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.
12 names, very rare — fewer than 25 babies a year, in the United States
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Barnaby Barnaby is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "son of consolation."Boy Aramaic 5 in 2025
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