Name: Shraga
Gender: Male
Usage: Shraga is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Shraga are in general originating from Israel.
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Numerology of the first name Shraga: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Shraga is ranked on the 24,654th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 8200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Shraga has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Shraga (Talmudic Aramaic: שרגא) is a Jewish given name (meaning "candle" in Talmudic Aramaic) and may refer to:
- Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus, Polish rabbi and Talmudist of Woydyslaw in the second half of the 17th century
- Shraga Bar (born 1948), former Israeli football defender, who played for the Israel national team between 1968 and 1972
- Shraga Feivish Hager the rebbe of the Kosov Hasidic dynasty, dayan ("rabbinic judge"), and noted orator
- Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948), early leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions such as Torah Vodaath
- Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, the ABD (Town rabbi) of the Jewish community in Gateshead
- Shraga Goren (born 1898), Israeli politician
- Shraga Simmons (born 1961), influential rabbi involved in kiruv (Jewish outreach)
- Shraga Weil (1918–2009), Israeli painter
- Shraga Weinberg (born 1966), Israeli wheelchair tennis player
- Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, (1813–1898), the eldest son of the Divrei Chaim, Rabbi Chaim Halbertam of Sanz
Jewish: Aramaic name meaning ‘fire, lantern’. It is usually paired with the Yiddish equivalent Faivish.
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