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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.

Mara

Meaning: bitter

Origin:Hebrew
254
Ruth

Meaning: compassionate friend

Origin:Hebrew
255
Susannah

Meaning: lily

Origin:Hebrew
1030
Tabitha

Meaning: gazelle

Origin:Aramaic
401
Tamara

Meaning: date palm tree

Origin:Hebrew
1080
Salome

Meaning: peace

Origin:Hebrew
629
Cyrus

Meaning: sun

Origin:Persian
19
Lucius

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
57
Rufus

Meaning: red-head

Origin:Latin
174
Darius

Meaning: possessing goodness

Origin:Latin, Greek, Persian
194
Titus

Meaning: title of honour

Origin:Latin, meaning unknown, possibly "title of honour"
220
Cornelius

Meaning: horn

Origin:Latin
228
Thaddeus

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Aramaic, meaning unclear, possibly from Theodore
238
Ethan

Meaning: strong, firm

Origin:Hebrew
13
Levi

Meaning: joined, attached

Origin:Hebrew
71
Samson

Meaning: sun

Origin:Hebrew
420
Zeke

Meaning: God strengthens

Origin:Diminutive of Ezekiel
623
Bartholomew

Meaning: son of the furrow

Origin:Aramaic
141
Lazarus

Meaning: God is my helper

Origin:Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew Eleazar
183
Gideon

Meaning: hewer; or, having a stump for a hand

Origin:Hebrew
68