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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.

Zipporah

Meaning: bird

Origin:Variation of Tziporah, Hebrew
1345
Bathsheba

Meaning: daughter of an oath

Origin:Hebrew
1715
Rebekah

Meaning: to tie, bind

Origin:Hebrew
1750
Tamar

Meaning: date palm tree

Origin:Hebrew
1005
Hadassah

Meaning: myrtle tree

Origin:Hebrew
1498
Noemi

Meaning: my delight

Origin:Italian and Spanish variation of Naomi
605
Marie

Meaning: drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

Origin:French variation of Mary
604
Eunice

Meaning: good victory

Origin:Greek
1212
Hosanna

Meaning: deliver us

Origin:Hebrew
1579
Rhoda

Meaning: rose

Origin:Greek
1805
Gaius

Meaning: to rejoice

Origin:Latin
635
Barnabas

Meaning: son of consolation

Origin:Aramaic
827
Pontius

Meaning: fifth

Origin:Roman
5108
Jethro

Meaning: excellence

Origin:Hebrew
587
Zeb The meaning of Zeb is ‘a gift of Jehovah’. I...
Origin:Diminutive of Zebediah or Zebulon
1270
Isaiah

Meaning: Salvation of the Lord

Origin:Hebrew
170
Esau

Meaning: hairy

Origin:Hebrew
1415
Urban

Meaning: of the city

Origin:Latin
1975
Matthias

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Aramaic variation of Matthew
260
Josiah

Meaning: God supports, heals

Origin:Hebrew
210