Sephardic Names, Meanings, and their History

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Albala (al-BA-la)

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jewish baby feminine girl sephardic spanish-hebrew hebrew-spanish

albala name meaning

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Ansara (ahn-SAH-rah)

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kenyan-algerian saudi-peruvian tunisian-mozambican urdu-moroccan tunisian-chilean indonesian-mexican malian-syrian

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Ayala (ah-yah-lah)

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spanish-moroccan jewish hebrew spanish hebrew-israeli mexican-moroccan hebrew-mexican

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Baruch (ba-ROOK)

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hebrew-israeli masculine boy baby sephardic male jewish

baruch name meaning

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Kenaan (kə-NAN)

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masculine jewish biblical israeli-hebrew israeli sephardic hebrew

kenaan name meaning

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Linnette (lin-ET)

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romanian-scottish kuwaiti-emirati russian-norwegian tibetan-mexican macedonian-vietnamese serbian-ethiopian peruvian-uruguayan

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Melech (meh-lekh)

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hebrew boy masculine mizrahi jewish male yiddish

melech name meaning

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Naggar (NAH-gahr)

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surname unisex sephardic jewish hebrew-israeli male boy

naggar name meaning

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Shira (SHEE-rah)

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israeli-hebrew hebrew hebrew-israeli feminine baby girl female

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Zipporah (zi-POHR-uh)

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feminine baby female moses girl biblical jewish

zipporah name meaning

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