Hebrew boy names suggestions please!

[Stevie77]

As only like girl names, and oops, it's apparently a boy!

Must be pronounced the same in Hebrew and English, for example, sister's name is Ella.

No Adam or Ben or really old fashioned biblical names like Ezra. What do you think about Ori? Easy to say in English?

Thankfully we have time to decide and think about it!

all these names and no Benjamin yet?!

how do you pronounce Ori then? I'm stressing the O which is short in my mind. Is that right?

In the OP she said no to Adam or Ben

Jacob/Jake?

Jacob would be Yaacov in Hebrew, BurberryQ and the OP said she specifically wants a name pronounced the same in both languages!

That said, I do know an Israeli Yaacov, who goes by Kobi in Israel and Jake in the UK, although Kobi would be a pretty cool name in English, too

Alon then? except it might turn into 'Alan' in the UK which would not be a good thing...

Samuel is nice it can be shortened to sam, or daniel which in hebrew should really be doniel but plenty of people just use daniel, or if you want something thats not too Jewish sounding how about Alexander (alex for short) a lot of people don't realise but actually it's a jewish name...

I would be having the same problem if I was you as all the names I've mentioned that I like are close family members! Luckily I had a girl....

I'm not aware of it.

"Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "??????????" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men"[1] or "protector of men", a compound of the verb "?????" (alex?), "to ward off, to avert, to defend"[2] and the noun "??????" (andros), genitive of "????" (an?r), "man".

/From Wiki)

What is the Hebrew connection?

birdbrain I like your suggestions, mainly as they are the ones I've thought of too. I like names that can sound cute so Daniel/Dan/Danny, Sam/Sammy because for girls I like Lilly, Ruby etc.

ZZZenagain Yes, the 'O' in Ori is short just like you said.

Thanks everyone else, feel free to add suggestions.

ZZZenagain yes your right it has greek origins, but many years ago when the greeks ruled over the Jews in the land of Israel (google hannuka story for more details) the Jews 'adopted' various greek practices and the name alexander became a popular Jewish name and it is accepted as a 'hebrew' name that can be used for religious occasions like being called up to read from the torah etc...

oops just checked up my jewish history is a bit rusty (been a while since I learnt it in school!!)
here is what is says on aish website (an educational Jewish website)

This name originated with Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia. The Talmud relates that upon meeting the High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem, Alexander dismounted and bowed to him. (Alexander rarely, if ever, bowed to anyone.) Alexander explained that he had seen the High Priest in a dream, which he interpreted as a good omen. Alexander thus peacefully absorbed the Land of Israel into his growing empire. In tribute, the Sages decreed that Jewish boys born that year (333 BCE) be named Alexander. It remains a popular Jewish name today. (variation: Sendor)

Boaz

interesting birdbrain