Shahaf

Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Hebrew: שחף (Shahaf)
Meaning| Seagull
Region of origin| Israel
Other names
Related names| Shahaf, Seagull.

Shahaf (Hebrew: שחף) is a common Israeli unisex given name. It is seagull in Hebrew, but it also might mean being free, dreamer, power and love of the sea. It was originally masculine, however, in recent years, the name has been given to girls to support the feminist movement.[1]

## As a last name

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* Nahum Shahaf, an Israeli physicist
* Catherine Margaret Shachaf, a biologist and instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine

## Other uses

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* Seagull, a sea bird.

## References

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1. ^ "משמעות השם שחף | פרטי השם שחף | פירוש השם שחף". Shemli. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

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