| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Aba (Abba)
אַבָּא | Father. |  |
Akiva (Akiba)
עֲקִיבָא | The name "Akiva" seems to be derived from the verb "לעקוב" (la'akov, "follow"). | |
Ben-Zion (Benzion)
בֶּן-צִיּוֹן (בנציון) | Son of Zion, son of Jerusalem. | |
Brurya (Bruria)
בְּרוּרְיָה | Brurya is the name of the wife of Rabbi Meir, one of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples. |  |
Giyora (Giora, Giyyora)
גִּיּוֹרָא | "Giyora", in Aramaic, is a person who has converted to Judaism. | |
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. | |
Hiyya (Chiya)
חִיָּא (חייא) | Rabbi Chiya Rabbah was one of the Tannaim, a contemporary of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi. | |
Meir (Me’ir)
מֵאִיר | The verb (leha’ir, “illuminate”) in present tense masculine singular: illuminates. | |
Nahman (Nachman)
נַחְמָן | The name "nahman" is derived of the verb "לְנַחֵם" (lenachem, "comfort", "console"). | |
Nehorai (Nehoray)
נְהוֹרַאי | The name "Nehorai" is derived of the Aramaic word "נְהוֹר" (nehor) or "נְהוֹרָא" (nehora), which means "light". | |
Nittai (Nitai, Nitay)
נִתַּאי (ניתאי) | Nittai of Arbela was one of the Tannaim. | |
Yanai (Yannai, Jannai)
יַנַּאי | Alexander Jannaeus (Yanai) was the king of Judah (103-76 B.C.E) at the time of the Second Temple. He belonged to the Hasmonean dynasty. | |
Yochai (Yohai)
יוֹחַאי | Yochai is the father of Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai, one of the Tannaim. | |