HELPFUL INFO: Middle-Eastern Characters

Jewish (and Hebrew/Israeli) names:

For boys
A

Avraham (=Abraham)
Aharon
Adam
Adir
Aviel
Avi
Alon
Amos
Amnon
Arik
Asaf (or Asaph)
Avner

B

Baruch
Barak
Ben
Boaz
Binyamin
Betzalel (or Bezalel)

C

Chayim

D

Dan
Daniel
David (pronounced as DA-VEE-D)
Dolev
Dov

E

Eliya
Eli
Erez
Elkanah
Efraim (or Ephraim)
Ezra
Eytan
Eyal
Ehud
Elior

G

Gai (or Guy)
Gavriel

H

Harel
Hevel (or Hebel)

I

Idan
Ilai
Ilan
Ido (or Iddo)
Immanuel (or Emmanuel)
Itai

K

Kfir
Koppel (Yiddish)

L

Lavi
Lev

M

Malachi
Micha
Michael (pronounced as MEE-HA-EL in Hebrew)
Maor
Menashe
Menahem
Meir
Moshe
Miron
Mordechai (shorten version of that name - Moti)

N

Natan
Naftali
Netanel (or Nethanael)

O

Ofer
Omri
Omer
Oz
Orel
Ohad

P

Pinchas
Peleg

R

Refael (or Rafael/Raphael)
Reuven
Roi
Ronen

S

Saar
Shemuel
Shaul
Shalom
Shimon
Shlomo

T

Tomer
Tuvya

U

Uriel
Udi
Uzzi

Y

Yair
Yehuda
Yaniv
Yitzhak
Yakov
Yonatan, Yehonatan
Yehoshua (Or Joshua)
Yisrael (or Israel)
Yoav
Yoel
Yonah
Yosef

Z

Zeev (pronounced: ze’ev)
Zion

For girls
A

Achinoam (or Ahinoam)
Adva
Aliza
Alona
Anat
Alma
Aliza
Atara
Avital
Ayelet
Ayala
Avigail
Avital

B

Batel
Bat Sheva
Batya
Bracha
Bruriah
Bluma (Yiddish)
Bosmat (or Basemath)

C

Chaya
Channa (or Hanna)
Chava
Carmit (or Karmit)
Carmel (or Karmel)

D

Dana
Dafna
Dorin
Dorit
Dalia
Dvorah (or Devorah)
Drorit
Dina

E

Efrat
Eliana
Eliora
Ester (or Esther)
Elisheva
Emunah

F

Faiga
Frieda
Fruman

All these names are from Yiddish

G

Galit
Golda
Gaya
Geula (pronounced as GE-OO-la. The “G” is not pronounced as the word “German”, for instance)
Gavriella
Gila

H

Hodaya
Hadas
Hadar
Hagit
Hadassah
Hallel
Hila
Herut

I

Ilana
Irit
Inbal
Inbar
Israella

K

Kinneret
Keren

L

Lea
Liora
Liat
Libi
Lilach
Lihi
Lital
Linoy
Livna

M

Moran
Mira
Maayan
Malka
Margalit
Maya
Meital
Meira
Miriam
Mazal
Merav
Michal
Moriah

N

Nurit
Naama
Nava
Naomi
Nitza
Nili
Neta
Noa
Noy
Noya

O

Odeliah
Odeya
Orit
Ora
Orli
Orna
Oshrat
Osnat (Hebrew version of Asenath)
Ortal

P

Penina (or Pnina)

R

Rachel (in Hebrew, it’s pronounced as RA-HE-L)
Rivka (or Rebecca)
Rina
Rinat
Rona
Reut
Romi
Rut (or Ruth)

S

Sarah
Sapir
Shani
Shir (other versions: Shira, Shiran)
Shulamit
Shifra
Shlomit
Shoshana
Sigal (other version: Sigalit)
Simcha
Sivan
Smadar

T

Tehila
Tahel
Talia
Tamar
Tova
Tikva
Tzipporah
Tziona
Tzvia

V

Vered

Y

Yocheved
Yaffa
Yehudit (or Judith)
Yael
Yonit

Z

Ziva
Zahava
Zohara

I might add later.