What is the most common Jewish girl name?

Answer 1

Um.. there are a few.

• Sarah
• Rachel
• Rebbecca
• Miriam

ANSWER#2

Indeed there quite a few! Perhaps some one of the Jewish faith should answer this. However, I will venture to say that Jewish girls may be given any name the parents choose. Fervent Jewish People may choose to name their female children after historically significant females from the Tanach (Jewish Bible). This is a sweeping generalization on my part and I will apologise to those of the Jewish Faith in advance and beg your forgiveness before adding a few more names: Esther, Judith, Sharon and Ruth.

Jewish Answer

Depending on what country the family lives in, a common practice is to give a child (male and female) two sets of names, one set English and one set Hebrew. Another common tradition is to at least base the Hebrew name(s) on close family members who have recently passed away as a way to honour them. Some families choose to use an Anglicised version of the Hebrew name for the English name, others will pick names they just happen to like.

In Israel, just Hebrew names are given and it's not a common practice to use biblical names amongst the secular Jews (majority of Israeli society).

According to Wikipedia, the most common names given to girls in 2009 were:

• Noa
• Shira
• Maya
• Tamar
• Yael
• Talia
• Sarah
• Hila
• Noya
• Michal

Outside of Israel, names often reflect common local names. The exception being that you will not normally see names strongly associated with other religions such as Mary.