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Aaron to Zadok: Biblical names for your baby

The Bible is the single most influential source in providing first names in the Christian world.  It follows the belief that the name will influence the character of the person, as it says in the Book of Samuel, ‘For, as his name is, so is he’. 

Most of the biblical names have their origins in Hebrew, but some names, like Mark, Peter and Paul, are pre-Christian and come from neighbouring cultures. Following the Reformation there was a greater interest in names from the New Testament, but since the ‘80s Old Testament names have become popular once more. Here are some Bible-based names to inspire your baby naming…

Name Gender Origin Meaning
Aaron Boy Hebrew high mountain or exalted
Abel Boy Hebrew breath
Abidan Boy Hebrew my father is judge
Abigail Girl Hebrew my father is joy
Abijah Boy Hebrew the Lord is my father
Abijah Girl Hebrew the Lord is my father
Abilene Girl Hebrew a New Testament place name
Abner Boy Hebrew my father is light
Abraham Boy Hebrew father of a multitude
Abram Boy Hebrew high father
Adalia Boy Hebrew God is just
Adam Boy Hebrew man or to be red
Adina Girl / Boy Hebrew slender, delicate
Amos Boy Hebrew to carry
Anan Boy Hebrew cloud
Andrew Boy Greek courageous
Anna Girl Latin favoured by God, a prophetess
Ari Boy Hebrew a lion
Ariel Girl / Boy Hebrew a lion of God
Asher Boy Hebrew happy or blessed
Azriel Boy Hebrew help of God
Baruch Boy Hebrew blessed
Benjamin Boy Hebrew son of the south
Barnabas Boy Hebrew son of a prophecy
Bartholomew Boy Hebrew hill, furrow
Bernice Girl Hebrew brings victory
Bethany Girl Hebrew house of figs
Bethel Girl Hebrew house of God , Old Test
Boaz Boy Hebrew swiftness
Candace Girl Latin brilliant clarity
Chloe Girl Greek fresh green shoot
Cyrus Boy Persian the king of Persia who freed the Jews
Daniel Boy Hebrew God is my judge
Dara Boy Hebrew wisdom or compassion
Dara Girl Dara wisdom or compassion
Darius Boy Greek wealthy, name of kings of Persia
Dinah Girl Hebrew judgement
David Boy Hebrew beloved 
Deborah Girl Hebrew bee, an industrious woman
Dinah Girl Hebrew judged
Ebenezer Boy Hebrew stone of help
Eden Girl / Boy Hebrew place of pleasure
Edna Girl Hebrew pleasure, my God is my oath 
Elam Boy Hebrew hidden
Eli Boy Hebrew height or ascension
Elijah Boy Hebrew the Lord is God
Elisha Boy Hebrew God is my salvation
Elizabeth Girl Hebrew Consecrated to God
Emmanuel Boy Hebrew God is with us
Enoch Boy Hebrew dedicated
Ephraim Boy Hebrew fruitful
Esther Girl Hebrew a star
Ethan Boy Hebrew solid, enduring
Eunice Girl Greek victorious
Eve Girl Hebrew to breathe
Ezekiel Boy Hebrew God strengthens           
Ezra Boy Hebrew the helper
Felix Boy Latin happy and successful
Freyde Girl Hebrew joy
Gabriel Boy Hebrew strong man of God
Gideon Boy Hebrew feller or hewer
Hanan Boy Hebrew gracious
Hannah Girl Hebrew favour or grace
Hillel Boy Hebrew the praised one
Hosanna Girl / Boy Hebrew a religious expression meaning ‘deliver us’
Immanuel Boy Hebrew form of Emmanuel in some trans of OT
Ira Boy Hebrew watchful, vigilant
Isaac Boy Hebrew the laughing one
Isaiah Boy Hebrew God is salvation
Ishmael Boy Hebrew God will hear
Jachin Boy Hebrew he establishes
