| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Naamah (Naama, Na’ama)
נַעֲמָה | Pleasantness, graciousness, loveliness. |  |
Nadab (Nadav)
נָדָב | There are several people by this name in the Bible. One of them is the son of Aaron, the high priest. Another is the king of Israel, Nadab son of Jeroboam. |  |
Nadiv
נָדִיב | Generous. | |
Nahman (Nachman)
נַחְמָן | The name "nahman" is derived of the verb "לְנַחֵם" (lenachem, "comfort", "console"). | |
Nahmi (Nachmi)
נַחְמִי | The name "Nahmi" is related to the word "נחמה" (nehama: consolation). | |
Nahshon (Nachshon)
נַחְשׁוֹן | Darter ("snake-bird"). A bird who has a long and flexible snake-like neck. | |
Nahum (Nachum)
נַחוּם | The root of the name נחום (Nahum), נחמ, signifies "consoling", "comforting". | |
Naomi (No'omi)
נָעֳמִי | The mother in law of Ruth the Moabitess. After Ruth's husband's death, she stayed with her mother in law. "And Ruth said: Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." Ruth 1, 16-17 | |
Naphtali (Naftali)
נַפְתָּלִי | According to the Biblical explanation, the name נפתלי (Naphtali) is related to the word נַפְתּוּל (naftul, "twist" or "struggle"). | |
Narkis
נַרְקִיס | Daffodil, narcissus. | |
Natalie (Natali, Nataly)
נָטָלִי | The name entered modern Hebrew from other languages. | |
Nathan (Natan)
נָתָן | There are several people called Nathan in the Bible. One of them is a prophet of the time of King David and King Solomon. | |
Nati
נָתִי | The name "Nati" is derived from the name Natan (Nathan). | |
Nava
נָאוָה | Beautiful, pretty. | |
Negev
נֶגֶב | South; the Negev is a desert region in the south of Israel. | |
Nehama (Nechama)
נֶחָמָה | Condolence, consolation, comfort; redemption, salvation. | |
Nehamit (Nechamit)
נֶחָמִית | The name "Nehamit" is derived from the word "נחמה" (nehama: consolation). | |
Nehemiah (Nehemia, Nehemya, Nechemya)
נְחֶמְיָה | The first part of the name "Nehemiah" is derived of the root נח"מ, which denotes comforting, consoling. The other part of the name - the letters יה - is the name of God. | |
Nehorai (Nehoray)
נְהוֹרַאי | The name "Nehorai" is derived of the Aramaic word "נְהוֹר" (nehor) or "נְהוֹרָא" (nehora), which means "light". | |
Neri
נֵרִי | My candle, my oil lamp. | |
Neriah (Neriahu, Neria, Neriya)
נֵרִיָּה (נֵרִיָּהוּ) | The meaning of the name "Neriah" is: "God (יהו/יה) is my candle/lamp (נֵרִי, neri)". | |
Neta
נֶטַע | Seedling. | |
Netanela (Netan'ela)
נְתַנְאֵלָה | The name "Netanela" is derived of the name "Netanel" (Nethaneel). | |
Nethaneel (Netanel, Netan'el)
נְתַנְאֵל | The meaning of the name "Nethaneel" is "God (אֵל, el) has bestowed (נָתַן, natan)". | |
Nevo (Nebo)
נְבוֹ | "Nevo" is the name of a mountain east of the Jordan river. From the top of that mountain, Moses saw Canaan, and there he died without ever crossing the Jordan river into Cannan. | |
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). | |
Nimrod
נִמְרוֹד | Ths son of Cush, son of Ham, son of Noah. | |
Nina
נִינָה | Great-granddaughter. | |
Nir
נִיר | Plowed field. | |
Nira
נִירָה | The name "Nira" is derived of the word "ניר" (nir, "plowed field"). | |
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