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Josiah
Samuel
Gabriel
various derivitives of Matthaios
Ezra
Ezekiel
Devorah
Deborah
Mayim
Aviva
Malachi
Tehilah (not super-common, but some people use it as a name)
Levi
Ruth (actually Moabite, but adopted into Hebr. because of the Ruth in the Bible)
Hadassah
While the En. male version of John doesn't excite me, I like some of the other versions (Juan, Joanna, Johanneke, Joanne, Jeanne, Jane, Sean, Juana, Shauna, Shane, Ivanna)
Susannah
Elizabeth
Tobias
Yael / Jael
Zipporah
Elijah
Noah
Jonah
Micah
Zimri
Zacharias
Zachary
Some forms of Rachel (like Rayael and Raquel)
Nathanael
Shoshannah
Judah
Raphael
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Gideon
Ariel / Arielle

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This message was edited 12/23/2011, 8:40 PM

Oh goodness. Here goes nothing. Haha. I'm Jewish, so Hebrew names have been on my agenda since, well, forever. If you want meanings of any names not in the database, just ask. :)

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Levana
Lehava
Naomi
Miriam
Mayim
Maayan
Maya
Naamah
Naarah
Neorah
Atarah
Shoshana / Shoshannah
Michaela
Michal (mee-KHAHL)
Mehitabel
Gavriela
Galia
Talia
Chava
Chaya
Chana / Channah (Hannah as well)
Eilat (ay-LAHT, place name in Israel)
Einat (ay-NAHT)
Einav
Smadar (sma-DAHR)
Devorah
Tamar
Temira
Tavora
Riva
Ziva
Zehava
Zariza
Zohar
Yonina
Yael
Kefira
Ophira
Kelila (keh-LEE-la)
Selila (seh-LEE-la)
Shaina (Yiddish, not Hebrew, but still in the same vein)
Carmel
Carmia
Danya
Dalia
Nechama
Nessa
Nitza
Nitzana
Sivan (see-VAHN) / Sivana (Hebrew month name [Sivan])
Marni
Margalit
Marganit
Kinneret
Yasmin (yaz-MEEN)
Noa
Hila
Sara / Sarah
Eliora
Liora

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Most of the names I like are either Hebrew or Irish/Scottish lol. Some of my favorites that are common and uncommon. I put the Hebrew translation, if different than the English, in parentheses:

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Aaron (AhaRON)
Adam (A-DOM)
Ariel (Ah-ree-EL)
Benjamin (Ben-ya-MEEN)
Elijah "Eli" (Eli-A-hu)
Ephraim (Ee-fra-YEEM)
Ezra
Gabriel (Gav-ree-EL)
Isaac (YIT-sach)
Jonah (YO-nah)
Jonathan (Yo-na-TAN)
Joseph (YU-sef)
Nathaniel (Na-TAN/ Na-tan-ee-EL)
Seth
Solomon
Tomer (TOE-mair)
Uriah (Yu-RYE-ah)

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Girls...

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Avra
Elizabeth
Gabrielle
Hannah
Miriam
Natalia
Sarah
Thalia

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Kind of ran out of time after the boys names lol. But I do think all of these are great!

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I like (a lot*)

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Adir
Alon
Ari
Arik*
Lewi*
Avi*
David
Eli*
Elijah*
Elior*
Ezra*
Ilan
Levi*
Rafael
Aviel*
Lior*
Natan
Noam*
Yaron*

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Hila
Adara
Avia*
Eliora*
Liora*
Ziva
Adena
Tova
Alona
Talia*
Adina
Rona
Leah*
Aliza
Amira

I'm not an expert so some of these might not exactly fit. Let the buyer beware. But off the top of my head:

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Hadassah, Miriam, Havilah, Tziporah, Mayim, Lior, Margalit, Leah, Yocheved, Hepzibah, Marni, Mehetabel, Judith;

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Malachi, Baruch, Moishe, Absalom, Zvi, Asa, Jeremiah, Gabriel, Joachim, Jonah, Ishmael, Daniel.

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I'm sure a lot of these have been Westernized and there's a more authentic version.

This message was edited 12/22/2011, 7:19 PM

This list is long (some are "basic" or Anglicized), but here goes nothing:

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Abigail
Adalia (it's traditionally masculine, I know, but I think it sounds completely feminine)
Amira
Anaiah (see Adalia)
Atalia / Athaliah
Basia
Batel
Bithiah
Delilah
Eliana & Eliora
Gera (see Adalia)
Hadassah (one of few named that I find to be truly bada$$... up there with Boudicca)
Idriya
Jerusha
Jezebel (yes, I like this name - a lot, actually)
Kelila
Keturah
Kezia / Keziah
Mara
Margalit & Marganita (both cool alternatives to Margaret)
Mehetabel
Micaiah
Miriam
Moriah
Naomi
Neriah (see Adalia)
Nessa & Nissa
Peninnah
Raziela (seriously, this name is a thing of beauty, but unfortunately I've never seen it on a real person)
Rebecca
Seraiah (see Adalia)
Shaina / Sheyna
Sherah
Shiphrah

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This message was edited 12/22/2011, 8:22 PM