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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.

Judah

Meaning: praised

Origin:Hebrew
664
Jericho The meaning of Jericho is 'fragrant' or 'cit...
Origin:Biblical place-name
1068
Beulah

Meaning: married

Origin:Hebrew
1325
Ariel

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Hebrew
841
Carmel

Meaning: garden

Origin:Hebrew
2376
Bethel

Meaning: house of God

Origin:Hebrew
2842
Ephron

Meaning: fawn-like

Origin:Hebrew
3500
Ira

Meaning: watchful one

Origin:Hebrew
259
Jemima

Meaning: dove

Origin:Hebrew
608
Magdalena

Meaning: from Magdala

Origin:Greek
547
Mehitabel

Meaning: God rejoices

Origin:Hebrew
3600
Dinah

Meaning: God will judge

Origin:Hebrew
861
Sapphira

Meaning: sapphire

Origin:Greek variation of Sapphire, Hebrew jewel name
770
Galilee

Meaning: the province

Origin:Hebrew
1684
Selah

Meaning: praise, pause

Origin:Hebrew
272
Leah

Meaning: weary

Origin:Hebrew
286
Martha

Meaning: lady

Origin:Aramaic
433
Neriah

Meaning: light of Jehovah

Origin:Hebrew
4881
Persis

Meaning: Persian woman

Origin:Greek
1900
Damaris

Meaning: dominant woman

Origin:Greek
1919