Female Hebrew Names

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1. AALIYAH (עלִיָּה): Variant spelling of Hebrew Aliya, meaning "to ascend, to go up."
2. ABICHAIL (אֲבִיחַיִל): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Abiyhayil, meaning "father of might." 
3. ABIGAYIL (אֲבִיגַיִל): Hebrew name meaning "father rejoices." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of King David. Also spelled Avigayil.
4. ABIHAYIL (אֲבִיחַיִל): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Abiyhayil, meaning "father of might." 
5. ABIY (אֲבִי): Hebrew name meaning "my father." In the bible, this is the name of the mother of King Hezekiah. Also spelled Avi.
6. ABIYAH (אֲבִיָּה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "Yahweh is my father." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Samuel, the mother of Hezekiah, a member of the tribe of Benjamin, a king of Judah, and several other characters. Also spelled Aviyah.
7. ABIYHAYIL (אֲבִיחַיִל): Hebrew unisex name meaning "father of might." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of Rehoboam, the father of Esther, a Levite who was the head of the house of Merari, and several other characters. Abihail is the Anglicized form. Also spelled Avichayil.
8. ABIYSHAG (אֲבִישַׁג): Hebrew name meaning "my father is a wanderer" or "father of error." In the bible, this is the name of a young girl who cared for David in his old age. Also spelled Avishag.
9. ABIYTAL (אֲבִיטַל): Hebrew name meaning "my father is dew." In the bible, this is the name of one of David's wives. 
10. ABRA: Short form of Hebrew Abrahamit, meaning "father of a multitude." This name was popular in 17th century England. Also spelled Avra.
11. ABRAHAMIT (אַבְרָהָמִית): Feminine form of Hebrew Abraham, meaning "father of a multitude." Also spelled Avrahamit.
12. ACĔNATH (אָסְנַת): Hebrew name of Egyptian origin, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith." In the bible, this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife.
13. ADA:
    1. Pet form of German names containing the element adal, meaning "noble."
    2. Short form of English Adelaide "noble sort," and Adela "noble." 
    3. Variant spelling of Hebrew Adah, meaning "ornament."
14. ADAH (עָדָה): Hebrew name meaning "ornament." In the bible, this is the name of Lamech's wife and also Esau's wife.
15. ADARA (Arabic: عذارى, Hebrew: אַדָרָה): 
    1. Variant spelling of Arabic Adhara, meaning "maidens, virgins." 
    2. Hebrew name meaning "noble." 
16. ADDIE: Compare with masculine Addie.
    1. Pet form of English Adelaide, meaning "noble sort."
    2. Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Adi, meaning "my ornament" or "my witness."
17. ADI (עֲדִי): Hebrew unisex name meaning "my ornament" or "my witness."
18. ADIRA (אַדִּירָה): Hebrew name meaning "noble; powerful."
19. ADIVA (אֲדִיבָה): Hebrew name meaning "gentle, gracious, pleasant."
20. ADIYNA (עֲדִינָא): Hebrew unisex name meaning "slender." In the bible, this is a masculine name only, the name of one of King David's captains.
21. AFFRA: Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Afra, meaning "ashes, dust" and "clay, loam." 

22. AFRA (Hebrew: רפַעָ): 

    1. Roman byname for a woman from Africa.

    2. Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Aphra, meaning "ashes, dust" and "clay, loam." 

23. AHAVA (אַהֲבָה): Hebrew name meaning "water" or "I shall subsist." In the bible, this is the name of an area in Babylonia where Ezra gathered the exiles. 
24. AHUVA (אֲהוּבָה): Hebrew name meaning "beloved."
25. ALEEZA (עַלִּיזָה): Hebrew name meaning "joy."

