Jewish Names for Boys

There are 14 Jewish names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Jewish names 1 to 14. Samuel was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Hebrew Eli, the English Israel, the English, German, and Hungarian Saul, the English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic Solomon, and the English, French, German, and Hebrew name, Raphael. The unusual Jewish names are Chayim (Hebrew), Ilan (Hebrew), Isidore (English and French), Jehovah (English), Lilith (German), Menahem (Hebrew), Moreno (German, Italian, Slavic, and Spanish), and Nahum (English, German, and Hebrew).

Jewish names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1960s. At the recent height of their usage in 2005, 0.965% of baby boys were given Jewish names. There were 6 Jewish names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2007, 6 Jewish names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.924%. Within all Jewish names, the English, French, and German Samuel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #25 and a usage of 0.6003%.

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Chayim ... life ... Jewish tradition and the Kaballah, the name helps ...

Eli 130 ... height, ascension ... a short form of various Jewish names starting with the ...

Ilan ... tree ...Ilan is a modern Jewish name. ...

Isidore ... gift of Isis ... equivalent of the Jewish Isaiah then, but by the ...

Israel 205 ... he who struggles with ... but is today mostly a Jewish name. ...

Jehovah ... I am who is ... unfamiliar with the Jewish tradition of using ...

Lilith ... of the night ... apocryphal texts, Jewish and Islamic lore, Lilith ...

Menahem ... comforter ... widely used in the Jewish community ...

Moreno ... brown, brown-haired ... Spanish, Portuguese and Jewish surname, itself ...

Nahum ... comforter ... been popular within the Jewish community; among ...

Raphael 705 ... God has healed ... medieval use was mainly Jewish, before its widespread ...

Samuel 25 ... God has heard; asked ... traditionally been a Jewish name; it was later ...

Saul 309 ... asked for, prayed for ... as the original Jewish name of the apostle ...

Solomon 456 ... man of peace ... has traditionally been Jewish; it was first adopted ...