Every Boy Name

Origin

Hebrew boy names

179 boy names of Hebrew origin, with where each is actually given today. Given most today: Noah, Adam, and James.

Hebrew origin here means etymology: where the name comes from, as recorded in Wiktionary. Where a name is given today is a separate question: open a name to see where it is loved, common or rare.

All 179 names

  1. “rest”

  2. “earth, man, soil, light brown”

  3. “possibly holding the heel”

  4. “son of the right/south or son of days”

  5. “God is my judge”

  6. “God is my strong man”

  7. “beloved”

  8. “possibly holding the heel”

  9. “firmness, strong, or long-lived”

  10. “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”

  11. “Yahweh is my god”

  12. “possibly he will join; or priest”

  13. “he laughs, he will laugh”

  14. “God has given”

  15. “who is like God?”

  16. “Yahweh is my god”

  17. “praised”

  18. “Yahweh is gracious”

  19. “gift of the Lord”

  20. “Yahweh is salvation”

  21. “help, succor”

  22. “possibly dog”

  23. “possibly bearer of martyrs”

  24. “(God) shall add”

  25. “possibly holding the heel”

  26. “God is gracious”

  27. “my God is Yahweh”

  28. “gift of the Lord”

  29. “God cures/has healed”

  30. “see, a son”

149 more names
  1. “son of the right/south, or son of days”

  2. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 15 more places.

  3. “my good is YHWH”

  4. “ascent”

  5. “Yahweh has remembered”

  6. “may He heel (via Jacob)”

  7. “dove”

  8. “dove”

  9. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  10. “possibly holding the heel”

  11. “God has given”

  12. “God's gift; or God exists”

  13. “hearkening, listening”

  14. “gift of the Lord (via Matthieu)”

  15. “Jordan (river); possibly "to descend"”

  16. “God cures/has healed”

  17. “possibly bearer of martyrs”

  18. “lion”

  19. “Yahweh (is) God”

  20. “see, a son”

  21. “my God is Yahweh”

  22. “breath, vapor; vanity”

  23. “possibly Yahweh is salvation”

  24. “God is gracious”

  25. “God has given”

  26. “(God) shall add”

  27. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 19 more places.

  28. “hearkening, listening”

  29. “gift of Yahweh”

  30. “possibly holding the heel”

  31. “my good is YHWH”

  32. “perhaps noble”

  33. “who is like Yahweh”

  34. “Yahweh has remembered”

  35. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  36. “my pleasantness”

  37. “gift of Yahweh”

  38. “God strengthens”

  39. “lion of God”

  40. “Yahweh has remembered”

  41. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  42. “Yahweh is gracious”

  43. “who is like God?”

  44. “God has given”

  45. “chosen one, appointed, placed”

  46. “to give birth to”

  47. “treasurer”

  48. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  49. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  50. “gift of Yahweh”

  51. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  52. “he wrestles with God”

  53. “light”

  54. “dog”

  55. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  56. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  57. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  58. “Father is exalted.”

  59. “Yahweh is gracious”

  60. “Yahweh has remembered”

  61. “Yahweh is salvation”

  62. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  63. “gift of Yahweh”

  64. “my God is Yahweh”

  65. “the Lord has remembered”

  66. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  67. “God is with us”

  68. “God hears, God will hear”

  69. “my messenger”

  70. “who is like God?”

  71. “Yahweh exalt”

  72. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  73. “life”

  74. “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”

  75. “Saint James”

  76. “(God) shall add”

  77. “Yahweh has remembered”

  78. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  79. “who is like Yahweh”

  80. “possibly holding the heel”

  81. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  82. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  83. “(God) shall add”

  84. “my God is Yahweh”

  85. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  86. “possibly holding the heel”

  87. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  88. “to be an enemy”

  89. “peace”

  90. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  91. “he who listens to God”

  92. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  93. “gift of the Lord”

  94. “who is like God?”

  95. “Father is exalted.”

  96. “Father is exalted.”

  97. “he will light up”

  98. Rare across France, the UK, Poland, and 18 more places.

  99. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  100. “Yahweh (is) God”

  101. “dove”

  102. “God has given”

  103. “Who is like God?”

  104. “king of light”

  105. “God is my light”

  106. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  107. “gift of Yahweh”

  108. “(God) shall add”

  109. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  110. “who is like God?”

  111. “oak tree”

  112. “possibly holding the heel”

  113. “Yahweh has remembered”

  114. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  115. Rare across France, the UK, Poland, and 18 more places.

  116. “Yahweh is my god”

  117. “gift of the Lord”

  118. “my light”

  119. “gazelle”

  120. “possibly holding the heel”

  121. “God cures/has healed”

  122. “God is my judge”

  123. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  124. “Song of Joy”

  125. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  126. “to be an enemy”

  127. “God strengthens”

  128. “Yahweh (is) God”

  129. “may Yahweh raise up”

  130. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  131. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  132. “who is like God?”

  133. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  134. “God has helped”

  135. “fruitful”

  136. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  137. “El is my lord”

  138. “blessed”

  139. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  140. “son of the right/south or son of days”

  141. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  142. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  143. “God cures/has healed”

  144. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  145. “gift of the Lord”

  146. “prophet's son”

  147. “(God) shall add”

  148. “who is like God?”

  149. “dove”

Other origins

Ranks from official birth statistics; meanings and origins from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). How these figures are computed.

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