JamieStan's Personal Name List

Adi 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲדִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-DEE
Means "jewel, ornament" in Hebrew.
Amalya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish, Hebrew
Other Scripts: עָמָליָהּ(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AH-mahl-YA
Means "labour of Yahweh" in Hebrew. This name could also be used as a Yiddish feminine form of Amal 2.
Amichai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַמִיחַי(Hebrew)
Means "my people are alive" in Hebrew.
Athaliah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲתַלְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Possibly means "Yahweh is exalted" in Hebrew, from עֲתַל (ʿaṯal) possibly meaning "exalted" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is both a feminine and masculine name. It was borne by the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, who later came to rule Judah as a queen.
Ayelet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַיֶלֶת(Hebrew)
Means "doe, female deer, gazelle". It is taken from the Hebrew phrase אַיֶלֶת הַשַׁחַר (ʾayeleṯ hashaḥar), literally "gazelle of dawn", which is a name of the morning star.
Deborah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: דְּבוֹרָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: DEHB-ə-rə(English) DEHB-rə(English)
From the Hebrew name דְּבוֹרָה (Devora) meaning "bee". In the Old Testament Book of Judges, Deborah is a heroine and prophetess who leads the Israelites when they are threatened by the Canaanites. She forms an army under the command of Barak, and together they destroy the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera. Also in the Old Testament, this is the name of the nurse of Rebecca.

Long a common Jewish name, Deborah was first used by English Christians after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.

Derorit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דְּרוֹרִית(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew דְּרוֹרִית (see Drorit).
Elisheva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אֱלִישֶׁבַע(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Elizabeth.
Hannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, German, Dutch, Arabic, Biblical
Other Scripts: חַנָּה(Hebrew) حنّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: HAN-ə(English) HA-na(German) HAH-na(Dutch) HAN-na(Arabic)
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Ḥanna) meaning "favour, grace", derived from the root חָנַן (ḥanan) meaning "to be gracious". In the Old Testament this is the name of the wife of Elkanah. Her rival was Elkanah's other wife Peninnah, who had children while Hannah remained barren. After a blessing from Eli she finally became pregnant with Samuel.

As an English name, Hannah was not regularly used until after the Protestant Reformation, unlike the vernacular forms Anne and Ann and the Latin form Anna, which were used from the late Middle Ages. In the last half of the 20th century Hannah surged in popularity and neared the top of the name rankings for both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Keshet
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: קֶשֶׁת(Hebrew)
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
Nechama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נחמה(Hebrew)
Means "comfort, consolation" in Hebrew.
Nitzan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נִצָן(Hebrew)
Means "flower bud" in Hebrew.
Noah 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: נֹעָה, נוֹעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name נֹעָה (Noʿa) meaning "motion". In the Old Testament this is the name of a daughter of Zelophehad. In English this name is typically spelled the same as the name of the male biblical character Noah, though in Hebrew they are written distinctly.
Yiska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: יִסְכָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Iscah.
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