26. ALISA (Hebrew: עֲלִיסָה, Russian: Али́са): 

    1. Alternate form of Spanish Alicia, meaning "noble sort."

    2. Hebrew name meaning "joy." Also spelled Aleeza.

    3. Russian equivalent of English Alice, meaning "noble sort."

    4. Variant form of English Alice, meaning "noble sort."

27. ALITZA (עַלִיצָה): Hebrew name meaning "joy."

28. ALIYA (Arabic: عليّة, Hebrew: עלִיָּה): 

    1. Hebrew name meaning "to ascend, to go up." 

    2. Variant spelling of Arabic Aliyah, meaning "the high, exalted one."

29. ALIYAH (Arabic: عليّة, Hebrew: עלִיָּה): 

    1. Feminine form of Arabic Ali, meaning "the high, exalted one."

    2. Variant spelling of Hebrew Aliya, meaning "to ascend, to go up."

30. ALIZA (עַלִּיזָה): Variant spelling of both Hebrew Aleeza and Alitza, meaning "joy." 

31. ALIZAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Aliza, meaning "joy."

32. ALMA (Hebrew: עַלְמָה, Russian: Альма):

    1. English name meaning "nourishing" in Latin and "soul" in Spanish.

    2. Hebrew name meaning "maiden."

    3. Russian name derived from the name of the River Alma.

33. ALMAH: 

    1. Variant spelling of English Alma, meaning "nourishing" in Latin and "soul" in Spanish.

    2. Variant spelling of Hebrew Alma, meaning "maiden."

34. ALONA (אַלּוּנָה): Feminine form of Hebrew Alon, meaning "oak tree."
35. ALYA (אַלְיָה): Aramaic and Hebrew name meaning "dirge, elegy" or "sheep's tail." In astronomy, this is the traditional name for Theta Serpentis, a star in the constellation Serpens. 
36. AMALYA (עֲמַלְיָה): Hebrew name meaning "industrious" or "work of the Lord." 

37. AMINA (Arabic: أمينة, Hebrew: אַמִינָה):

    1. Feminine form of Arabic Amin, meaning "honest, trustworthy."

    2. Hebrew name meaning "faithful, trusted."

38. AMINE: Variant spelling of Hebrew Amina, meaning "faithful, trusted."

39. AMINTA (Hebrew: אַמִינְתָה):

    1. Hebrew name meaning "truth, friendship."

    2. Variant spelling of Greek Amynta, meaning "defender."

40. AMINTAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Aminta, meaning "defender."

41. AMIRA (Arabic: اميرة, Hebrew: אֲמִירָה): 

    1. Feminine form of Arabic Amir, meaning "commander; prince."

    2. Hebrew name meaning "speech, utterance."

42. AMIT (עָמִית): Hebrew unisex name meaning "friend." 

43. AMITA (Hebrew: אַמִּתָה, Hindi: अमिता):

    1. Feminine form of Hindi Amit, meaning "infinite; immeasurable."

    2. Hebrew name meaning "honest, upright."

44. ANAT (Hebrew: עַנָת): 

    1. Semitic (Ugaritic) name of a goddess of war, the sister and lover of the great storm god Ba'al, meaning "water spring." She is said to have been a consumer of blood and flesh.

    2. Unisex form of Hebrew Anath, meaning "answer (to prayer)."

45. APHRA (רפַעָ): Hebrew unisex name derived from the word aphra, meaning "ashes, dust" and "clay, loam." In the bible, this is part of the name of a Philistine city, Bethel-aphrah.
46. APHRODIT (אַפְרוֹדִית): Hebrew form of Greek Aphrodite, meaning "risen from the foam."
47. ARI'EL (אֲרִיאֵל): Hebrew unisex name meaning "lion of god." In the bible, this is a name applied to the city of Jerusalem, and the name of a chief of the returning exiles. In the Apocrypha, this is the name of an archangel who rules the waters. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of a spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest." 
48. ARIELLA (אֲרִיאֵלָה): Feminine form of Hebrew unisex Ariel, meaning "lion of God."
49. ARIELLE: Feminine variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Ariel, meaning "lion of God."

50. ASHERAH (אֲשֵׁרָה): Hebrew name meaning "groves (for idol worship)" or "blessed, fortunate." In the bible, this is the Hebrew name for the Babylonian-Canaanite goddess Astarte. It is also the name for her images and sacred trees or poles used for worshiping her. 

51. ASHERDU: Hittite form of Hebrew Asherah, perhaps having the same meaning "groves (for idol worship)" or "blessed, fortunate."

52. ASHTAROWTH (עַשְׁתְּרוֹת): Hebrew name, meaning "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.

53. ASHTORETH (עַשְׁתּׄרֶת): Hebrew name meaning "star." In the bible, this is the name of the principal female deity of the Semitic nations, worshiped in war and fertility. Equated with Assyrian Ishtar and Greek Astarte. 

54. ASNAT (אָסְנַת): Variant spelling of Hebrew Asenath, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith." In the bible, this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife.

55. ATARA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Atarah, meaning" crown" or "wreath."

56. ATARAH (עֲטָרָה): Hebrew name meaning "crown" or "wreath." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of Jerahmeel. 

