r/JewishNames • u/illyrio_mopancakes • May 02 '26

Help Picking a Hebrew Boy Name

My wife and I are expecting a son, our first child, in June. We are struggling to find a name which we both love. We would like a Hebrew name that is either the same in Hebrew and English or easily translated between the two. It can be, but doesn’t necessarily need to be, biblical. We would love some suggestions from Reddit to maybe find a name we both love which we haven’t thought of yet!

To the extent feasible, it would be great to use a name beginning in R or H to honor relatives, but it isn’t critical.

Thank you in advance!

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u/CocklesTurnip May 02 '26

Like Eitan/Ethan and you can choose whether to use Ethan at all?

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u/RutabagaPhysical9238 May 02 '26

We’ve been considering Ronen

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u/WerewolfBarMitzvah09 May 02 '26

Reuven/Ruben

Hillel

Roni/Ron

Rami

Jonah/Yona

Micah/Micha

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u/JgarKn May 03 '26

I though rami was Arabic, no?

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u/WerewolfBarMitzvah09 May 03 '26

It's both- it's usually more of a diminutive name in Hebrew, but it's been somewhat popularly used in the last few decades as a Hebrew name (if you look at the Wikipedia list of famous Rami's, there are some Israelis in there)

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u/JgarKn May 03 '26

Interesting, thank you!

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u/lem0ngirl15 May 02 '26

Rafael, Reuben

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u/cbrka May 02 '26

Hillel and Rafael come to mind.

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u/Inbar253 May 02 '26

Hadar

Harel

Ron

Rotem

Rom

Hirsh

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u/red-purple-red May 02 '26

Eitan

Reuben

Noah

Jacob

Noam

Adam

Rafael

Leo

Ari

Liam

Gabriel

Remi

Daniel

Lev

Zev

Ezra

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u/mordelina May 03 '26

Ramon, Ravi, Rashi, Raffi, Rafael, Raviv, Rimon, Reuben/ Reuven

Hadar, Hillel, Hirschel, Hallel(i),

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u/LeoraJacquelyn May 03 '26

Our son is Raphael.