| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Aluf
אַלּוּף | Champion; Major General (in the army). |  |
Ami
עַמִּי | My people, my nation. | |
Amichai (Amikhai, Amihai)
עַמִּיחַי | My people is alive, my nation survives. | |
Amiram
עַמִּירָם | My nation is lofty, my people is supreme. | |
Balfur (Balfour)
בַּלְפוּר | The Hebrew name "Balfur" is derived of the family name of Arthur James Balfour. | |
Bat-Ami (Bat-Ammi)
בַּת-עַמִּי | Member of my people. |  |
Bat-Zion (Bat-Tziyon)
בַּת-צִיּוֹן | Daughter of Zion, daughter of Jerusalem. | |
Benammi (Ben-Ammi, Ben-Ami)
בֶּן-עַמִּי | Member of my people. | |
Ben-Zion (Benzion)
בֶּן-צִיּוֹן (בנציון) | Son of Zion, son of Jerusalem. | |
Dror
דְּרוֹר | Freedom, liberty; sparrow. | |
Drora (Derora)
דְּרוֹרָה | The name "דרורה" is derived of the word דרור (dror, "Freedom", "liberty"; "sparrow"). | |
Drorit (Derorit)
דְּרוֹרִית | The name "דרורית" is derived of the word דרור (dror, "Freedom", "liberty"; "sparrow"). | |
Emuna (Emunah)
אֱמוּנָה | Faith, belief. | |
Geula (Ge'ula)
גְּאוּלָה | Redemption, salvation. | |
Goel (Go'el)
גּוֹאֵל | Savior, liberator. | |
Gurion (Guryon)
גֻּרְיוֹן (גוריון) | Gurion was the grandfather of the Mishnaic sage Hananya son of Hezekiah. Ben-Gurion is the family name of the first Prime Minister of the state of Israel. | |
Hemda (Chemda)
חֶמְדָּה | Desire, love; desired object, beautiful thing. "אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה" (a pleasant land) is an appellation of Israel (Jeremiah 3, 19). | |
Herut (Cherut)
חֵרוּת | Liberty, freedom. | |
Herzl (Hertsel)
הֶרְצְל | The Hebrew name "Herzl" is derived of the family name of Theodor Herzl. | |
Ibri (Ivri)
עִבְרִי | An offspring of Eber, Shem's grandson; Jewish, Israelite. | |
Israel (Yisrael, Yisra'el)
יִשְׂרָאֵל | According to the Biblical explanation, the first part of the name "Israel" is derived of the verb לִשְׂרות (lisrot, "wrestle"); the second half of the name is אֵל (El, "God"). This name was given to Jacob because he wrestled with God's angel. | |
Israela (Yisraela, Isra'ela, Isreela)
יִשְׂרְאֵלָה | The name "Israela" is derived of the name "Israel". | |
Ivriya
עִבְרִיָּה | An offspring of Eber, Shem's grandson; Jewish, Israelite. | |
Nehama (Nechama)
נֶחָמָה | Condolence, consolation, comfort; redemption, salvation. | |
Nili
נִילִי | The name is an acronym composed of the first letters of the Hebrew words in the Biblical verse "the Strength of Israel will not lie" (1 Samuel 15, 29). | |
Oz
עֹז (עוז) | Valor, courage, strength. | |
Tchiya (Tehiyya)
תְּחִיָּה (תחייה) | Resurrection, rebirth, revival. | |
Tikvah (Tikva)
תִּקְוָה (תקווה) | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name), which means: hope. "Hatikvah" ("The Hope") is Israel's national anthem. | |
Tsabar
צַבָּר | Indian Fig Opuntia - a cactus that grows in Israel; Sabra, native-born Israeli. | |
Tzofiya (Tsofiya)
צוֹפִיָּה (צופייה) | "צופיה" is a verb that means "(she is) watching". This verb is known from Israel's national anthem, "Hatikvah: "And towards the end of the East / An eye still watches towards Zion". | |
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