Shahaf

Shahaf (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.

As a last name

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

Other uses

 * Seagull, a sea bird.