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Help[Opinions] Hebrew Names: WDYT?
I am not Jewish, but I absolutely love Hebrew/Biblical names. They have so much meaning behind them. WDYT of these? I'd almost only use these as middle names only.
GIRLS
Amaris - Promised by God
Casiphia - Gleaming, silvery white
Jochebed - God is her glory
Lirit - musical
Mehitabel - God rejoices
Talia - Heaven's dew or lamb
Oralee - My Light
Zipporah - bird
Tehila - praise song
Miriam - rebellion or bitter sea
BOYS
Azariah - helped by God
Arliss - pledge
Asael - God has created
Cephas - rock
Chaim - life
Eliyahu - The Lord is my light
Hezekiah - God gives strength
Israel - God contended
Issachar - his reward will come
Joachim - Founded by God, God will judge
Job - persecuted
Lazarus - God is my help
Lot - veil
Manoach - place of rest
Mordecai - little man
Moses - drawn from the water
Oren - pine tree or river
Raviv - dew
Seraphim - burning ones
Shem - fame
Uriah - my light is Jehovah
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
GIRLS
Amaris - Promised by God
Casiphia - Gleaming, silvery white
Jochebed - God is her glory
Lirit - musical
Mehitabel - God rejoices
Talia - Heaven's dew or lamb
Oralee - My Light
Zipporah - bird
Tehila - praise song
Miriam - rebellion or bitter sea
BOYS
Azariah - helped by God
Arliss - pledge
Asael - God has created
Cephas - rock
Chaim - life
Eliyahu - The Lord is my light
Hezekiah - God gives strength
Israel - God contended
Issachar - his reward will come
Joachim - Founded by God, God will judge
Job - persecuted
Lazarus - God is my help
Lot - veil
Manoach - place of rest
Mordecai - little man
Moses - drawn from the water
Oren - pine tree or river
Raviv - dew
Seraphim - burning ones
Shem - fame
Uriah - my light is Jehovah
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
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From that list, I only like Talia, Zipporah, Miriam, and Eliyahu. I like Israel in theory only.
My favorite Hebrew names:
Abraham
Adam
Aaron / Aharon
Amira
Ari
Asa (AH-sah)
Asher
Atarah
Avigail
Aviva
Chanah
Daniel
David
Eli
Eliana
Elijah
Eliora
Elisheva
Eliyahu
Ethan
Ezra is growing on me
Gavriel
Gabriel
Hadas (girl)
Hannah
Hadassah
Ilana
Isaac
Isaiah
Israel
Joel
Judith
Leah
Liat
Liora
Malachi
Maya (3)
Miriam
Natan (nah-TAHN)
Noa (girl)
Noam
Rachel
Raisa
Reyna / Reina
Rina (REE-nah)
Rivka
Sarah
Shoshana
Talia / Tahlia
Tamar (tah-MAHR)
Tovah
Tziporah
Tzofiya
Yaakov / Yakov
Yael (YAH-ehl)
Yaron
Yoel
Yonah
Zipporah
My favorite Hebrew names:
Abraham
Adam
Aaron / Aharon
Amira
Ari
Asa (AH-sah)
Asher
Atarah
Avigail
Aviva
Chanah
Daniel
David
Eli
Eliana
Elijah
Eliora
Elisheva
Eliyahu
Ethan
Ezra is growing on me
Gavriel
Gabriel
Hadas (girl)
Hannah
Hadassah
Ilana
Isaac
Isaiah
Israel
Joel
Judith
Leah
Liat
Liora
Malachi
Maya (3)
Miriam
Natan (nah-TAHN)
Noa (girl)
Noam
Rachel
Raisa
Reyna / Reina
Rina (REE-nah)
Rivka
Sarah
Shoshana
Talia / Tahlia
Tamar (tah-MAHR)
Tovah
Tziporah
Tzofiya
Yaakov / Yakov
Yael (YAH-ehl)
Yaron
Yoel
Yonah
Zipporah
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Some of your meanings are wrong...
