| Biblical 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. | |
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". | |
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. | |
Anath (Anat)
עֲנָת | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). | |
Ariel (Ari’el)
אֲרִיאֵל | The name is composed of the words ארי (ari, “lion”) and אל (el, “God”) | |
Asenath (Asnat, Osnat)
אָסְנַת | The Biblical pronunciation is "Asnat"; today, it is often pronounced "Osnat". | |
Atarah (Atara)
עֲטָרָה | Crown. | |
Athaliah (Atalya, Atalia)
עֲתַלְיָה | Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, was the queen of Judah. There are also two men in the Bible called Athaliah. | |
Aya (Aiah)
אַיָּה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). buzzard (a type of raptor). | |
Bashemath (Basmat, Bosmat)
בָּשְׂמַת | The name "Bashemath" seems to be derived from the word "בושׂם" (bosem, "perfume"). The Biblical pronunciation is "Basmat"; today, it is often pronounced "Bosmat". | |
Bath-Sheba (Bat-Sheva)
בַּת-שֶׁבַע | Literally, the meaning of the name is "seven-year old (girl)", but following the etymology of the city name Be'er-Sheva, the name Bat-Sheva can be understood as "(a woman) of oath" (see Genesis 26, 31-33). | |
Bilhah (Bilha)
בִּלְהָה | Bilhah was Rachel's maid and Jacob's mistress. | |
Bithyah (Bitya)
בִּתְיָה | Bithyah was the daughter of Pharaoh. | |
Bracha (Berachah)
בִּרָכָה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). greeting, wish; prayer; blessing. | |
Bukki (Buki)
בֻּקִּי (בוקי) | There are two men in the Bible called Bukki. One of them is an offspring of Aaron the priest. | |
Carmela (Karmela)
כַּרְמֶלָּה | The name Carmela is derived of the name Carmel, which means "a plece of vineyards and orchards"; "roasted grains". | |
Daniel
דָנִיֵּאל | There are several men called Daniel in the Bible. One of them is a wise person of the time when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, reigned in Jerusalem. | |
Deborah (Dvora)
דְּבוֹרָה | Bee. | |
Diklah (Dikla)
דִּקְלָה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). The name "דקלה" may be derived of the word "דֶּקֶל" (dekel, "palm tree"). | |
Dinah (Dina)
דִּינָה | Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah. | |
Eden
עֵדֶן | Pleasure. | |
Elah (Ela)
אֵלָה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Pistachia tree. | |
Elisheba (Elisheva)
אֱלִישֶׁבַע | The name is composed of אלי (eli, “my God”) and שבע (sheva, “seven” – a number that may express the notion of “many”). Another explanation for שבע may relate it to the verb להישבע (lehishava, “to take an oath”). | |
Ephrath (Efrat)
אֶפְרָת | Ephrath is the other name of Beth-Lehem: "And Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-Lehem." Genesis 35, 19 | |
Esther (Ester)
אֶסְתֵּר | Queen Esther was King Ahasuerus’s wife. | |
Eve (Chava, Hava)
חַוָּה | The root of the name is ח' י' ה', denoting “life”. According to the bible, Eve was thus named for being “the mother of all living”, i.e. of all mankind. | |
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