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Hillel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hillel

[ 2 syll. hil-lel, hi-ll-el ] The boy name Hillel is pronounced as HHIHLEHL KEY. Hillel is mainly used in Hebrew and it is also of Hebrew origin. Hillel is of the meaning to praise.

Hillel is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Hillel include the English Haley, the name Halil, the English Halley, the Hawaiian Hau'oli, the Arabic Hilal, the name Hilel, the English Holley, the English Holly, the Welsh and English Howell, the Welsh Hywel, the Welsh Hywell, the Amharic Haile, the English Hal, the English and Hawaiian Hale, the English Hall, the Hawaiian Halola, the Spanish Helio, the English Hill, the English Hoyle, and the Spanish Julio.

KEY: English pronunciation for Hillel: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Hillel