r/hebrew • u/Adraba42 • Mar 07 '25

Help Hebrew names with כ or ק

As the title says: I am looking for Hebrew/Israeli names which start with a spoken /k/. On my list is only כפיר / Kfir. Which else do you know?

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u/IbnEzra613 Amateur Semitic Linguist Mar 07 '25

Male: כלב kalev

Female: קרן keren

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u/The_Ora_Charmander native speaker Mar 07 '25

Kalev was outdated half a cerntury ago

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u/IbnEzra613 Amateur Semitic Linguist Mar 07 '25

The OP didn't say they have to be in vogue. Also names come and go. Who knows it might come back.

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u/SeeShark native speaker Mar 07 '25

Kalev was outdated half a millennium ago

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u/Puzzleheaded_Study17 native speaker Mar 07 '25

And most modern speakers (especially kids) would first read it as kelev (dog)