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What is your favourite Biblical name?

69 replies

Starberries · 05/10/2010 12:18

For boys and girls?

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tanmu82 · 11/10/2010 09:49

Boy - Micah, Caleb, Benjamin, Reuben, Ezekiel, Hezekiah, Elijah, Raphael

Girl - Leah (Lia), Maria (Mary), Shiloh (at least until Brangelina sullied it), Salome (pronounced Sa-Low-mee - though DS thinks it sounds like Salami!), Phoebe, Naomi, Michal, Eden

PavlovtheCat · 11/10/2010 09:41

reuben Grin

LynetteScavo · 11/10/2010 09:40

Joseph & Martha.

zozzle · 11/10/2010 09:39

and Levi and Seth!

zozzle · 11/10/2010 09:38

Girls:

Zoe (ok, not a name of a character - but used in original greek lots in New Testament to refer to eternal life - so therefore biblical)

Keziah, Leah, Esther, Hepzibah

Boys:

Jude, Samuel, Jabez, Reuben

NotanOtter · 10/10/2010 23:23

Aaron
Leah

hogshead · 10/10/2010 23:12

Ooh I had a great auntie called zillah but it was totally vetoed by pretty much all my family :(

hogshead · 10/10/2010 23:10

Boys - Noah (ds) Luke (ds middle name) levi, mark, Michael, Benjamin

Girls - Hannah, leah, Rebecca, Teresa (? Sp)

I came across darius recently too but not too sure personally

TeamEdward · 10/10/2010 22:54

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onimolap · 10/10/2010 22:47

Zillah and Azariah.

Tortington · 10/10/2010 22:47

joseph he was jacobs special son lala lala di di di

joseph jacob

simeon

ezekiel

all of them i lov ethem all

Mousesmummy · 10/10/2010 22:45

I have an Esther, Martha and a Gabriel, don't believe in God at all!!

yellowflowers · 06/10/2010 11:55

David

Ruth

MollysChambers · 05/10/2010 23:41

Rachel

Isaac

SE13Mummy · 05/10/2010 23:40

Mary, Miriam, Keziah, Lydia and Bethany.

Jude, Benjamin, Jonathan, Gabriel, Jacob and Isaac.

Saucepanman · 05/10/2010 23:39

Joseph and Gabriel- I have both.

Not sure for girls, we struggled trying to think of one when I was carrying ds, now 4mo.

Probably Ruth or Leah.

FluffMacDuff · 05/10/2010 23:36

Naomi, Sarai, Leah, Lydia

Daniel, Asher, Raphael

cuppatino · 05/10/2010 23:30

I like God.
(prefer to think it isn't gender specific)

MogTheForgetfulCat · 05/10/2010 21:14

Isaac and Jonah.

Mary, Esther and Ruth.

OhLuckyYou · 05/10/2010 18:08

Ruth
Ezekiel (reminds me of the bit in Pulp Fiction where Samuel L Jackson quotes Ezekiel - oh, actually I like Samuel too!)

whyamibothering · 05/10/2010 18:02

Ruth

Micah

ActuallyMyNamesMarina · 05/10/2010 18:00

Caleb, Gabriel, Abraham, Saul, Noah, Gideon, Matthew

Hepzibah (I have a cousin with this as a middle name!!), Jezebel, Lilith, Deliah (I was going to be a Deliah but my dad put his foot down)

miffymuffy · 05/10/2010 17:05

Joel !!!

ILoveGregoryHouse · 05/10/2010 16:28

Boy: Gabriel

Girl: Ruth and Mary (my dd will have Maryam as middle name)

DandyDan · 05/10/2010 16:24

John, Mark and Gabriel
Martha, Elizabeth, Esther and Mary