Israeli non-orthodox Jews are very trendy about naming their kids. Alongside the traditional names, typically in memory of relatives who passed away, every generation has developed the names associated with its times. Another phenomena unique to Israel is unisex names – New and even existing names, which are commonly used for both boys and girls for example Noam and Shir.
| Noam is the most trendy and common name given to Israeli newborns. Yes, 1970 boys and 515 girls were named Noam, which means gentleness. This information was released by the Israeli Bureau of Statistics for the approaching World Children Day coming next Friday.
Nearly half a million children (ages 0 through 17) live in Israel today, about one third of the county’s population. 156,900 were born in 2008. Among popular boys’ names after Noam were Itai, Uri, Daniel, Yehonatan, David, Ido, Moshe, Yosef and Yonatan. Among the popular girls’ names were Shira, Yael, Tamar, Maya, Talyah, Sarah, Hila, Michal and Adi, Lian came in number 12 and Noya 15th. |
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Some contemporary Hebrew names and their meanings
| Meaning in English | How pronounced | Name in Hebrew |
| Song | Shir ♂ ♀ |
שיר |
| Wave | Gal ♂ ♀ |
גל |
| Palm Tree | Tamar ♀ |
תמר |
| Coral | Almog ♂ ♀ |
אלמוג |
| Gift | Matan ♂ |
מתן |
| Gentleness | Noam ♂ ♀ |
נעם |
| Jewel | Adi ♂ ♀ |
עדי |
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