Comments on: Help This Reader Choose a Hebrew Baby Name

By: mother in israel

mother in israel — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:32 +0000

My daughter’s suggestions, from the dictionary: Hod, Hadar. They are both used. And there is a boy in the neighborhood named Hidai (pronounced he-die).

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:36:35 +0000

We are still stuck on an H name for a boy…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:08:19 +0000

Mazal tov!

We used http://tora.us.fm/tnk1/dmut/ToknLfiDmutGvr.html (in Hebrew) to find a name for one of our sons. It’s just a list of all the names in the tanach (this page is men, but there’s an equivalent female page too), and if you click on the link it tells you who the person was, what they did and where they are mentioned.

Just need to make sure you read carefully who someone was before actually giving the name – it’s a full list including goodies AND baddies…

By: heidi

heidi — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:27:21 +0000

My favorite name is Mosè.

By: Foodbridge

Foodbridge — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:57:25 +0000

I second Ms. Kreiger. I like Harel, it starts with an H although isn’t an ibex, gazelle or baby horse

By: Ms. Krieger

Ms. Krieger — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:22:05 +0000

I like Harel and Hallel…but I would avoid naming my child Hosea. The book of Hosea is very disturbing. It is a lot of baggage to put on a newborn babe!

By: Hillel

Hillel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:19:30 +0000

It seems to be true that there aren’t a lot of boys names that start with H. but here are 2 that nobody mentioned yet:

1)Hillel
2)Hosea

By: mother in israel

mother in israel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:05:47 +0000

Harel is extremely common here, at least in the Orthodox community. One of my sons had three in his class. Don’t know that it’s easy to pronounce in English, though.

By: Abbi

Abbi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:59:39 +0000

I’ve heard Hallel both for boys and girls here. Other than that, not alot of “H” names.

By: Upper West Side Mom

Upper West Side Mom — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:31:29 +0000

My favorite name book is Your Name is Your Blessing – Hebrew Names and Their Mystical Meanings by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Elaine Blech. It’s a great resource and it has some really interesting names.