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Biblical names

33 replies

MrsCK · 16/04/2017 21:54

What are your favourite Biblical baby names?

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SuperBeagle · 16/04/2017 22:05

Chloe and Samuel.

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kathrynelizabeth3005 · 16/04/2017 22:06

Do you know what you're having? 😊

My favourites for baby boys:
Isaac
Jacob
Noah
Reuben
Seth

For baby girls:
Esther
Eve
Leah
Rachel
Shiloh

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NannyR · 16/04/2017 22:07

I love Isaac - it's meaning is "he will laugh".

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GiddyGiddyGoat · 16/04/2017 22:11

Moses - best name ever.
Also Amos, Ezekiel, Malachi...

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/04/2017 22:12

Gabriel.

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AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 16/04/2017 22:13

Thomas
David
Seth
Simon
Mark

Abigail
Bathsheba (would never be brave enough though)
Mary
Delilah
Susanna
Joanne
Ruth
Rebekah

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AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 16/04/2017 22:13

*Joanna not Joanne.

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pleasecomesoonspring · 16/04/2017 22:16

Ezra
Ezekiel
Isaiah
Noah

Love the boy names

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foreverblessedbee · 16/04/2017 22:16

Noah
Gabriel
Joseph
Isaac
James
Jonah
Elijah
I ❤ biblical names and have 3 beautiful boys- their names include all of the above!!!

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pleasecomesoonspring · 16/04/2017 22:16

That was meant to be issac not Isaiah

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XsaraHale · 16/04/2017 22:26

Azariah (Helped by God)
Zahira (light/radiance)

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Ponyboycurtis · 16/04/2017 22:29

Eli
Isaac
Reuben

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SarcasmMode · 16/04/2017 22:38

Elijah
Leah
Rebecca
Samuel

TBH I love biblical names.

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Sophronia · 16/04/2017 22:54

Asa
Abel
Aaron
Amos
Abraham
Barnabas
Boaz
Benjamin
Daniel
David
Elisha
Ezra
Ephraim
Gabriel
Hillel
Ishmerai
James
Jamin
Jarah
Jericho
Jesse
John
Jonathan
Joram
Joseph
Josiah
Jubal
Luke
Matthew
Micah
Michael
Nahum
Naphtali
Nathaniel
Omri
Paul
Peter
Raphael
Samuel
Shem
Shiloh
Solomon
Saul
Tekoa
Thaddeus
Thomas
Tiras
Zacchaeus
Zacharias
Zachary
Zephaniah
Zimri

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Sophronia · 16/04/2017 22:59

Aphra
Atarah
Dinah
Elizabeth
Esther
Hadassah
Hannah
Hephzibah
Iscah
Jedidah
Jerusha
Joanna
Keturah
Keziah
Mara
Martha
Mehetabel
Michal
Miriam
Naamah
Priscilla
Salome
Sapphira
Sarah
Selah
Shiphrah / Shifra
Susannah
Tabitha
Talitha
Tirzah
Zipporah

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Donttakemeout · 16/04/2017 23:21

Eli
Ezra

Ruth
Esther

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bridgetreilly · 17/04/2017 00:10

Hezekiah and Hepzibah. Also Jemima and Keziah.

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lazycrazyhazy · 17/04/2017 01:02

Susannah and Nathaniel though, biblically, I think it's Susanna and Nathanael. I also love Hester for Esther.

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Susiethetortoiseshellcat · 17/04/2017 01:05

I love biblical names, even when they're 'trendy' I don't think they can ever be 'dated'.

My favourites are:
Jonah
Caleb
Elijah
Luke
James

Jemima
Tabitha
Lydia
Eve
Martha

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mum2be2boys · 17/04/2017 02:16

Joshua
Samuel
Matthew
Isaac
James
Adam
Daniel
Benjamin

Abigail
Hannah
Bethany
Rebecca

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elderlee · 17/04/2017 11:20

Daniel - it's my twin brother's name! Although we always call him Danny or Dan

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HotSince82 · 17/04/2017 23:00

Delilah, Raphael, Eden, Reuben, Jacinta (not biblical but very Catholic),
Ariel, Michael, Jed(ediah).

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LouiseBrooks · 17/04/2017 23:06

Deborah. I also really like Tirza but I'm not sure I can spell it.

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Mrsknackered · 17/04/2017 23:23

Delilah, Eve, Mary

Abel, Amos, Solomon, Noah, Reuben, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Shiloh

Probably way more I am missing out!

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FeedTheSharkAndItWIllBite · 18/04/2017 10:08

Jonathan, Gabriel, Amos, Uriel, Isaac, Ariel, Jeremiah, Nathaniel, Elijah.

Susannah, Talia, Noah, Keziah, Elisabeth, Marie, Johanna, Lydia, Ariel.

I probably missed some...
(there are also many traditionally Catholic names I personally adore...)

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