and is somewhat lower today (USAGE 21.7%, DOWN 30.7%), with names such as Ben becoming somewhat dated. The most trendy baby names here are Ezra (#59), Asher (#47), Ezekiel (#87), Elias (#67) and Axel (#94), while Arial (TOP 94%) and Ellias (56%) are common surnames. Here is the list of Hebrew names for girls.

Hebrew names

Aaron - Achishar | Adael - Amiel | Amir - Asaph | Ashbel - Ben | Benjamin - Dagan | Damek - Efron | .. - .. | Zephaniah - Zuriel

Aaron - Achishar

Aaron

Aaron
"Mountain of strength." Aadon is also a somewhat popular baby name. From the Hebrew "har on", or ..

Abbas

Abbas
"Stern, somber; father." Popular as last names. Compare Abbas (TOP 6%) and popular -as surnames Aas (TOP 46%), Adas (54%). In Arabic, this name is used ..

Abdi
"My servant." Abdi is an unusual given name, registering regularly (TOP 9%) as a surname. See also Abot. Biblical name.

Abe

Abe1
Short form of Abner, Abraham, and .. Abe became more popular in 2018, gaining +73 rankings as a children's name to reach #1859.

Abel

Abel, var. Abe2
"Breath, vapour." Abe (TOP 7%), Abel (1%), Abele (11%), Abell (3%) and Able (8%) are found often as surnames. From the Hebrew name Hevel, and ..

Abia
"God is my father." Compare surnames Abid (UPPER 22%), Abila (15%). Biblical name used for both men ..

Abid
"God's worshipper; God knows." Anid and Asid are creative forms.

Abiel
"My father is the Lord." Not that popular as a children's name. Biblical name that the Puritans used ..

Abimelech
"The king is my father." Outside Top 2000. Used occasionally in the 19th century.

Abir
"Aroma; strong." Abeer and variants were not among 2018's Top names.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Hebrew names: Aaron, Abbas, Abe, Abel, Abner

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Hebrew names: Abraham, Abram

Abisha
"Gift of God." Abisha, Abidja, etc. were not Top birth names in 2018.

Abner

Abner, var. Abe3
"Father of light." Usage of Abner, Abnar, etc. as children's names in 2018 was 6.8% more than the previous year. Biblical ..

Abraham

Abraham, var. Abram1, Abe4
"Father of a multitude (of nations)." A highly familiar birth name (#164 IN CURRENT LIST), Abraham is also used often as a last name. The Hebrew form is Avraham. Biblical ..

Abram

Abram2, var. Abe
"High father." Abe (UPPER 7%), Abram (4%), Abramo (22%), Avram (32%) and Bram (20%) are found commonly as last names. Variant of Abraham ..

Absalom
"Father is peace." Absolom and variants are rare as birth names. From Avshalom ..

Achav
"Father's brother." Achav and Achiav are not in the Top 2000. Biblical name.

Achava
"Friendship." Not in Top 2000.

Achidan
"My brother judged." Achidan, Amidan, etc. are uncommon as children's names. Biblical name.

Acim
"God will judge." Unusual. Acim, Achim, Ahim (compare Azim) ends with the masculine -im.

Achishar
"My brother sings." Not that prominent as a baby name. Biblical name.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of names [and variants] for Hebrew names for boys.

1. Aaron - Achishar
Aaron [Aron, ..], Abbas, Abdi, Abe, Abel [Abe], Abia, Abid, Abiel [Aviel], Abimelech, Abir, Abisha, Abner [Avner, ..], Abraham [Ibrahim, ..], Abram [Avram, ..], Absalom [Avshalom], Achav, Achava, Achidan, Acim, Achishar


Adael, Adam [Edom], Adar, Adel, Adiv, Adlai [Atli], Admon, Adnah, Adonia [Adonia], Adriel, Ahab, Ahiram, Akim, Akiva, Alon, Alpheus, Aluf, Amal, Amasa, Amiel


Amir, Amit, Amitai, Ammon, Amos, Amram, Ardon, Ari [Ary], Ariel [Ari], Arliss, Armon, Arnan, Arni, Arnon, Aron, Arvad, Ary, Asa, Asael, Asaph


Ashbel, Asher, Atli, Aviel, Aviram, Avram, Avishai, Avital, Aviv, Avner, Avshalom, Axel, Azariah, Azrael, Azriel, Barack, Baram, Baruch, Becher, Ben


Benjamin [Jamin, ..], Benoni, Benzion, Bethel, Boaz, Cain [Kain], Cal, Caleb [Kaleb, ..], Carmelo [Karmel], Cephas, Chai, Chaim [Hyman, ..], Chan, Chanan, Chaniel, Chanoch [Hanoch], Chaviv, Cherut, Choni, Dagan


Damek, Dan, Daniel [Dan], Dar, Dathan, David, Dekel, Deker, Diego, Dor, Doron, Dov, Eben, Ebenezer [Eben], Eden, Eder, Edom, Efrain, Efrat, Efron


Ehud, Eilam, Eilon [Ilan, ..], Eilad, Eion, Elchanan [Elkanah], Eleazar [Ely, ..], Eli [Ely], Eliachim, Eliam, Eliana, Elias [Ilya, ..], Elihu, Elijah [Ely, ..], Elimelech, Eliron, Eliphalet, Elisha [Eli], Eliyahu, Elkanah