57. AVAGAIL: Variant spelling of Hebrew Avigayil, meaning "father rejoices."

58. AVI (אֲבִי): Variant spelling of Hebrew Abiy, meaning "my father." Compare with masculine Avi.

59. AVICHAYIL (אֲבִיחַיִל): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Abihayil, meaning "father of might." 
60. AVIGAIL: Variant spelling of Hebrew Avigayil, meaning "father rejoices."
61. AVIGAL (אֲבִיגַל): Unisex form of Hebrew Avigayil, meaning "father rejoices."
62. AVIGAYIL (אֲבִיגַיִל): Variant spelling of Hebrew Abigayil, meaning "father rejoices." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of King David. 
63. AVISHAG (אֲבִישַׁג): Variant spelling of Hebrew Abiyshag, meaning "my father is a wanderer" or "father of error." In the bible, this is the name of a young girl who cared for David in his old age. 
64. AVIVA (אֲבִיבָה): Feminine form of Hebrew Aviv, meaning "springtime."
65. AVIYAH (אֲבִיָּה): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Abiyah, meaning "Yahweh is my father." 
66. AVRA: Short form of Hebrew Avrahamit, meaning "father of a multitude." Also spelled Abra.
67. AVRAHAMIT (אַבְרָהָמִית): Feminine form of Hebrew Avraham, meaning "father of a multitude." Also spelled Abrahamit.
68. AYA (Hebrew: אַיָּה, Japanese: 1-彩, 2-綾): 
    1. Japanese name meaning 1) "colorful" or 2) "design."
    2. Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Ayah, meaning "falcon" or "vulture."
69. AYAH (אַיָּה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "falcon" or "vulture." In the bible, this is the name of the father of Rizpah, and a Horite, the son of Zibeon.
70. AYALA (אַיָּלָה): Feminine form of Hebrew Ayal, meaning "deer; gazelle."
71. AYALAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Ayala, meaning "deer; gazelle."
72. AYELET (אַיֶּלֶת): Hebrew name derived from a name for the morning star, meaning "deer; gazelle."
73. AYLA (Hebrew: אֵלָה):
    1. Turkish name meaning "moonlight." 
    2. Variant spelling of Hebrew Eila, meaning "oak tree, terebinth tree."
74. AZENETH (אָסְנַת): Variant form of Hebrew Acĕnath, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith."
75. AZUVAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Azuwbah, meaning "forsaken."
76. AZUWBAH (עֲזוּבָה): Hebrew name meaning "heaps of ruins," i.e. "forsaken." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including Caleb's wife and the mother of Jehoshaphat. Also spelled Azuvah.
77. BARA (בָּרָה): Hebrew name meaning "to choose."
78. BARRA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bara, meaning "to choose." Compare with masculine Barra.
79. BASIA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Basya, meaning "daughter of God."
80. BASMA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bosma, meaning perfumed."
81. BASMAT: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bosmat, meaning "spice" or "sweet smelling."
82. BASYA: Ashkenazic form of Hebrew Batya, meaning "daughter of God."
83. BAT-EL (בַּת-אֵל): Hebrew name meaning "daughter of God."
84. BATH-SHEBA (בַּת-שֶׁבַע): Hebrew name meaning "daughter of the oath." In the bible, this is the name of a wife of Uriah then later King David, and mother of Solomon. Also spelled Bat-Sheva and Bathsheva.
85. BATHSHEBA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bath-Sheba, meaning "daughter of the oath." In the bible, this is the name of a wife of King David and mother of Solomon.
86. BATHSHEVA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bath-Sheba, meaning "daughter of the oath."
87. BATH-SHUA (בַּתשׁוּעַ): Variant spelling of Hebrew Bath-Shuwa, meaning "daughter of wealth." 
88. BATH-SHUWA (בַּתשׁוּעַ): Hebrew name meaning "daughter of wealth." In the bible, this is another name Bath-Sheba is known by.
89. BATSHEBA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bathsheba, meaning "daughter of the oath."
90. BAT-SHEVA (בַּת-שֶׁבַע): Variant spelling of Hebrew Bath-Sheba, meaning "daughter of the oath."
91. BATYA (בַּתְיָה): Hebrew name meaning "daughter of God."
92. BATYAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Batya, meaning "daughter of God."
93. BERURA (בְּרוּרָה): Hebrew name meaning "clean, pure."
94. BETH-EL (בֵּית-אֵל): Variant spelling of Hebrew Beyth-El, meaning "house of God." In the bible, this is the name of an ancient city of the Canaanites, later of the Benjamites. 
95. BETHIA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bithiah, meaning "daughter of God." This was the original name of the H.M.A.V. Bounty.
96. BEULA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Beulah, meaning "she who is married."
97. BEULAH (בְּעוּלָה): A derivative of Hebrew Ba'al ("to marry; to be lord, master, possessor"), meaning "she who is married." In the bible, this is an allegorical name for the land of Israel. 
98. BEYTH-EL (בֵּית-אֵל): Hebrew name meaning "house of God." In the bible, this is the name of an ancient city of the Canaanites, later of the Benjamites. 
99. BILHAH (בִּלְהָה): Hebrew name meaning "weak, troubled, old." In the bible, this is the name of Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine. 
