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'Adyahu m Ancient Hebrew
likely a combination of the elements עד ('ad) "eternity" and יהו (yahu) referring to the Israelite god. Put together the name means "Yahweh is everlasting"

Ah'em m Ancient Hebrew
Means "(maternal) uncle" in ancient Hebrew. (compare Ahab). This name is derived from the combination of the elements אח (ah') "brother" and אם (em) "mother"

Alfonce m Anglo-Norman, Medieval English
a variant of Alphonse

Altilde f Frankish
From Altildis, a Latinized form of a Germanic name derived from the elements alt meaning "old" and hilt meaning "battle", making it a cognate of Old English Ealdhild.

Ancel m Anglo-Norman (?), Medieval French (?)

Arje m Hebrew (Polonized)
a Polonized spelling of Aryeh

Balltesar m Medieval Portuguese
Medieval Portuguese variant of Baltasar

Batzion f Hebrew (Modern, Rare), Biblical Hebrew
Derived from בַּת־צִיּוֹן meaning "daughter of Zion". This name first appears as a personification of Jerusalem or the Judean nation (mainly in a negative context)... [more]

Beornfrith m Anglo-Saxon
A combination of the name elements beorn meaning "bear" and friþ "peace"

Berman m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
A variant of Bermann typically used outside of Medieval German-speaking lands.

Blime f Yiddish
a variant of Bluma

Blüme f Yiddish
Variant of Blume

Centwine m Anglo-Saxon

Claretha f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Clare in the same fashion as Aretha and Eartha.

Claudecir m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Custancia f Medieval English
A variant of Constancia (see Constance)

Cwi m Hebrew (Polonized)
A Polonized spelling of Zvi

Czarna f Yiddish (Polonized, Rare)
Polonised spelling of Charna.

Czerniczsche f Medieval Jewish, Judeo-Slavic (?)
The older form of Czarna (See Charna)

Danel m Medieval Dutch

Deslava f Jewish (Ashkenazi, Archaic)
Recorded in the pre-15th century in Jewish Moravian and Bohemian communities. ... [more]

Doralicio m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Male form of Doralice

Dörte f Low German (Rare), East Frisian
Low German and East Frisian short form of Dorothea.

Drazna f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic), Judeo-Slavic (?)
a Medieval Jewish contage of Dražena

Edel f Yiddish
A Judeo-German spelling of Eidel

Edrit m Anglo-Saxon (Rare)
meaning unknown

Esterke f Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Ester. It belongs to a legendary mistress of King Casimir the Great, a Polish king. according to the legend she persuaded him to invite Jews to Poland and grant them privileges.

Faithina f Caribbean (?)
An elaboration of Faith by using the feminine diminutive suffix ina

Fejga f Yiddish (Polonized)
a Polonized spelling of Feiga

Fleurent m Medieval French
Medieval French form of Florent.

Fojgel f Yiddish (Polonized)
A variant of Feigel

Françisquo m Medieval Portuguese
Spelling of Francisquo

Francisquo m Medieval Portuguese
Medieval spelling of Francisco

Friedegard f Upper German (Rare, Archaic)
a variant of Friedgard

Friedgart f German (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Friedgard mostly recorded in Germany

Friedmann m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Medieval Judeo-German vernacular form of Schalom (See Shalom). Compare also the German given name Friedemann.

Gabriell m Medieval Catalan
A middle Catalan spelling of Gabriel

Galila f Hebrew (Rare)
Derived from the place name Galil גליל, this name was mostly used from the 19th until the early 20th century and occasionally used after the establishment of Israel... [more]

German m Germanic
derived from the Germanic elements Ger (spear) and Man (man) meaning "man of spear". Now this name is used in Germany but in a different form and rarely Germann.

Gita f Yiddish
A Polish-Yiddish spelling of Guta, sometimes it is slavicized to Dobra

Glikel f Yiddish
A variant of Glukel

Glückel f Yiddish
German Yiddish variant of Glukel

Gotlib m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Yiddish spelling of Gottlieb

Grèce f & m French (African)
Possibly derives from Grèce the French word for Greece. This name is mostly used in Congo.

Guiselle f Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Spelling of Giselle mainly used in Costa Rica.

