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Biblical names.

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By Wed 25-Feb-09 09:16:04 Add message | Report | Contact poster
Are there any unusual biblical names or are they all really popular- eg. adam, Jacob, Mary etc
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 02-Mar-09 16:21:29
There's lots of boys on this thread so I'll add girls:

Delilah
Magdalen

Jemima's lovely.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 02-Mar-09 12:20:49
Amos, Absolom,Cornelius, Solomon, Eleazar, Bartholomew, Azarias, Felix, Gideon, Ichabod, Philemon, Timon, Zebulun/Zebulon

Delilah, Eunice, Siloe, Damaris, Esther, Jezebel, Junia/Juno, Noa, Salome, Sapphira, Zilpah
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 02-Mar-09 12:19:38
Zillah and Adah are nice

is Kezia in the Bible?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 02-Mar-09 11:20:38
"You don't see many Jesus' around"

Actually Joshua is Jesus since Jesus' name was actually Yeshua (Jesus is the anglicised version).

For boys:

Isaiah
Isaac
Elijah
Menachem
Ezra
Avi
Ari
Gabriel

Girls:

Naomi
Dinah
Miriam
Sarai
Hadassah
Zipporah
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Mar-09 21:12:11
Shakespear? blush Too much wine!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Mar-09 21:11:38
We were all given one from teh Bible, and one from Shakespere. grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Mar-09 20:12:36
I like the less commonly used OT names too. Favs being Asher for boys and Naomi for girls. DH was concerned about sounding too "jewish" - I was hmm about that considering my mother is Jewish. Also was hmm as his 2 favourite girls names were Jemima and Esther!!!

Incidentally all of my 3 sibs have OT names, my first name isn't but my middle name is.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Mar-09 19:48:02
LynetteScavo you've just reminded me that when I was a child (9 or 10) I actually went through the bible and copied out a list of all the names in it blush

It took a while...

I guess I was a weird kid, although I have always been very interested in people's names for some reason.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Mar-09 19:44:56
Er..maybe you should take a look in the bible? hmm

I'm presuming you are trying to choose a name for your child.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Mar-09 19:42:20
very interesting hedgiemum
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