Oralee is the most obvious. Where'd you find these meanings?
edit: Forgot to comment. I'm not very religious and while my favorite boy name is Gabriel, it's become so common that I don't think of the angel right away and it's not as Biblical as some of the names you've listed. I don't like them all but some have a pretty sing-song like quality to their sounds.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
Oralee is the most obvious. Where'd you find these meanings?
edit: Forgot to comment. I'm not very religious and while my favorite boy name is Gabriel, it's become so common that I don't think of the angel right away and it's not as Biblical as some of the names you've listed. I don't like them all but some have a pretty sing-song like quality to their sounds.
- Serenity
This message was edited 4/11/2006, 2:57 PM
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I've looked it up on a baby names site [quite a few of them in fact] and my baby books. They all gave me the same beings....
Oralee is said to be the Lord is my light in my baby book too or it means gold or duided or something.
Not to be rude but how can Gabriel not be "as Biblical" as others? all the names of the Bible are very Biblical, there's no difference, just because ones used more. I always found that odd when people say some are too biblical.
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
Oralee is said to be the Lord is my light in my baby book too or it means gold or duided or something.
Not to be rude but how can Gabriel not be "as Biblical" as others? all the names of the Bible are very Biblical, there's no difference, just because ones used more. I always found that odd when people say some are too biblical.
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
This message was edited 4/11/2006, 3:01 PM
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It's not as Biblical to me because it's become so common. Names begin to lose their meanings when they're used too much - to me, to my ears.
You do know that a lot of baby name books and baby name websites frequently exaggerate and just plain make up name meanings? I'd go with BtN as the ultimate source in this case - meaning Oralee is golden not "the Lord is my light".
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
You do know that a lot of baby name books and baby name websites frequently exaggerate and just plain make up name meanings? I'd go with BtN as the ultimate source in this case - meaning Oralee is golden not "the Lord is my light".
- Serenity
This message was edited 4/11/2006, 3:03 PM
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Well to be fair it says
ORALEE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE
So according to BTN it may or may not mean Golden and Orah is a hebrew name
ORAH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.
So just maybe in Hebrew Oralee has a meaning containing the word light
ORALEE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE
So according to BTN it may or may not mean Golden and Orah is a hebrew name
ORAH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.
So just maybe in Hebrew Oralee has a meaning containing the word light
This message was edited 4/11/2006, 3:36 PM
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Maybe. But it still doesn't mean "My Light". Orah and Oralee aren't the same name.
Besides, Liora is Hebrew for "My Light".
Perhaps that's where the confusion comes in. Oralee looks like a switched around Liora but it's not and even it if was, switching it around makes it meaningless.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
Besides, Liora is Hebrew for "My Light".
Perhaps that's where the confusion comes in. Oralee looks like a switched around Liora but it's not and even it if was, switching it around makes it meaningless.
- Serenity
This message was edited 4/11/2006, 3:55 PM
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I agree with your point in your earlier post many name books and name sites are not trustworthy and do make up meanings, I would trust BTN over any other site
What I am really trying to say is noone knows for certain what Oralee means so saying one meaning is wrong and another right in this case isnt really fair.
Some names have multiple origins they have originated independently in different cultures and languages, they look and sound the same yet have different meanings
ie
Aliyah, Alina, Anan, Kim, Mara, Naomi, Timo
What I am really trying to say is noone knows for certain what Oralee means so saying one meaning is wrong and another right in this case isnt really fair.
Some names have multiple origins they have originated independently in different cultures and languages, they look and sound the same yet have different meanings
ie
Aliyah, Alina, Anan, Kim, Mara, Naomi, Timo
This message was edited 4/11/2006, 4:13 PM
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i agree i mnot saying that it was perfect and the right meaning...lol thats what i found it to say though who really knows? BTN doesnt have all the names ever
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
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either way I still like the name.
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
"There is none Holy like The Lord, there is none besides Thee; there is no Rock like our God." (1 Samuel 2:2 RSV)
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