| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Alon (Allon)
אַלּוֹן | Oak. |  |
Amir (1)
אָמִיר | Treetop. | |
Amira (1)
אֲמִירָה | The name is derived of the word אמיר (amir, “treetop”). Literally, אמירה means “saying”, “speech”, “words”. |  |
Amnon
אַמְנוֹן | The flower’s name אמנון ותמר (Amnon ve-Tamar, “pansy”) is called after Amnon, son of David, and his sister Tamar. | |
Arava (Arabah)
עֲרָבָה | Savanna, prairie; desert; willow tree; a geographical region in Israel, near the Jordan river: "The plain (=Arabah) also and Jordan and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea under Ashdoth pisgah eastward" (Deuteronomy 3, 17). | |
Brosh
בְרוֹשׁ | Cypress tree. | |
Carmit (Karmit)
כַּרְמִית | The name "כַּרְמִית" may be derived of the word כֶּרֶם (kerem, "vineyard"). | |
Carmiya (Carmiyya, Karmiya)
כַּרְמִיָּה (כרמייה) | The name "כַּרְמִיָּה" may be derived of the word כֶּרֶם (kerem, "vineyard"). | |
Dalit
דָּלִית | Vine, the branches of which are rishing up or hanging on posts; long branch rising up or hanging on posts. | |
Daliya (Dalia, Dalya)
דָּלִיָּה | A long branch rising up or hanging on posts. The name Daliya resembles the name of the flower Dahlia. | |
Dekel
דֶּקֶל | Palm tree. | |
Diklah (Dikla)
דִּקְלָה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). The name "דקלה" may be derived of the word "דֶּקֶל" (dekel, "palm tree"). | |
Enav (Einav)
עֵנָב (עינב) | Grape. | |
Erez
אֶרֶז | Cedar tree. Grows in the mountains of Lebanon. Was used in constructing the Temple. | |
Eshcol (Eshkol)
אֶשְׁכּוֹל | bunch, cluster (of grapes, etc.). Eshcol is also a name of a brook near Hebron: "And they came unto the brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff" (Numbers 13, 23). | |
Hadar
הָדָר | Glory; citrus fruits. | |
Hadas
הֲדַס | Myrtle. One of Sukkot's "four varieties". | |
Hadassah (Hadasa)
הֲדַסָּה | Myrtle. | |
Harduf (Hardoof)
הַרְדּוּף | Oleander. | |
Havatselet (Havazelet, Chavatzelet)
חֲבַצֶלֶת | Sand lily. This flower, which grows in Israel in the sands by the beach, is mentioned in the Bible: "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys" (Song of Solomon 2, 1). | |
Ilan
אִילָן | Tree. | |
Ilana
אִילָנָה | The name is derived of the word אילן (Ilan, “tree”). | |
Ilanit
אִילָנִית | The name is derived of the word אילן (Ilan, “tree”). | |
Inbar
עִנְבָּר | Amber; the honey-like yellow color of amber. | |
Iris
אִירִיס | A popular name of the flower אירוּס (irus, “iris”). | |
Irit (2)
עִירִית | Asphodel; chives. | |
Jarah (Yaara, Ya'ara)
יַעְרָה (יַעֲרָה) | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Its meanning is: (bees') honeycomb; honeysuckle (the plant). | |
Lilach
לִילָךְ | Lilac. | |
Limor
לִימוֹר | The name לִימוֹר (Limor) sounds like the sentence לִי מֹר (li mor, "I have myrth" or "myrth for me"). | |
Lotem
לֹטֶם (לוטם) | Cistus. | |
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