Jacob Boy Hebrew held by the heel
James Boy Latin may god protect
Jamin Boy Hebrew right hand
Jared Boy Hebrew descent
Jayden
Jadon 		Boy Hebrew thankful
Javan Boy Hebrew angel of Greece
Jemima Girl Hebrew dove
Jeremiah Boy Hebrew appointed by God
Jericho Boy Hebrew town mentioned in the Old Testament
Jesse Boy Hebrew God’s gift
Jethro Boy Hebrew abundance
Joel Boy Hebrew God is willing
John Boy Hebrew God is gracious
Jonah Boy Hebrew  a dove, man of peace
Jonathan Boy Hebrew God has given
Jordan Girl / Boy Hebrew flowing down, river Jordan
Joseph Boy Hebrew God shall add
Joshua Boy Hebrew God is salvation
Josiah Boy Hebrew God heals
Judith Girl Hebrew a woman from Judea
Kenan Boy Hebrew possession
Leah Girl Hebrew weary, burdened
Levi Boy Hebrew united
Lillian Girl English consecrated to God
Lois Girl Greek agreeable
Luke Boy Greek man from Lucania
Lydia Girl Greek a woman from Lydia
Magdalene Girl Englih a woman from Magdala
Mara Girl Hebrew bitter
Mark Boy Latin from the name ‘Marcus’, god of war
Martha Girl Aramaic mistress of the house    
Mary Girl Hebrew wished for child’
Marnina Girl Hebrew rejoice
Matthew Boy Hebrew a gift of God
Matthias Boy Greek gift of God
Maya Girl Latin the great one
Menachem
Menahem
Mendel 		Boy Hebrew the comforter
Mary
Miriam 		Girl Hebrew wished for child
Michael Boy Hebrew like the Lord
Mordecai Boy Persian servant of Marduk
Moses
Moshe 		Boy Egyptian drawn out of the water
Naomi Girl Hebrew pleasant
Nathan
Nathaniel 		Boy Hebrew the gift of God
Neriah Girl Hebrew lamp of God
Nissa Girl Hebrew sign
Noah Boy Hebrew rest, peace
Ophrah Girl       Hebrew a fawn, a lively maiden
Oran
Oren 		Boy Hebrew a pine tree
Paul Boy Latin small or humble
Persis Girl       Latin a woman from Persia
Peter Boy      Greek a stone or rock
Philip Boy      Greek lover of horses
Phoebe Girl       Greek radiant, bright
Rachel Girl Hebrew an ewe
Raphael Boy      Hebrew God has healed
Rebecca
Reba    		Girl Hebrew a knotted cord
Reuben Boy Hebrew Behold a son
Rhoda Girl       Greek a rose, a woman from Rhodes
Ron Girl / Boy Hebrew song, joy
Rufus Boy      Latin     red-haired
Ruth Girl       Hebrew beautiful and compassionate
Salome Girl       Aramaic peace
Samson Boy      Hebrew of the sun, strong man
Samuel Boy      Hebrew asked of God
Sapphira Girl Greek deep blue; a gemstone
Sarah Girl       Hebrew a lady or princess
Saul Boy Hebrew asked for or prayed for
Seth Boy      Hebrew appointed one
Shayna Girl Jewish beautiful
Shalom Boy Hebrew peace
Sharon Girl & Boy Hebrew a flat plain
Sheba Girl Greek a woman of Sheba
Shelah Girl Hebrew request
Shimon
Simon 		Boy Hebrew the listener
Solomon
Sol
Solly 		Boy Hebrew wise and peaceful
Stephen Boy Greek a crown or garland
Susanna Girl Hebrew a lily
Sofia Girl Greek wisdom
Tabitha Girl       Aramaic a doe or gazelle
Tamara Girl       Hebrew a palm tree
Teman Boy Hebrew right hand, south
Thomas Boy Greek a twin
Timon Boy Greek honour, esteem
Timothy Boy Greek honouring God
Tobias Boy Hebrew God is good
Uriel
Uri 		Boy Hebrew God is my light
Yochanan Boy      hebrew God is gracious
Zachariah
Zachary 		Boy Hebrew the Lord has remembered
Zadok Boy Hebrew just, righteous

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