Hebrew girls' names?

[MyLastDuchess]

We are still stuck for a baby name, with DD due any day now.

Any ideas for nice Hebrew names? DP prefers names that sound a bit 'girly' (hmmm) so he will never let me have something like 'Vered' but there must be some other lovely names out there.

Preferably not starting with 'A', either :). Would love to hear your ideas!

[TattyCatty]

Tova or Irit?

[SilentMammoth]

Yael is gorgeous too, but I would spell it Jael.

[SilentMammoth]

Yochaved? (love love love this!!!)

Miriam is lovely.

Elath?

[TessOfTheBaublevilles]

Chenya
Elza

[seventyeight]

Channah
Chaya
Orli
Yael
Tabitha
Jesca
Esther

[Chunkamatic]

Hepzibah would have been my (now imaginary) DD's middle name. I believe it means "my love is in her".

[ValentineWiggins]

Kezia is one I really like! From somewhere biblical (no idea where)...

[maythe4thbewithyou]

Tal/Tali
Gal/Gali
Ella/Elia
Lia/Lihi/Leanne/Lee
Noa/Noya/Noy
Rotem/Lotem
Yara
Yarden(Jordan)
Roni
Maya/Mia
Leora
Avigile (Abigail)
Danielle
Ariel
Dana
Hadassa/Hadas
Shani
Avital
Sarit
Sigal/Sigalit
Ravit
Lilach (Lilac)
Sharona
Avinoam
Adi
Alma
Ayelet/Ayala
Inbal
Inbar (Amber)
Mica
Michal
Rina/Rinat
Corinne
Shiran
Shirelle
Nilli
Yuval
Romy
Amit
Liron
Einat
Lital
Neta
Nitzan
Nava
Carmel
Avivit
Anat
Yasmin (Jasmin)

[MaryAstor]

Eleora

[PandaWatch]

Dalia
Yardena
Carmela
Rona
Kaela

[GrrrArghZzzzYaayforall8nights]

Another vote for Yael!

Serach/Serah,
Bithiah/Bitiah, (I think this is the girliest of them)
Davidyah,
Ketziah,
Ilana,
Nessia,
Shlom Tzion/Salome Alexandra,
Athaliah/Ataliah,
Ayelet,
Elisheva,
Ezrasheva (have seen the last one, I love how it flows though it's likely a mash name rather than traditionally used).

[sweetkitty]

Talia

[LineRunner]

I know (Israelis) a:

Ahuva
Almog
Vardit
Ronni
Sarah
Lina

I like Vardit ('vardeet') best, I think.

[CreamOfTomatoSoup]

Hepzibah.

[GrimmaTheNome]

Hepzibah, Hepsi or Epsi for short.

Or Eppy, as in Silas Marner?

[Blu]

Hepzibah, Hepsi or Epsi for short.

[Caoimhe]

Eliana is gorgeous.

Is Intifada a typo, DrSeuss? No-one would call a child that surely!!!

[Fillybuster]

Sorry, not Tzipporah, I mean "Sephira" which does mean flame.

[Fillybuster]

Shoshana is very dated - a bit 'old lady' these days, and the only Rifkis and Malkis I know are my great aunts!

I like Eliana, Liat, Tamara, Elia.

Or what about Lavannah (new moon) or Tzipporah (flame)?

[DrSeuss]

Abigail?
Zipporah?
Intifada?

[DownTheRabidHole]

Seraphina

You get a year to change the name at the gemeentehuis, ours did it foc after 3 months.

[Runningblue]

Hannah Ruth

[gwenniebee]

Job's daughter was Jemimah (with the h, unlike the puddleduck...). It means dove.

[MrsSchadenfreude]

DD2 was going to be Abigail, but it is pronounced "Avigoyl" in Hebrew (according to her Israeli godmother) which is less pretty.

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Please not Avishag! (DD has a friend called Avishag.)

DD's other friends: Avital (Talli), Noa (several of these), Maayan (nice, but no-one can pronounce; she has given up and goes by May-Anne pronunciation), Shai/Shay (ugh), Ori, Ziv (like this one a lot!), Liana and Ilana (I think these are twins). Also know an Elisheva, Yael, Liora, Tamar, Idit, Zahava (also like this), Ahuva (ugh), Nitza, Tal, Hagit (ugh), Sigalit (better). Oh, and an Esther and a Rivka. And a Ruti.