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Best Biblical names

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RandomCatGenerator · 08/07/2021 20:42

Aside from the obvious ones like Paul, Peter, Matthew…what good boys bible names are there?

Is Solomon wearable or too unusual?

Probably not going as far as Nebuchadnezzar Grin

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NorthernSoulForever · 08/07/2021 21:34

How do these names grab you?

Adam
Zebedee (I LOVE Zebedee)
Ananias
Barnabas
Bartholomew
Judah
Thomas
Gideon
Jude
Philip
Absalom
Andrew
Jonah
Dan

I know you asked about boys names but I couldn't resist adding these girls names too!

Eve
Sharon (as in "rose of Sharon")
Deborah
Joanna
Veronica
Claudia
Michal
Suzannah
Leah
Hannah
Rhoda
Lydia
Bathsheba

beautifullymad · 08/07/2021 21:31

Jeremiah
Zachariah
Tobias
Elijah
Josiah

JacquelineCarlyle · 08/07/2021 21:09

Nehemiah

Ellmau · 08/07/2021 21:07

NT:
Onesiphorus
Nicodemus
Silas
Philemon
Andronicus

CrouchEndTiger12 · 08/07/2021 21:06

Jesus

KitBot · 08/07/2021 21:06

Methuselah

Mumof3girlsandaboy · 08/07/2021 21:06

David
Daniel
Miriam
Leah
Mary
Joseph
Jeremiah
Obadiah
Moses

CrouchEndTiger12 · 08/07/2021 21:06

Mark and Luke are nice. Not over used.

Samson
Aaron
Jared
Saul

Miriam
Rebecca
Delilah
Athaliah

viques · 08/07/2021 21:04

Eliezer sounds as though the parents were a tad disappointed he wasn’t a girl.

TreesoftheField · 08/07/2021 21:04

Zachariah
Joshua
Jethro
Jared

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego!!!

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RandomCatGenerator · 08/07/2021 21:03

Wow, I had completely forgotten about some of these names. Some absolutely marvellous ones

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2tired2bewitty · 08/07/2021 21:02

I’m also a fan of Mordachi which is very satisfying to say. I did try to persuade my Jewish boss to use it but without success, he reckoned it was too old man Grin

Ellmau · 08/07/2021 21:02

@RandomCatGenerator

Hezekiah! Is that a girl or boys name?
Boys.

OT:
Adam
Seth
Caleb
Zachariah
Ezekiel
Isaiah
Ishmael
Reuben
Judah
Gad
Zebulon
Jedediah
Jared
Issachar
Naphtali
Nimrod
Jonah
Jethro
Joash
Rehoboam
Jehoshaphat
Absolom
Methuselah
Zebediah

BikeRunSki · 08/07/2021 21:02

Malachi

BikeRunSki · 08/07/2021 21:01

Zebulon
Eliezer
Simeon
Levi

TreesoftheField · 08/07/2021 21:01

Reuben
Caleb
Samson
Levi
Asher
Jacob
Isaac
Silas
Ezra
Elijah
Eli
Jonah
Noah
Isaiah
Methuselah
Gamaliel
Hosea
Athanasius Grin

2tired2bewitty · 08/07/2021 21:00

David
Jonathon
Benjamin
All biblical and under used these days

Hollyhocksarenotmessy · 08/07/2021 21:00

Jeremiah, nickname Jem or Jemmy.

I love Caleb, Gabriel, and Eli.

I knew a Samson, great name as long as your family genes aren't short and skinny.

Scarby9 · 08/07/2021 20:59

My favourites are Eli, Seth, Malachi, Micah and Elisha.

A friend's grandad, born around 1890 into a God-fearing Chapel family, was one of 11 boys, all with fabulous Old Testament names. He was Absalom, but a few of his brothers I remember were Seth, Levi, Zachariah, Amos and Hosea.

toastofthetown · 08/07/2021 20:58

Amos
Gideon
Moses

35andThriving · 08/07/2021 20:58

Isiah

35andThriving · 08/07/2021 20:57

Solomon is usable.

Jeremiah
Josiah
Joel

JSL52 · 08/07/2021 20:56

Samuel
Luke

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RandomCatGenerator · 08/07/2021 20:55

The book of Habakkuk is full of such wild stuff, @VenusClapTrap Grin

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RandomCatGenerator · 08/07/2021 20:54

There’s a felix in the bible?!

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