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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.

Seraiah

Meaning: Yahweh is ruler

Origin:Hebrew
1881
Hezekiah

Meaning: God gives strength

Origin:Hebrew
1968
Amal

Meaning: laborer

Origin:Hebrew
9520
Haman

Meaning: illustrious

Origin:Persian
9659
Merari

Meaning: bitter

Origin:Hebrew
11949
Abba

Meaning: father

Origin:Hebrew
14088
Heli Heli is a gender-neutral name of Welsh origi...
Origin:Latin variation of Eli, Biblical
14527
Philetus

Meaning: beloved

Origin:Greek
18710
Seth

Meaning: appointed, placed

Origin:Hebrew
385
Joseph

Meaning: Jehovah increases

Origin:Hebrew
436
Mark

Meaning: warlike

Origin:Latin
496
Jesse

Meaning: gift

Origin:Hebrew
264
Cain

Meaning: spear; possessed

Origin:Hebrew
346
Abraham

Meaning: father of multitudes

Origin:Hebrew
621
Eli

Meaning: ascended, uplifted, high

Origin:Hebrew
236
Joachim

Meaning: Established by God

Origin:Hebrew
670
Simeon

Meaning: he [God] has heard

Origin:Hebrew
713
Ishmael

Meaning: God will hear

Origin:Hebrew
1067
Zedekiah

Meaning: the Lord is just

Origin:Hebrew
2791
Jared

Meaning: he descends

Origin:Hebrew
510