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Are there any unusual biblical names or are they all really popular- eg. adam, Jacob, Mary etc

a friend named her daughter Keziah, apparently an OT name. Quite like it. Like Naomi too.

there are loads of Biblical names not used, but they are probably not very fashionable.

Thanks Ruty- at the risk of sounding stupid- what is OT?

Old Testament!

Found this:

www.associatedcontent.com/article/339541/unique_biblical_names_for_baby.html?cat=25

(Have never done a link on here before, so hope it works!!)

OT, of course

Thanks wibblypigrocks.

Ezra
Ezekiel
Job
Asher

Elijah
Noah
Shem
Enoch
Ruth
Josiah
Jonah

from the top of ny head, will try to think of some more.

i know an Ezra. Like it too.

I love Ezra- it was a strong contender for ds, still love it.

Ezra is great. I haven't come across any Abrahams. Good name - Abe v sweet nickname.

Samson
Jonah
Eli
Abel
Ishmael

Boys:
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Obadiah
Ephraim
Tobiah
Malachi
Lemuel
Joachim
Simeon

Girls:
Ruth
Esther
Dinah

The apparently 'chavvy' Jadon is a biblical name, too. Bet you didn't know that!

DS2 was in NICU for ages after he was born, and one night, the nurses and I realised that he was in an all biblical room:

Elijah
Daniel
David
Noah
Gabriel!

BTW love Hepzibah for a girl

Unusual Biblical noone ever calls their children

(dh and I are bored)
Boys:
Nebuchadnezzer
Shadrach, Meshach or Abednego
Lucifer
Job
Judas
Pontius
Cain
Onan
Lot

Girls:
Jezebel
Rahab

harder with girls!

You don't see many Jesus' around!!

Not in this country, anyway.

Abigail is Biblical.

what about Miriam? I love Miriam. also love Simeon, Elijah for boys

quite a big list here

Jemima is a lovely biblical name - it means dove.
Don't forget that most of the names in our English bibles have been anglicised, so there are the original Hebrew forms online which can be used ie Guvriel rather than Gabriel. Jesus is actually very popularly used here unbeknown to some parents who choose it - Joshua is the same name! "Jesus" the historical character would have heard his name spoken as "Yeshua" I believe.
So there are actually lots of different forms for many of the popular bible names, plus uncommon names...

Zilpah for a girl.

I personally love biblical names; the only thing that would put me off is that my child would end up sounding like one of the Dingles from Emmerdale!

very interesting hedgiemum

Er..maybe you should take a look in the bible?

I'm presuming you are trying to choose a name for your child.