Biblical Names

Names borne by someone in the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament. Being in the text is not the same as being a hero of it — several popular biblical names belong to minor, ambiguous or badly behaved figures.

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235 names, most popular first in the United States

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Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.
Boy Hebrew #89 in US
Sarah Sarah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
Girl Hebrew #90 in US
Micah Micah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "who is like Yahweh?" — a rhetorical question expecting the answer that nobody is.
Unisex Hebrew #90 in US
Lydia Lydia is a girl's name meaning "woman from Lydia," an ancient kingdom in what is now western Turkey.
Girl Greek #92 in US
Jose Jose is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph.
Boy Hebrew #95 in US
Eithan Eithan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm" or "enduring," a variant spelling of Ethan closer to the Hebrew Eitan.
Boy Hebrew #97 in US
Adam Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "ground," from adamah.
Boy Hebrew #101 in US
Eli Eli is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "ascent" or "my God," depending on which Hebrew name it represents.
Boy Hebrew #104 in US
Gabriella Gabriella is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the Italian feminine of Gabriel.
Girl Hebrew #105 in US
Anna Anna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
Girl Hebrew #107 in US
Esther Esther is a girl's name usually connected to the Persian word for star, and possibly to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
Girl Persian #119 in US
Giovanni Giovanni is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the Italian form of John.
Boy Hebrew #123 in US
Mary Mary is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning has never been settled.
Girl Hebrew #125 in US
Jonah Jonah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dove," from Yonah.
Boy Hebrew #128 in US
Jordan Jordan is a name from the river, whose Hebrew name Yarden means "to descend" or "flow down" — the Jordan drops sharply from its source to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth's land surface.
Unisex Hebrew #131 in US
Malachi Malachi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger."
Boy Hebrew #134 in US
Nathaniel Nathaniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Boy Hebrew #140 in US
Matteo Matteo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Boy Hebrew #146 in US
Jude Jude is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised" or "thanks."
Boy Hebrew #155 in US
Phoebe Phoebe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bright" or "radiant."
Girl Greek #157 in US
Matias Matias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Boy Hebrew #170 in US
Ruth Ruth is a girl's name of Hebrew origin usually given as "companion" or "friend," though the derivation is not secure.
Girl Hebrew #173 in US
Judah Judah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised."
Boy Hebrew #178 in US
Emmanuel Emmanuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is with us."
Boy Hebrew #179 in US
Jesse Jesse is a name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is debated.
Boy Hebrew #184 in US
Aziel Aziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from elements meaning strength and God.
Boy Hebrew #186 in US
Peter Peter is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "rock."
Boy Greek #187 in US
Jaziel Jaziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God allots" or "God apportions."
Boy Hebrew #198 in US
Lia Lia is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Italian and Portuguese form of Leah — whose own meaning is disputed between "weary" and "wild cow," neither of them especially flattering.
Girl Hebrew #200 in US
Timothy Timothy is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God."
Boy Greek #203 in US
Abraham Abraham is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."
Boy Hebrew #210 in US
Malakai Malakai is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger".
Boy Hebrew #213 in US
Zachary Zachary is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered."
Boy Hebrew #216 in US
Selah Selah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is unknown.
Girl Hebrew #216 in US
Rafael Rafael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God heals."
Boy Hebrew #218 in US
Elianna Elianna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God has answered".
Girl Hebrew #218 in US
Joel Joel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin that joins two names for God, and the prophet's book supplied the line quoted at Pentecost.
Boy Hebrew #219 in US
Elise Elise is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a short form of Elizabeth.
Girl French #223 in US
Noa Noa is a unisex name with two separate origins: a Hebrew girls' name meaning "movement," borne by one of the daughters of Zelophehad, and a short form of Noah.
Unisex Hebrew #226 in US
Simon Simon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he has heard," borne by the apostle Peter before his renaming.
Boy Hebrew #230 in US
Abel Abel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "breath" or "vapour."
Boy Hebrew #231 in US
Mark Mark is a boy's name of Latin origin, most likely meaning "of Mars," borne by the evangelist who wrote the earliest gospel.
Boy Latin #245 in US
Ana Ana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "favor" or "grace," and it is the form of Anna used across Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic Europe.
Girl Hebrew #245 in US
Miriam Miriam is the origin of Mary, Maria, Marie, Maureen, Marion and Molly — the largest name family in Europe — and it still charts in all seven markets, with its top four inside 46 places of each other.
Girl Hebrew #246 in US
Rachel Rachel is a girl's name from Hebrew meaning ewe, borne by Jacob's wife in Genesis.
Girl Hebrew #250 in US
Faith Faith is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "trust" or "belief," one of the virtue names the Puritans put into use in the sixteenth century.
Girl English #254 in US
Paul Paul is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "small" or "humble," borne by the apostle whose letters shaped Christian doctrine.
Boy Latin #262 in US
Ismael Ismael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will hear," the son of Abraham and Hagar and a prophet in Islam.
Boy Arabic #263 in US

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