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Hebrew NameMeaning or HistoryGender
Avior (Avi'or)
אֲבִיאוֹר
The meaning of the name may be "my father (אָבִי) is light (אוֹר)" or "the father (אֲבִי) of light (אוֹר)".Male
Bat-Shahar (Bat-Shachar)
בַּת-שַׁחַר
Daughter of dawn.Female
Behira (Behirah)
בְּהִירָה
Fair, bright, light, clear.Female
Elior (Eli'or)
אליאור
The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is light (אור, or)".Male
Eliora (Eli'ora)
אליאורה
The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is light (אורה, ora)".Female
Golda
גּוֹלְדָּה
The name is derived of the word "gold" in English, German and other languages.Female
Goni
גּוֹנִי
The name Goni may be related to the word "גָּוֶן" (gaven, "color" or "shade").Female
Hila (Hilla)
הִלָּה (הילה)
Halo, aura, radiance.Female
Hilit (Hillit)
הִלִּית (הילית)
The name "הִלִּית" is derived of the word "הילה" (hila, "halo", "aura, "radiance").Female
Jair (Yair, Ya'ir)
יָאִיר
(He) will illuminate. The future tense masculine singular form of the verb להאיר (leha'ir).Male
Keren
קֶרֶן
(Animal's) horn; shofar; horn (the musical instrument); ray, beam (of light); fund, capital.Female
Lebanah (Levana)
לְבָנָה
A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Its meanning is: white (the feminine form of the adjective "white"); moon.Female
Lior (Li'or)
לִיאוֹר
The meaning of the name "Lior" is: "I have (לי, li) a light (אור, or)".FemaleMale
Liora (Li'ora)
לִיאוֹרָה
The meaning of the name "Liora" is: "I have (לי, li) a light (אורה, ora)".Female
Maor (Ma'or)
מָאוֹר
Light; source of light. The Bible says: "And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, he made the stars also" (Genesis 1, 16).FemaleMale
Meir (Me’ir)
מֵאִיר
The verb (leha’ir, “illuminate”) in present tense masculine singular: illuminates.Male
Meira (Me'ira)
מֵאִירָה
The verb (leha’ir, “illuminate”) in present tense feminine singular: illuminates.Female
Neri
נֵרִי
My candle, my oil lamp.FemaleMale
Nogah (Noga)
נֹגַהּ, נוגה
A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Light, brilliance, glow; the planet Venus.Female
Or
אוֹר
Light.FemaleMale
Ora
אוֹרָה
Light.Female
Orel (Or'el)
אוֹרְאֵל
The meaning of this name is: the light (אוֹר) of God (אֵל).FemaleMale
Ori
אוֹרִי
My light.Male
Orit
אוֹרִית
The name is derived of the word אור (light).Female
Orli (Orlie)
אוֹרְלִי
The name is composed of the words אור (or, “light”) and לי (li, “for me”). It menas “a light for me”, or “I have a light”.Female
Ortal
אוֹרְטַל
The name is combined of the words אור (or, “light”) and טל (tal, “dew”). It menas “dew glow”.Female
Paz
פָּז
Pure gold, or anything that glimmers like gold.FemaleMale
Pazit
פַּזִּית
The name is derived of the word פָּז (paz), which means: pure gold, or anything that glimmers like gold.Female
Shahar (Shachar)
שַׁחַר
Dawn.FemaleMale
Shalhevet
שַׁלְהֶבֶת
Flame.Female
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