100. BINA (בִּינָה): Hebrew name meaning "intelligence, wisdom." 
101. BINAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bina, meaning "intelligence, wisdom." 
102. BITHYAH (בִּתְיָה): Hebrew name meaning "daughter of God." In the bible, this is the name of a daughter of Pharoah.
103. BITYA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bityah, meaning "daughter of God."
104. BITYAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bithyah, meaning "daughter of God."
105. BOSMA (בָּשְׂמָה): Hebrew name meaning "perfumed."
106. BOSMAT: Variant spelling of Hebrew Bosmath, meaning "spice" or "sweet smelling."
107. BOSMATH (בָּשְׂמַת): Hebrew name meaning "spice" or "sweet smelling." In the bible, this is the name of a wife of Esau, and a daughter of Solomon.
108. CARNI (קַרְנִי): Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Karni, meaning "my horn," a symbol of strength. 
109. CARNIA (קַרְנִיָּה): Variant spelling of Hebrew Karnia, meaning "horn of God." 
110. CARNIELA (קַרְנִיאֵלָה): Variant spelling of Hebrew Karniela, meaning "horn of the Lord." 
111. CARNIELLA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Carniela, meaning "horn of the Lord."
112. CHANA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Channa, meaning "favor; grace." 
113. CHANAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Channah, meaning "favor; grace." 
114. CHANI: Pet form of Hebrew Channah, meaning "favor; grace."
115. CHANIA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Chaniya, meaning "encampment, resting place."
116. CHANIYA (חַנִיָּה): Hebrew name meaning "encampment, resting place."
117. CHANNA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Chana, meaning "favor; grace." In the bible, this is the name of the mother of Samuel and wife to Elkanah.
118. CHANNAH (חַנָּה): Hebrew name meaning "favor; grace." In the bible, this is the name of the mother of Samuel and wife to Elkanah.
119. CHASIDA (חֲסִידָה): Hebrew name meaning "stork" and "righteous."
120. CHASIDAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Chasida, meaning "stork" and "righteous."
121. CHAVA (חַוָּה): Variant spelling of Hebrew Chavva, meaning "life." 
122. CHAVIVA (חֲבִיבָה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "beloved." 
123. CHAVVA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Chavvah, meaning "life." 
124. CHAVVAH (חַוָּה): Hebrew name meaning "life." In the bible, this is the name of the first woman, the wife of Adam.
125. CHAYA (חַיִּה): Feminine form of Hebrew Chayim, meaning "alive."
126. CHEFTZI-BA (חֶפְצִי-בָּהּ): Variant spelling of Hebrew Chephtsiy-bahh, meaning "she is my desire." 
127. CHEFTZIBAH: Variant form of Hebrew Cheftzi-Ba, meaning "she is my desire."
128. CHEL'A: Variant spelling of Hebrew Chel'ah, meaning "depraved" or "rust." 
129. CHEL'AH (חֶלְאָה): Hebrew name meaning "depraved" or "rust." In the bible, this is the name of a wife of Asher.
130. CHENYA (הֵנְיָה): Hebrew name meaning "grace of the Lord."
131. CHEPHTSIY-BAHH (חֶפְצִי-בָּהּ): Hebrew name meaning "she is my desire." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of king Hezekiah. Also spelled Cheftzi-ba.
132. CHERUT (חֵרוּת): Hebrew name meaning "freedom."
133. CHERUTA (חֵרוּתָה): Variant form of Hebrew Cherut, meaning "freedom."
134. CHIBA (חִבָּה): Hebrew name meaning "love."
135. CHITA (Hebrew: חִטָה): 
     1. Hebrew name meaning "food, grain."
     2. Short form of Spanish Conchita, meaning "conception."
     3. Middle English name meaning "kitten."
136. CHULDA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Chuldah, meaning "mole" or "weasel." 
137. CHULDAH (חוּלְדָה): Hebrew name meaning "mole" or "weasel." In the bible, this is the name of a prophetess. 
138. DAGANIA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Deganya, meaning "grain."
139. DAGANYA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Deganya, meaning "grain."
140. DANA (Hebrew: דָּנָה): 
     1. English surname transferred to unisex forename use, possibly meaning "from Denmark."
     2. Feminine form of Hebrew Dan, meaning "judge."
     3. Short form of Slavic Bogdana, meaning "God-gift."
141. DANIA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Danya, meaning "judge."
142. DANIAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Danya, meaning "judge."
143. DANIELA (דָּנִיּאֵלָה): 
     1. Feminine form of Hebrew Daniyel, meaning "God is my judge."
     2. Feminine form of Italian Daniele, meaning "God is my judge."
144. DANIELLA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Daniela, meaning "God is my judge."
145. DANITA (דָּנִיתָה): Pet form of Hebrew Dana, "judge."
146. DANIYA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Danya, meaning "judge."
147. DANYA (דַּנְיָה): Feminine form of Hebrew Dan, meaning "judge."
148. DASSAH: Short form of Hebrew Hadassa, meaning "myrtle tree."
149. DAVIDA (דָוִידָה): Feminine form of Hebrew David, meaning "beloved."
150. DAYNA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Dana, possibly meaning "judge." 

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