| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Aaron (Aharon)
אַהֲרֹן (אהרון) | Aaron, the hight priest, was Moses’s brother. |  |
Aba (Abba)
אַבָּא | Father. | |
Abi (Avi)
אֲבִי | In the Bible, "Abi" is a girl’s name. It is the shortened version of the name "Abijah". | |
Abiasaph (Aviasaf, Avi'asaf)
אֲבִיאָסָף | One possible meaning of this name is "my father (אָבִי) has gathered (אָסַף)". | |
Abiathar (Evyatar)
אֶבְיָתָר | Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was one of King David's priests. | |
Abidan (Avidan)
אֲבִידָן | One possible meaning of this name is "my father (אָבִי) has judged (דָן)". | |
Abiel (Aviel, Avi'el)
אֲבִיאֵל | The name seems to be composed of the words "אָבִי" (avi, "my father") and "אֵל" (el, "God"). | |
Abiezer (Aviezer, Avi'ezer)
אֲבִיעֶזֶר | One possible meaning of this name is "my father (אָבִי) is help (עֶזֶר)". | |
Abigail (Avigayil)
אֲבִיגַיִל | Abigail was Nabal’s wife, and after her husband’s death – one of King David’s wives. |  |
Abihail (Avihayil, Avichayil)
אֲבִיחַיִל | One possible meaning of this name is "the father (אֲבִי) of strength or army (חַיִל)". | |
abihu (Avihu)
אֲבִיהוּא (אֲבִיהוּ) | The meaning of the name may be "he is (הוּא) my father (אָבִי)". | |
Abijah (Aviya, Aviyah, Abiah)
אֲבִיָּה | The name seems to be composed of the word "אָבִי" (avi, "my father") and the letters יה (the name of God). | |
Abimelech (Avimelech)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ | The name seems to be composed of the words "אָבִי" ("my father") or "אֲבִי" ("father of...") and "מֶלֶךְ" (king). | |
Abinadab (Avinadav)
אֲבִינָדָב | The meaning of the name may be "my father (אָבִי) contributed (נָדַב)" or "the father (אֲבִי) of Nadab". | |
Abinoam (Avinoam, Avinoam)
אֲבִינֹעַם (אבינועם) | Abinoam was the father of Barak, judge of Israel. | |
Abiram (Aviram)
אֲבִירָם | The name seems to be composed of the words "אָבִי" ("my father") and "רָם" (lofty). | |
Abishag (Avishag)
אֲבִישַׁג | Abishag was King David’s personal servant. | |
Abishai (Avishai, Avshai)
אֲבִישַׁי (אַבְשַׁי) | Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, David's sister, was one of King David's heros. | |
Abishalom (Avishalom)
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם | The meaning of the name may be "my father (אָבִי) is peace (שָׁלוֹם)" or "the father (אֲבִי) of peace (שָׁלוֹם)". | |
Abital (Avital)
אֲבִיטַל | Abital was one of King David’s wives. | |
Abner (Avner)
אַבְנֵר | Abner son of Ner was King Saul's captain of host. | |
Abraham (Avraham)
אַבְרָהָם | According the bible, the name Abraham is constructed of the words אב (av, “father”) and המון (hamon, “many”), since Abraham was the father of many peoples. | |
Absalom (Avshalom)
אַבְשָׁלוֹם | Absalom was one of King David's sons. | |
Adam
אָדָם | Person, man, human being. The root of the names is אדמ, just like the root of the word “ground” or “earth”. According to the Biblical account, God used earth to create man. | |
Addar (Adar)
אַדָּר | A name of a settlement in the land of Judah: "And ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar" (Joshua 15, 3). In the modern pronunciation of Hebrew, the name "אַדָּר" sounds like the name of the sixth Jewish month: "אֲדָר". | |
Adir
אַדִּיר | Great, mighty, powerful. | |
Adiv
אָדִיב | Courteous, gentle, polite. | |
Adiva
אֲדִיבָה | Courteous, gentle, polite. | |
Adva
אַדְוָה | Ripple. | |
Afek
אֲפֵק | The name "Afek" may be derived of the word "אֹפֶק" (ofek, "horizon") or "אָפִיק" (afik, "riverbed"). | |
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