Guisselle f Central American, Spanish (Latin American)
a variant of Guiselle Chiefly used in Chile.

Gumprecht m Yiddish (Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic)
a variant of Gumbrecht

Gütel f Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Medieval German (Rare), Medieval Jewish (Rare)
Variant of Gittel that typically appears in German (gentile, Silesian) sources

Gutel f Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Jewish
An archaic diminutive of Gute (see Gittel)

Gutele f Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Upper German diminutive of Gutel

Gutlein f Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
a variant of Gutlin

Gutt f Medieval Jewish (Rare), Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
a dialectical variant of Gutta

Heilewis f Medieval English
Variant of Helewis

Hemda f Hebrew (Rare)
From the Hebrew חֶמְדָּה (Khemdah) meaning "Desire, passion, will". It was borne by Hemda Ben-Yehuda (1873–1951), the second wife of the Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. The name Hemda was mostly used pre-establishment of the Israeli state and is rarely given to girls nowadays.

Hildemarie f Obscure
Feminine variant of Hildemar or a combo of Hilde and Marie.

Hose m Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Might be a variant of Hosea

Idessa f Yiddish
A variant of Yehudis

Israëlle f French (Rare, Archaic, ?), Dutch (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Feminine form of Israël

Ithobaal m Biblical, Phoenician
It is borne by (Ithobaal I) of the biblical queen Jezebel and Baal-Eser II, other Phoenician kings mentioned by the historian Josephus and Assyrian sources... [more]

Itthobaal m Phoenician
A variant of Ithobaal

Johanneta f Medieval German (Latinized)
a variant of Johannetta

Karaa f Ancient Hebrew
Derived from the root קרא (Kara) meaning "to call, to read". This name means "(she has) called"

Khayem m Yiddish
Variant of Chaim.

Leibl m & f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Liebe or Lieber

Leobert m Filipino
A combination of Leo and names ending in Bert

Lipa f Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Russian, Ukrainian
It derives from the Slavic name for the linden tree Lipa (Липа), which originates from the Greek word "Lipos" (λίπος) meaning: "fat, thick". And a shorter form of the Russian and Ukrainian name Olimpiada.

Löwe m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Medieval Yiddish form of Lieb

Lucineia f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Malda f Judeo-Slavic (?), Yiddish, Medieval Jewish
possibly derived from Mladuša... [more]

Mandy m Jewish
Jewish pet form of Mendel

Marços m Medieval Portuguese
Medieval Portuguese variant of Marcos

Massod m Judeo-Italian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
possibly of Judeo-Arabic origin

Mendie m Yiddish
A pet form of Mendel

Minman m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
a combination of the elements Minna "Love" and mann "man" meaning "loved man"

Ne'ehevet f Ancient Hebrew
derived from נאהבת meaning "beloved", which is a derivative of the root אהב meaning "love"

Oriyahu m Ancient Hebrew
Derived from the combination of the elements Ori "my light" אורי and Yahu יהו (compare to Oriya)

Palta f Ancient Hebrew
Derives from the root פלט (Palat) meaning "delivered", this name could mean something like "(she was) delivered"

Pearlean f African American (Rare, Archaic)
a spelling variant of Pearline used chiefly by African Americans

Perreta f Medieval Italian (Latinized), Medieval German (Latinized), Swiss (Latinized, Archaic)
a Latinized Swiss variant of Perrette

Platibaal m Phoenician
Derived from the Phoenician Plati meaning "refuge" and Baal. This name means "Baal is my refuge"

Putzlein m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Of debated meaning

Ragenild f Medieval English
Medieval English variant Ragnhildr

Ranana f Hebrew
Derived from the classical Hebrew רְנָנָה meaning "happiness, singing, rejoicing"

Raphell m Medieval Catalan
a middle Catalan spelling of Raphael

Reingard f German (Rare)
This name is composed of the elements regin and gard, and it is a phonetically simplified Form of the name Ragingard

Reynilda f Medieval English
Variant of Ragenild

Richeman m Medieval English
Derived from middle English rī̆che meaning "rich" and man "person, man"

Roysia f Medieval English
A spelling variant of Rohesia (see also Royse)

Sabecoe m Judeo-Anglo-Norman

Saeward m Anglo-Saxon
a variant of Sæweard

Salkind m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
A diminutive of Solomon made by using the diminutive element kind.

