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Biblical Baby Names

Biblical baby names have been in style since the 1960s, when parents started to revive such boy names from the bible as Samuel and Joshua, Aaron and Adam. Over the decades, biblical names for both boys and girls have become popular. Noah and Jacob have both held the top spot for baby boy names in recent years.

Along with Noah and Jacob, other biblical baby names in the US Top 50 include Ethan, Abigail, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Samuel, Elijah, Hannah, and Leah. The Bible is full of historic hidden gems, such as Tirzah, Jethro, Zilla, and Boaz.

More recently, Biblical prophet names like Abraham and Moses, long thought too antiquated for babies, have been resurrected, as parents look deeper and deeper into the Bible in search of more unique bible names. Here is the full complement of biblical baby names, both popular and unique, in use today.

Jedidiah

Meaning: beloved of the Lord

Origin:Hebrew
645
Zachariah

Meaning: the Lord has remembered

Origin:Hebrew, form of Zechariah
700
Azariah

Meaning: helped by God

Origin: Hebrew
917
Ebenezer

Meaning: stone of help

Origin:Hebrew
943
Lemuel

Meaning: devoted to God

Origin:Hebrew
829
Hiram

Meaning: brother of the exalted one

Origin:Hebrew
875
Omar

Meaning: flourishing, thriving; eloquent

Origin:Arabic, Hebrew
1139
David

Meaning: beloved

Origin:Hebrew
337
Eder

Meaning: handsome

Origin:Basque
3450
Abner

Meaning: father of light.

Origin:Hebrew
615
Saul

Meaning: prayed for

Origin:Hebrew
818
Jotham

Meaning: the Lord is perfect

Origin:Hebrew
2811
Elihu

Meaning: Jehovah is God

Origin:Hebrew
2931
Zebulon

Meaning: exaltation or little dwelling

Origin:Hebrew
894
Justus

Meaning: just

Origin:Latin
1081
Origin:Hebrew, variation of Judah
0
Elon

Meaning: oak tree

Origin:Hebrew
2116
Solomon

Meaning: peace

Origin:Hebrew
320
Ami

Meaning: trustworthy, reliable

Origin:Hebrew
5139
Jerusha

Meaning: inheritance

Origin:Hebrew
1838