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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.

Deborah

Meaning: bee

Origin:Hebrew
615
Sarai

Meaning: princess

Origin:Hebrew
762
Dorcas

Meaning: doe, gazelle

Origin:Greek
792
Bernice

Meaning: she who brings victory

Origin:Greek
906
Candace

Meaning: white, pure, sincere

Origin:Latin
1146
Adah

Meaning: ornament

Origin:Hebrew
1294
Elisheva

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Hebrew
1381
Berenice

Meaning: she who brings victory

Origin:Greek
1543
Adina

Meaning: slender, delicate

Origin:Hebrew
1566
Yael

Meaning: ibex

Origin:Hebrew
1577
Talitha

Meaning: little girl

Origin:Aramaic
1617
Havilah

Meaning: to dance

Origin:Hebrew
8508
Havilah

Meaning: stretch of sand

Origin:Biblical place-name
1665
Elisha

Meaning: God is my salvation

Origin:Variant of Alicia or Hebrew
3249
Elisha

Meaning: God is my salvation

Origin:Hebrew
2312
Tryphosa

Meaning: softness, delicacy

Origin:Greek
3747
Tryphena

Meaning: softness, delicacy

Origin:Greek
3921
Prisca

Meaning: ancient

Origin:Latin
4317
Phebe

Meaning: born on Friday

Origin:Akan, Ghanaian
4827
Shifra

Meaning: handsome, good

Origin:Hebrew
4831