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Modern Jewish names

Names that share a history or a tradition.

16 namesThemed list

  1. Hebrew · Timeless

    Joseph

    “God shall add”

    88Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  2. Hebrew · Timeless

    Deborah

    “bee”

    52UncommonSteady

    >99% girls

  3. Hebrew

    Asher

    “fortunate” · “happy”

    88Very commonRising

    99% boys · 1% girls

  4. Hebrew

    Baruch

    “blessed” · “one who is blessed”

    34RareRising

    >99% boys

  5. Hebrew

    Hyam

    “a giver of life”

    No U.S. birth series

    84% boys · 16% girls

  6. Biblical

    Moshe

    “to give birth to”

    62FamiliarRising

    >99% boys

  7.  

    Shelomo

    “one who is peaceful” · “a peaceful man”

    No U.S. birth series

    95% boys · 5% girls

  8. Biblical

    Issur

    “one who is creative” · “he who strives with God”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  9. Biblical

    Motke

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  10. English · Old-fashioned

    Morton

    “from the town near the moor”

    0Not recently recordedCooling

    >99% boys

  11. English · Old-fashioned

    Milton

    “from the mill town”

    42UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  12. Hebrew · Biblical

    Mordecai

    “devotee of the god Marduk” · “a servant of Marduk, a Babylonian god”

    35RareRising

    >99% boys

  13. Hebrew · Biblical

    Ehud

    “pleasant, sympathetic” · “one who loves and is loved”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  14. Israeli · Shared

    Yael

    “having the strength of God” · “strength of God”

    56FamiliarRising

    65% boys · 35% girls

  15. Hebrew · Modern

    Ilan

    “of the tree”

    42UncommonSteady

    98% boys · 2% girls

  16. Hebrew

    Semadar

    “resembling a berry”

    No U.S. birth series

    63% boys · 37% girls

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