Hebrew Names For Girls

Zahava

Zahava means "gold." (variation: Zahavit Zehava)

Zissel

Zissel means "sweet" in Yiddish. (variations: Sissel, Cecilia)

Yocheved

Yocheved means "God's honor." Yocheved appears in the Bible as the mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam. (Exodus 6:20)

Yiskah

Yiskah means "to gaze." Yiskah appears in the Bible as the niece of Abraham (Genesis 11:29). Tradition says that Yiskah was another name for Sarah, so called because she "gazed" with prophetic inspiration, and because others "gazed" at her beauty.

Yehudit

Yehudit means "praise." Yehudit appears as a hero of the Chanukah story who bravely killed the enemy general. (variation: Judith)

Yardena

Yardena means "to flow down," in reference to the Jordan (Yarden) River. (variation: Jordana)

Yaffa

Yaffa means "beautiful." In kabbalah, Yaffa has the same numeric value (95) as Malka, queen. (variation: Jaffa)

Yakova

Yakova is the feminine form of Yaakov (Jacob), meaning "held by the heel." Yaakov was the father of the 12 tribes of Israel (Genesis 25:26). (variation: Jacoba)

Yael

Yael means "to ascend" and "mountain goat." Yael appears in the Bible as the hero who saved the Jewish people by bravely killing the enemy general. (Judges ch. 4) (variations: Jael, Yaela)

Uriella

Uriella means "light of God."

Vered

Vered means "rose" in Aramaic, the language of the Talmud. (variations: Varda, Vardit)

Tzviya

Tzviya means "deer, gazelle." The name is often associated with the biblical Naftali, who is compared to a swift deer (Genesis 49:21).