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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Sammy Sammy means God has heard, or possibly name of God — the Hebrew admits both readings, and the Bible's own explanation of Samuel uses a pun on asking that fits neither.
Boy Hebrew #1,864 in US
Dan Dan means he judged, and it is a full Hebrew name in its own right before it is short for Daniel — one of Jacob's twelve sons, and the tribe that gave its name to the northern border of Israel.
Boy Hebrew #1,972 in US
Younes Younes is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dove," the Arabic form of Jonah, who is named in the Quran and given a sura of his own.
Boy Arabic #2,140 in US
Ayoub Ayoub is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the Arabic form of Job, and the name is a byword for endurance in both traditions.
Boy Arabic #2,241 in US
Eliott Eliott is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God," a French spelling of Elliot that descends from Elijah.
Boy French #2,314 in US
Eunice Eunice means good victory, and she is named in the New Testament as Timothy's mother — one of very few women whose faith Paul credits by name, alongside her own mother Lois.
Girl Greek #2,365 in US
Suzanne Suzanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily," from shoshannah.
Girl French #2,401 in US
Edna Edna is a girl's name from a Hebrew word meaning delight, and it shares its root with Eden.
Girl Hebrew #2,469 in US
Zach Zach is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered," a short form of Zachary that has become a full name in its own right.
Boy Hebrew #2,502 in US
Bennie Bennie means son of the right hand, and Jacob renamed the child to get there — his dying mother called him son of my sorrow, and his father would not let the name stand.
Unisex Hebrew #2,528 in US
Yanis Yanis is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," a French spelling of the Greek Yannis and so a form of John.
Boy French #2,565 in US
Eoin Eoin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the older of Irish's two forms of John, taken directly from Latin rather than through Norman French.
Boy Irish #2,804 in US
Moussa Moussa is a boy's name meaning "drawn out of the water," the Arabic form of Moses, who is named more often in the Quran than any other prophet.
Boy Arabic #3,117 in US
Zac Zac is a boy's name, the short form of Zachary, from a Hebrew name meaning the Lord has remembered.
Boy Hebrew #3,187 in US
Candace Candace is a job title mistaken for a name — Kandake was the word for the queen mother of Kush, and Acts uses it as though it were personal, so a Sudanese royal office became an American given name.
Girl English #3,205 in US
Noémie Noémie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness," borne by a woman in the Book of Ruth who asks to be called the opposite.
Girl French #3,307 in US
Mathis Mathis is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," a French form of Matthias.
Boy French #3,318 in US
Beth Beth is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a short form of Elizabeth, and the seven in the Hebrew is the same idea as the oath.
Girl English #3,441 in US
Elie Elie means my God is the Lord, and it is a declaration aimed at a rival — the prophet's whole career is a contest against Baal, and his name states the winning side before he opens his mouth.
Boy French #3,566 in US
Timothée Timothée is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God," the French form of Timothy.
Boy French #3,768 in US
Bernice Bernice is a girl's name meaning bringer of victory, and it is the same name as Veronica — both descend from the Greek Berenike by different routes.
Girl Greek #4,081 in US
Elya Elya is a unisex name of Hebrew origin, a form of Elijah meaning "my God is the Lord."
Girl French #4,325 in US
Mattia Mattia is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," the Italian form of Matthias.
Boy Italian #4,358 in US
Adem Adem is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "man," the Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Adam.
Boy Turkish #4,491 in US
Haroun Haroun is a boy's name whose meaning has never been settled, the Arabic form of Aaron, brother of Moses.
Boy Arabic #4,707 in US
Souleymane Souleymane is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "peace," the West African form of Solomon, and it ranks 142nd in France.
Boy Arabic #4,865 in US
Rachael Rachael respells Rachel, meaning ewe, and the animal is the point — Rachel is a shepherd in Genesis, and Jacob works fourteen years for her, which is one of the longest courtships in scripture.
Girl Hebrew #4,997 in US
Candice Candice is not a name but a title — Kandake was the word for the queen mother of Kush, and Acts records one without naming her, so a royal office became a personal name by misreading.
Girl English #5,134 in US
Ilyan Ilyan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, a French spelling of the Arabic and Russian forms of Elijah.
Boy French #5,493 in US
Beulah Beulah means married, and it is a place before it is a person — Isaiah calls the restored land Beulah, and Bunyan turned it into the country just short of heaven in Pilgrim's Progress.
Girl Hebrew #6,031 in US
Djibril Djibril is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the West African form of Gabriel — the angel who brought the Quran to Muhammad.
Boy Arabic #6,532 in US
Jerusalem Jerusalem is a rare unisex name taken from the holy city.
Unisex Hebrew #7,489 in US
Éabha Éabha is a girl's name of Irish origin, the Irish form of Eve, meaning "life" or "living one."
Girl Irish #7,560 in US
Gaspard Gaspard is a boy's name meaning "treasurer," the French form of Caspar, traditionally one of the three Magi.
Boy French #9,016 in US
Barnaby Barnaby is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "son of consolation."
Boy Aramaic #12,472 in US
Raphaëlle Raphaëlle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God heals," the French feminine of Raphaël, and the archangel it names is the one who travels in disguise.
Girl French #12,560 in US
Marthe Marthe means the lady, and it is one of very few widely used names that came into European use from Aramaic rather than Hebrew, Greek or Latin.
Girl French 123,291 births
Baptiste Baptiste is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "one who immerses," taken from the title of John the Baptist rather than from a name.
Boy French 108,549 births
Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste means John the dipper, and the second half is a job description — baptizein is the ordinary Greek for dipping something in liquid, so the title says plainly what he did in the river.
Boy French 49,373 births
Yoann Yoann is a French respelling of one of the most widely borne names in history — John, whose forms include Ian, Sean, Juan, Ivan, Giovanni, Jens and Hans, all from one Hebrew sentence.
Boy French 43,069 births
Ilyes Ilyes is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the Arabic form of Elijah, who is named in the Quran as a prophet who called his people away from Baal.
Boy Arabic 25,028 births
Souleyman Souleyman is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "peace," a shorter French spelling of the Arabic Sulayman.
Boy Arabic 4,268 births
Osee Osee is a rare name, the Greek and older Catholic form of the Hebrew prophet's name Hosea.
Unisex Hebrew, Greek 36 births

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