Hebrew name roots

53 names, with sourced facts.

  • MichaelA male given name from Hebrew.
  • MatthewA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  • JoshuaA male given name from Hebrew.
  • JosephA male given name from Hebrew.
  • JohnA male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
  • JamesA male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
  • ElizabethA female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
  • DavidA male given name from Hebrew.
  • SusanA female given name from Hebrew.
  • SarahA female given name from Hebrew.
  • JessicaA female given name from Hebrew.
  • JacobA male given name from Hebrew.
  • LisaA female given name from Hebrew.
  • JonathanA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  • RuthA female given name from Hebrew.
  • BenjaminA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  • SamuelA male given name from Hebrew.
  • MichelleA female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
  • RebeccaA female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
  • DeborahA female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK.
  • AaronA male given name from Hebrew.
  • SamanthaA female given name from Hebrew.
  • NathanA male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
  • AdamA male given name from Hebrew.
  • RachelA female given name from Hebrew.
  • MariaA female given name from Hebrew.
  • ZacharyA male given name from Hebrew.
  • DebraA female given name from Hebrew popular in the 1950s and the 1960s.
  • MarieA female given name from Hebrew.
  • JordanA unisex given name from Hebrew.
  • NoahA male given name from Hebrew.
  • EthanA male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
  • AnnA female given name from Hebrew.
  • HannahA female given name from Hebrew.
  • JudithA female given name from Hebrew.
  • JeremyA male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
  • JesseA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  • IsabellaA female given name from Hebrew.
  • AbigailA female given name from Hebrew, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
  • JudyA diminutive of the female given name Judith, also used as a formal female given name.
  • ElijahA unisex given name from Hebrew, of chiefly male usage
  • AvaA female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
  • IsaacA male given name from Hebrew.
  • EdnaA female given name from Hebrew.
  • NathanielA male given name from Hebrew.
  • JoelA male given name from Hebrew.
  • JessieA diminutive of the female given name Jessica.
  • MarionA female given name from Hebrew.
  • LeahA female given name from Hebrew.
  • IsaiahA male given name from Hebrew.
  • JeremiahA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  • LeviA male given name from Hebrew.
  • JaredA male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
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This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).