| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Abigail (Avigayil)
אֲבִיגַיִל | Abigail was Nabal’s wife, and after her husband’s death – one of King David’s wives. |  |
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). |  |
Abishag (Avishag)
אֲבִישַׁג | Abishag was King David’s personal servant. | |
Abital (Avital)
אֲבִיטַל | Abital was one of King David’s wives. | |
Adah (Ada)
עָדָה | There are two women in the Bible called Adah. One of them is the wife of Lamech, Cain's offspring. The other one is Esau's wife. | |
Adaiah (Adaya)
עֲדָיָה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). | |
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". | |
Adi
עֲדִי | Jewel, ornament. | |
Adina
עֲדִינָה | Gentle, delicate, tender. | |
Adiva
אֲדִיבָה | Courteous, gentle, polite. | |
Adva
אַדְוָה | Ripple. | |
Agam
אֲגַם | Lake, pond. | |
Aharona
אַהֲרֹנָה (אהרונה) | The name Aharona is derived of the name Aharon (Aaron). | |
Ahinoam (Achinoam, Achino’am)
אֲחִינֹעַם (אחינועם) | There are two women in the Bible called Ahinoam: the first one is King Saul’s wife, and the second – one of King David’s wives. | |
Ahuva
אֲהוּבָה | Loved, beloved. | |
Aliza
עַלִּיזָה | Merry, cheerful, joyful. | |
Alma (1)
אַלְמָה | The name "אלמה" sounds like the name "עלמה", which means "a young woman". | |
Alma (2)
עַלְמָה | Young woman. | |
Almog
אַלְמוֹג | Coral. | |
Aluma
אֲלוּמָה | In Middle Ages Hebrew, the word "אֲלוּמָה" means "strong, brave". In modern Hebrew, this word sounds like the word "אֲלֻמָּה" (sheaf). | |
Amalya (Amalia)
עֲמַלְיָה | The name may be composed of the word "עָמָל" (amal, "work") and the letters יה (the name of God), thus meaning "the work of God". | |
Amira (1)
אֲמִירָה | The name is derived of the word אמיר (amir, “treetop”). Literally, אמירה means “saying”, “speech”, “words”. | |
Amira (2)
עֲמִירָה | Binding cut stalks of grain into sheaves. | |
Amit (Amith)
עָמִית | Friend; colleague. | |
Amiya (Ammiya)
עַמִּיָה | The name "amiya" is derived from the name "Ami", which means "my people". | |
Anael (Ana'el)
אָנָּאֵל | The name may be composed of the words "אנא" (ana, "please") and "אל" (el, “God”). | |
Anath (Anat)
עֲנָת | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). | |
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). | |
Ariel (Ari’el)
אֲרִיאֵל | The name is composed of the words ארי (ari, “lion”) and אל (el, “God”) | |
Ariela (Ari'ela)
אֲרִיאֵלָה | The name Ariela is derived of the name Ariel. | |
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