<p><br></p><h1 class="article-header__title js-article-title js-page-title">The Hebrew Name</h1><div><h3 class="article-header__subtitle">All About Jewish Names</h3> </div><div></div><p class="article-header__teaser hide_for_print g780 no_margin">The Kabbalists say that a person’s destiny is wrapped up in the combination of Hebrew letters that make up his or her name.</p><p> <br></p><div class="body_wrapper clearfix co_body"><div class="g780" id="co_body_container"><div id="ContentBody"><div class=" no_margin"><div class="content"><div class="break_floats"></div><div class="content" id="co_index_container"><div align="center" class="imagetable w96 margin05 widen img500" width="910"><img src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=https%3A%2F%2Fw3.chabad.org%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F1051%2FglRx10519141.jpg" itemprop="image"> </div><co:body xmlns:user="urn:my-scripts" xmlns:co="www1.chabadonline.com/alpha1" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><div class="co_body article-body cf"><div class="container border top_margin bottom_margin"><div class="horizontal_padding bottom_margin"><section><h2>Jewish (Hebrew) Names</h2><p><b><a title="What Is a Jewish Name?" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/260662/jewish/What-Is-a-Jewish-Name.htm"><u><font color="#0066cc">Jewish names</font></u></a></b> are the hallmark of Jewish identity. Jewish parents name their children for <a title="When Did We Start Naming After Ancestors?" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/892352/jewish/When-Did-We-Start-Naming-After-Ancestors.htm, for special events, or choose any Jewish name that they find beautiful. A "><u><font color="#0066cc">(departed) loved ones</font></u></a><b>Jewish boy's</b> name is given at his <a title="Brit Milah: Circumcision" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/144122/jewish/Brit-Milah-Circumcision.htm"><u><font color="#0066cc">circumcision</font></u></a>, and a <b>girl's name</b> is traditionally <a title="Why the Rush to Name Our Girl?" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1391206/jewish/Why-the-Rush-to-Name-Our-Girl.htm shortly after her birth."><u><font color="#0066cc">conferred at the Torah reading</font></u></a></p><div class="co_global_submit top_margin" id="CoButton_wrapper" style="width: auto; margin-left: 15px;"><a title="Popular Jewish (Hebrew) Boy Names" class="button" style="font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3825225/jewish/Popular-Jewish-Hebrew-Boy-Names.htm"><font color="#0066cc">See a List of Boys' Names</font></a></div><div class="co_global_submit top_margin" 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