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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227 names, most popular first in Northern Ireland

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Timothée Timothée is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God," the French form of Timothy.
Boy French 26,164 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
Asa Asa is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "healer" or "physician".
Boy Hebrew 24,887 births
Sarai Sarai is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the name Abraham's wife carried before God renamed her Sarah.
Girl Hebrew 23,622 births
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 23,362 births
Nehemiah Nehemiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord comforts".
Boy Hebrew 23,337 births
Uriel Uriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my light".
Boy Hebrew 22,898 births
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 22,487 births
Zakaria Zakaria is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered," the Arabic form of Zechariah, who is named in the Quran as the guardian of Maryam.
Boy Arabic 22,325 births
Ismail Ismail is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will hear," the Arabic form of Ishmael, counted in Islam as the ancestor of the Arab peoples.
Boy Arabic 21,958 births
Ezequiel Ezequiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens".
Boy Hebrew 21,774 births
Moshe Moshe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the original form of Moses.
Boy Hebrew 19,869 births
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 19,865 births
Isaias Isaias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation".
Boy Hebrew 18,822 births
Adem Adem is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "man," the Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Adam.
Boy Turkish 16,557 births
Selah Selah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is genuinely unknown.
Girl Hebrew 16,085 births
Azariah Azariah is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has helped".
Unisex Hebrew 15,368 births
Elianna Elianna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God has answered".
Girl Hebrew 14,910 births
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 14,515 births
Salem Salem is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "complete" or "at peace".
Unisex Hebrew 14,043 births
Hawa Hawa is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "living one," the Arabic form of Eve, and in France it arrives from West Africa rather than the Middle East.
Girl Arabic 11,472 births
Sylas Sylas is a boy's name, a respelling of Silas.
Boy Latin 9,905 births
Ilyan Ilyan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, a French spelling of the Arabic and Russian forms of Elijah.
Boy French 9,609 births
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 9,529 births
Jaziel Jaziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God allots" or "God apportions."
Boy Hebrew 9,448 births
Elya Elya is a unisex name of Hebrew origin, a form of Elijah meaning "my God is the Lord."
Girl French 9,447 births
Aziel Aziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from elements meaning strength and God.
Boy Hebrew 9,282 births
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 9,193 births
Haroun Haroun is a boy's name whose meaning has never been settled, the Arabic form of Aaron, brother of Moses.
Boy Arabic 7,175 births
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 6,690 births
Eliam Eliam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God of the people".
Boy Hebrew 6,297 births
Barnaby Barnaby is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "son of consolation."
Boy Aramaic 5,971 births
Tadeo Tadeo is a boy's name, the Spanish form of Thaddeus.
Boy Aramaic 5,944 births
Mattia Mattia is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," the Italian form of Matthias.
Boy Italian 4,434 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

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