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Favourite Biblical GIRLS names

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BasilDiffuser · 25/04/2020 07:14

I love Miriam personally. But doesn’t fit us as a family sadly.

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SE13Mummy · 25/04/2020 14:54

Anna
Bethany
Hannah
Keziah
Lydia
Martha
Mary
Miriam
Rebekah
Ruth

CoddledAsAMommet · 25/04/2020 12:58

I love Dorcas.
Salome is lovely but not the best role model!

SleepingStandingUp · 25/04/2020 12:56

Lilith

Wheresthebiffer2 · 25/04/2020 12:54

No-one ever mentions dear Mary. I like Mary.

bridgetreilly · 25/04/2020 12:52

Hester
Talitha
Lydia
Jemima

Seraphina is not 'the feminine form of a biblical name'. It's a girls' name derived from a Hebrew word for a kind of angel, not a name. There are other names people sometimes used based on Greek and Hebrew words from the Bible, rather than biblical names: Hosanna, Anastasia, Zoe, even Catherine.

Ellmau · 25/04/2020 12:52

Damaris
Lydia
Rachel
Elizabeth

AppleKatie · 25/04/2020 12:50

Rachel, Hannah, Anna, Ruth and Rebecca are my favourites.

midsomermurderess · 25/04/2020 12:48

And Esther, Esty.

midsomermurderess · 25/04/2020 12:46

Hephziba,h pronounced as written; Bathsheba and Miriam.

Pinkyyy · 25/04/2020 08:55

I love Adina or Seraphina (the feminine form of a biblical name)

ohcorona · 25/04/2020 08:52

Rachael.
DS would of been Rachael had he been a girl.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 25/04/2020 08:52

I quite like Kerenhappuch Blush

Miriam, Judith, Leah, Ruth, Eve, Esther, Dinah, Tryphena are also pretty.

toughgetsgoing · 25/04/2020 08:52

Jemima

MysteryFrog · 25/04/2020 08:44

I love Miriam and Keziah and would use them

I love Hephzibah but wouldn’t be brave enough to use it!

ifigoup · 25/04/2020 08:39

I know a little girl called Vashti.

Of the others I tend to like the ones not considered traditionally virtuous! Sapphira, Eve, Orpah, etc...

I also like Phoebe, Rachel, Ruth, Martha, Abigail, Hannah, Keziah, Hephzibah...

If you want leftfield, how about Kerenhappuch or Abishag??

Ahitsallover · 25/04/2020 08:14

Martha

Emelene · 25/04/2020 08:13

Lydia, Elizabeth and Faith.Smile

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BasilDiffuser · 25/04/2020 08:12

How do you pronounce hepzibah

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nevergoingoutagain · 25/04/2020 08:11

Esther

KindKylie · 25/04/2020 07:39

Ruth

Also Martha, Mary, Magdalene, Jemimah, Talitha, Keziah and Hepzibah.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/04/2020 07:38

Abigail. Rebecca. Claudia. Naomi. Deborah. Chloe. Rachel. Hannah.
Bethany. Lois. Leah. Elizabeth. Sarah.

TheBitchOfTheVicar · 25/04/2020 07:35

Ruth

Ricekrispie22 · 25/04/2020 07:32

Bethany, Claudia and Lois

DonEmmanuelsDingleberries · 25/04/2020 07:30

Elizabeth
Hannah
Naomi
Damaris
Salome
Eve
Lydia
Hepzibah
Mara
Rachel

Also quite like Jezebel Grin

floffel · 25/04/2020 07:29

Leah