Elliot [Eli], Ellis, Elon, Elrad, Ely, Emmanuel [Manuel, ..], Enoch [Chanoch], Enos, Eoin, Ephah, Ephraim [Efrain], Eran, Erez, Eron, Esau, Esias, Ethan, Evan, Ezekiel [Haskel], Ezer


Ezra [Ezer, ..], Gabriel, Gad, Gal, Galil, Gamaliel, Gedaliah, Gefen, Geremia, Gershom, Gevariah, Giacomo, Gian, Gibor, Gideon [Hedeon], Gilad, Gilam, Gilon, Giovanni [Jovan, ..], Giuseppe


Goliath, Gomer, Goren, Gur, Habakkuk, Hadar, Hadriel, Haim, Ham, Hamish, Hanoch, Hans [Hansel], Hansel, Harel [Harrell], Harrell, Haskel, Hazaiah, Heber, Hedeon, Hesed


Hevel, Hezekiah, Hieremias, Hillel, Hiram, Hosea, Hovannes, Huon, Hyman, Iago, Ibrahim, Ichabod, Idan, Ido, Ieuan, Ike, Ilan [Eilon], Ilias, Ilya, Immanuel


Ioanis, Ioakim, Iosef, Ira, Isaac [Yitzhak, ..], Isaiah, Ishmael, Israel, Issachar, Itai, Itamar, Ivan, Iyar, Jabez, Jabin, Jacan, Jace, Jachin, Jack, Jacob [Shamus, ..]


Jacques, Jadon, Jael, Jaime, Jairus, Jakeem, James [Seamus, ..], Jamin, Jan [Hans], Janna, Japheth, Jarah [Jeriah], Jareb, Jared, Jascha, Jason [Jace], Javan, Jean, Jed, Jediah


Jedidiah [Jed], Jehoiakim [Yakim, ..], Jehu, Jens, Jeremiah [Geremia], Jeriah [Jarah], Jeriel, Jesimiel, Jesse, Jesus, Jethro, Jim, Joab, Joachim [Yakim, ..], Joash, Job [Joab], Joed, Joel, John [Zane, ..], Jon


Jonah, Jonathan [Jon], Joram, Jordan [Jory, ..], Jory, Jose, Joseph [Yusuf, ..], Joshua, Josiah, Jotham, Jovan, Juan, Jubal, Judah, Kadmiel, Kahn, Kain, Kaleb [Caleb], Kaniel, Karmel [Carmelo]


Katzir, Kefir, Kemuel, Kenan [Kain], Keon, Kerem, Kershet, Koren, Koresh, Laban, Lazarus, Lemuel, Levi, Lidon, Liron, Lot, Magal, Mahlon, Malachi, Malki


Manasseh, Manoach, Manuel, Marom, Masos, Mataniah, Matthew [Matthias], Matthias, Mayer [Meyer, ..], Mayhew, Mazor, Medad, Meged, Meir [Meyer, ..], Melchisedek, Menachem [Nachum], Meshach, Methuselah, Meyer [Meir, ..], Micah


Michael, Migdal, Moab, Mordecai, Moriel, Moses, Naaman, Nachman [Menachem], Nachshon, Nachum, Naftali, Nagid, Nahir, Naman, Nathan, Nathaniel [Nathan], Navon, Nehemiah, Ner, Nezer


Nimrod, Nissan, Nissim, Noah, Noam, Nuriel, Obadiah [Oved], Ofir [Ophir], Ohad, Omar, Omri, Ophir [Ofir], Or, Oren, Oron, Osher, Othniel, Oved, Oz, Pace


Pagiel, Paltiel, Pazel, Pedahel, Peleh, Peretz, Perl, Pesach, Porat, Poriel, Quin, Racham, Rafael [Raphael], Ram, Raphael [Rafael], Reuben, Reuel, Rishon, Rozen, Sachar


Sachiel, Sagiv, Salem, Samael, Samson [Shem], Samuel [Shem], Sapir, Saul, Savyon, Seamus [Shamus], Sean [Shawn, ..], Sela, Seraphim, Seth, Shaan, Shabat, Shachar, Shafir, Shai, Shalom [Solomon]


Shamir, Shamus, Shane, Shani, Shawn, Shem, Shia, Shiloh, Shomer, Shoval, Simcha, Simeon, Simon [Simeon], Sinjin, Sion [Zion], Solomon, Tabor, Tal, Talmai, Talmon


Tamir, Temani, Teom, Terach, Tobias, Tor, Tuvya, Udi, Uri, Uriah [Uri], Uriel, Uziah, Uziel, Vanya, Ximenes, Yaakov [Iago], Yaar, Yakar, Yakim, Yann


Yannis, Yaphet [Japheth], Yehudi [Judah], Yishachar [Issachar], Yitzhak, Yochanan, Yonas, Yovanny, Yusuf, Zaccheus, Zachariah [Zachary, ..], Zachary, Zadok, Zahavi, Zalman, Zane, Zared, Zebediah, Zebulon, Zedekiah


Zephaniah, Zerach, Zev, Zimran, Zion [Sion], Ziv, Zuriel

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