Bible Name

Biblical Name	Meaning or History	Gender
Aya (Aiah) אַיָּה	A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). buzzard (a type of raptor).
Deborah (Dvora) דְּבוֹרָה	Bee.
Huldah (Hulda, Chulda) חֻלְדָּה (חולדה)	In the Bible: a woman's name. Later on: also "rat".
Jael (Yael, Ya’el) יָעֵל	A kind of a mountain goat (capra baden).
Jonah (Yona) יוֹנָה	Dove, pigeon.
Nahshon (Nachshon) נַחְשׁוֹן	Darter ("snake-bird"). A bird who has a long and flexible snake-like neck.
Ophrah (Ofra) עָפְרָה (עופרה)	A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name), which means: female fawn, the offspring of deer, gazelle, etc.
Peninnah (Pnina) פְּנִנָּה (פנינה)	In modern Hebrew, the name "פְּנִנָּה" (Pnina) sounds like the word פְּנִינָה (pnina, "pearl").
Rachel רָחֵל	Ewe, female sheep.
Zeeb (Zeev, Ze'ev) זְאֵב	Wolf.
Zipporah (Tsipora) צִפּוֹרָה (ציפורה)	The name is derived of the word ציפור (tsipor, “bird”).

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