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Kezia
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Eve
Sarai

I like a lot of Anglicized Biblical names of Hebrew origin:

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Adah
Channah
Eden
Eve
Magdalene
Mara
Martha
Susanna

Adara
Eliora
Liora
Lior
Ayla
Livna
Nissa
Shani

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I have so many...

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Ayelet
Ayla
Ahava
Maya
Aviva
Liat
Liel
Eliana
Talia/Tali
Noa
Nessa
Shiloh
Aviya
Naomi

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I also like Shiri, but that is my sisters name.

I love Hebrew names

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Maybe it's because for years I've been interested in Jewish/Israeli culture. And I like the fact they're traditional and interesting at the same time. A few I like are:

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Zipporah
Miriam
Avital
Shifra
Yehudit
Atarah
Livnat
Shulamit
Zohar
Yardena
Liat
Rivka

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But there's very few I actually don't like, lol. Though some might be a bit too "exotic" to use outside of a Jewish/Israeli context.

This message was edited 5/2/2009, 7:40 AM

I really like Yael.

While I am not Jewish, I love many Jewish names.

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Ahava
Eliana
Noa
Talia (#1 for girls since forever)
Yael
Zipporah

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Zipporah - It was the name of a character in some book I read a long time ago, and I just loved the way it looks and sounds.
Shoshannah - I love Susannah, and I love the sound and meaning of this.
Miriam - I just imagine such a sweet person.

I actually like a lot:

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Elah
Hadassah
Lior
Noa
Shachar
Shiloh- still can't figure out if this is both a girl's name and a boy name in the US or if it's used for girl's in Israel
Shira
Tova
Irit
Keshet
Liat
Livnat
Vered
Yocheved

I love the rich biblical heritage of many, and the way others have been adapted for use - for instance, Yaffa for the Yiddish Shayna (both meaning "beauty"), Livna for the Yiddish Bayla (both meaning "white", Aliza for the Yiddish Freyde or Gila ("joy); I ilke how Levana ("white"/"moon"), which in the Bible is a man's name but now a girl's - and Adina and Yaara (Jarah)ditto. I love their sound and their strength and their survival. I like how some are similar to names in other cultures - like Maya and Tsofiya, Amira and Leila and Yasmin.
My favourites include:
Adara
Adina
Adira
Aliza
Amira
Avigayil
Avital
Aviva
Aviya
Batya
Carmel
Dalia
Dvora
Eliana
Eliora
Elisheva
Galila
Ilana
Keren
Keshet
Levana
Liora
Liraz
Meira
Merav
Miriam
Naomi
Nurit
Ophira
Orli
Pazit
Rahel
Rivka
Sara
Shira
Shoshana
Talia
Yael
Zehava
Zemira

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- and those are just the girls'! But Noa is my pet hate.

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This message was edited 5/1/2009, 2:30 PM

Generally I'm not much of a fan, but I do like:
Meital
Meira
Miriam
Nessa
Reuben
Shiri