|
| |
L
| Label |
A
pet form of the Yiddish name Leib, meaning “lion.” |
| Lazer |
A
Yiddish form of Eliezer. |
| Leib |
A
Yiddish form of the German name Loeb, meaning “lion.” |
| Leibel |
A
pet form of Leib. |
| Lemech |
Origin
and meaning uncertain. Probably a short Hebrew form of an Akkadian
name. In the Bible (Genesis 4:19), a descendant of Cain. |
| Lemel |
From
the Yiddish, meaning “little lamb” or “meek.” |
| Leor |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “light.” |
| Lev |
Either
from the Hebrew, meaning “heart,” or from the Yiddish, maning
“lion.” |
| Levi |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “joined to” or “attendant upon.” In the
Bible (Genesis 29:34), the son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Lezer |
A
Yiddish form of Eliezer. |
| Li-Or |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “light is mine” or “ I have light. |
| Leob |
From
the German, meaning “lion.” Jews use it as a middle name with
Judah because of the Biblical comparision of Judah to a lion (Genesis
49:9). |
M
| Macabee, Maccabee |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “hammer.” |
| Maimon |
From
the Arabic, meaning “luck, good fortune.” Moses ben Maimon (also
known as Maimonides) was a Jewish philosopher who lived from 1135 to 1204. |
| Manasseh |
An
Anglicized form of Menashe. |
| Mannes |
A
variant form of Mann. |
| Manoach |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “rest, resting place.” In the Bible (Judges
13:2), the father of Samson. |
| Mashiach |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “messiah, anointed one.” |
| Matanya. |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “gift of God.” In the Bible (ll Kings
24:17), the earlier name of King Zedekiah. |
| Matanyahu |
A
variant form of Matanya. In the Bible (l Chronicles 25:4), a son of
Herman, one of King David’s musicians. |
| Mati |
A
pet form of Mattathias. |
| Matitya, Matityah - |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “gift of God.” In the Bible (Ezra 10:43,
Nehemiah 8:4)), contemporaries of Ezra and Nehemiah. |
| Matityahu |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “gift of God.” |
| Matzliach |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “victorious, successful.” |
| Mazal |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “star” or “luck.” |
| Meigein |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “to protect, protector.” |
| Meir |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “one who brightens or shines.” In the Tamud
(Yevamot 62b), a leading second-century scholar, the most brilliant of
Rabbi Akiba’s students. |
| Meiri |
A
variant form of Meir. |
| Mei-Zahav |
Mei-Zahav
- From the Hebrew, meaning “golden water.” In the Bible (Genesis
36:39), an Edomite. |
| Melech |
Melech
- From the Hebrew, meaning “king.” In the Bible (l Chronicles
8:35), a member of the tribe of Benjamin and a descendant of King Saul. |
| Menachem |
Menachem
- From the Hebrew, meaning “comforter.” In the Bible (ll Kings
15:14), a king of Israel notorious for his cruelty. |
| Menashe |
Menashe
- From the Hebrew, meaning “causing to forget.” In the Bible
(Genesis 41:51), the eldest son of Joseph and the brother of Ephraim. |
| Mendel |
Mendel
– From the Middle English menden, meaning “to repair, to amend.”
Probably an occupational name for one who does general repairs.
Also, a Yiddish name derived from Menachem. |
| Micha |
Micha
- From the Hebrew, meaning “Who is like God?” A short form of
Michael. In the Bible (Micah 1:1), one of the twelve Minor Prophets
who prophesized in the latter part of the eight century B.C.E. |
| Michael |
Michael
- From the Hebrew, meaning “Who is like God?” In the Bible
(Numbers 13:13), a member of the tribe of Asher. |
| Mordechai |
Mordechai
– From the Persian and Babylonian, meaning “warrior, warlike.”
In the Bible (Esther 2:5) Mordechai was the cousin of Queen Esther, who
saved the Jews of Persia from Haman’s plot to exterminate them. |
| Moshe |
Moshe
- From the Hebrew, meaning “drawn out (of the water).” In the
Bible (Exodus 2:10), the leader who brought the Israelites out of bondage
in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land. |
|