Sallvador m Medieval Portuguese
Medieval Portuguese variant of Salvador

Saluda f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly after the Saluda Mountains and Saluda River, both located along the border of North and South Carolina.

Salutia f Early Jewish, Late Roman (Rare)
female form of Salutius found in the Jewish catacombs of Rome... [more]

Salutius m Late Roman, Jewish
this name was found in the Jewish catacombs of Rome, it appears to be used almost exclusively by Roman Jews except for one well-recorded case... [more]

Schalom m Hebrew (Germanized)
German transcription of Shalom

Schönfrau f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
derived from Schön "beautiful" and frau "woman"

Schönman m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Jewish
derived from Schön "beautiful" and man "man". unlike its female counterpart, Schönfrau Schönman was rarely given to boys.

Se'ev m Hebrew (Germanized)
Germanized form of Ze'ev (See Zeev)

Seev m Hebrew (Germanized)
Another transcription of Se'ev

Semel m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)

Sha'al m Ancient Hebrew
Derived from the root שאל (shaal) meaning "to ask", as a given name it means "(he has) asked"

Sha'ala f Ancient Hebrew
A feminine form of Sha'al

Sheva f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Possibly short form of Batsheva or Elisheva or other names containing the Hebrew name element שבע meaning "Oath" or simply derived from the biblical word... [more]

Shu'al m Biblical, Ancient Hebrew
Derived from שועל meaning "fox"

Sibba f Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Sybil

Slavik m Russian, Ukrainian
A diminutive of Vyacheslav and other names containing the element Слава (slava) meaning "glory"

Slove f Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Yiddish exclusively feminine form of Slava

Süßkind m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
a variant of Süsskind

Süsskind m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
an archaic variant of Ziskind

Süßmann m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Dithematic early Yiddish name formed from the Middle High German Süß meaning "Sweet" and Mann "Man"

Szterna f Yiddish (Polonized)
a Polonized form of Sterna

Tanhem m Ancient Hebrew
Derived from the Hebrew root נחם (Haham) meaning "to comfort". This name means "(you will) comfort". It was typically given to children around the same time a relative passed.

Tehatna f Ancient Hebrew
meaning unknown but is possibly derived from the root חתן (hatan) meaning "to get married", this name could mean "(you will get her) married"

Teuber m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Masculine form of Taube (See Toiba)

Tsvi m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew צְבִי (see Tzvi).

Úrsola f Medieval Catalan
a variant of Ursola

Vuillerma f Medieval (Latinized), Swiss (Latinized, Archaic), Franco-Provençal (Latinized, Archaic)
a masculine form of Vuillermus which was originally derived from Wilhelm

Vuillermus m Franco-Provençal (Latinized, Archaic)
derived from Wilhelm

Welwel m Yiddish (Polonized)
a variant of Velvel

Wölflein m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
An archaic diminutive of Wolf

Yeshua f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the Hebrew 'ישועה' meaning "salvation"

Yisraela f Hebrew (Rare)
Female varriant of Yisrael

Yosel m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Yossel

Yoselmann m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
an elaboration of Josel combined with the diminutive medieval German suffix mann

Yosl m Yiddish (Rare)
a variant of Yosel (see Yosel influenced by Polish (Yiddish) pronunciation

Yudke m Yiddish (Rare)
A diminutive of Yehudah, making it a masculine equivalent of Yutke.

Yuta f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddishfied variant of the German given name Jutta via the Yiddish transcription יוטא

Zeew m Hebrew (Polonized)
A polonized spelling of Zeev

Zenoida f Obscure

Zerle f Yiddish
a Judeo-German spelling of Zirel

Zinoviia f Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant transliteration of Зіновія (see Zinoviya).

Ziskind m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Means "sweet kid" in Yiddish, derived from Süsskind.

Zusia f Polish
A variant of Zuzia

Zusia m Yiddish
Might be a pet form of Ziskind, Zusman or any male name being in זוס meaning "sweet"

Zyskind m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish transcription of Ziskind