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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.

Asher

Meaning: fortunate, blessed, happy one

Origin:Hebrew
53
Isaac

Meaning: laughter

Origin:Hebrew
60
Silas

Meaning: of the forest; or prayed for

Origin:Aramaic, Latin, Greek
4
Tobias

Meaning: God is good

Origin:Greek from Hebrew
31
Caleb

Meaning: devotion to God

Origin:Hebrew
28
Zachary

Meaning: the Lord has remembered

Origin:Hebrew
30
Nathaniel

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Hebrew
41
Raphael

Meaning: God has healed

Origin:Hebrew
70
Ezekiel

Meaning: God strengthens

Origin:Hebrew
89
Philip

Meaning: lover of horses

Origin:Greek
153
Jonah

Meaning: dove

Origin:Hebrew
169
Barnaby

Meaning: son of consolation

Origin:English variation of Barnabas, Aramaic
349
Gabriel

Meaning: God is my strength

Origin:Hebrew
138
Aziel

Meaning: God is my strength

Origin:Hebrew
79
Abel

Meaning: breath

Origin:Hebrew
156
Moses

Meaning: delivered from the water

Origin:Egyptian
817
Malachi

Meaning: my messenger

Origin:Hebrew
95
Elijah

Meaning: Yahweh is God

Origin:Hebrew
136
Micah

Meaning: who is like the Lord

Origin:Hebrew
143
Joel

Meaning: Jehovah is his God

Origin:Hebrew
254