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Your favourite biblical names

94 replies

GEK1983 · 24/02/2024 00:22

Hit me with them. I tend to sway towards them. Love the sound of them but can't choose one. Boys and girls. Thanks

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Strictlymad · 24/02/2024 07:17

Hannah or susannah For a girl, Reuben or Malachi for a boy

WhatsTheUseOfWorrying · 24/02/2024 07:14

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 24/02/2024 06:50

Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and Nebuchadnezzar are among my favourites.

All top names.

And Methuselah’s an old stand-by too.

Toomuchgoingon79 · 24/02/2024 06:56

Elijah and Micah
Noa and Adina

Eden if you want to curve ball

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 24/02/2024 06:50

Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and Nebuchadnezzar are among my favourites.

minthybobs · 24/02/2024 06:32

Isaac
Jacob
Aaron
Darius
Jesse
Joel
Joshua
Matthias

Ariel
Claudia
Grace
Phoebe
Naomi
Talia

Mumofgirls2017 · 24/02/2024 06:17

Jacob
john
joseph
peter
benjamin
ethan
elias
axel
seth
jude
jesse
isaac
Zachary

jemima
eliza
martha
esther

(admittedly some a bit ‘derived from’ rather than direct

Loopzy · 24/02/2024 01:39

Martha
Joah

GreatScotMummy · 24/02/2024 01:30

GrannyRose15 · 24/02/2024 01:19

It’s spelt Isaac if you want it to be biblical.

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A&S are very close together and its late. My apologies to the spelling police lol

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 24/02/2024 01:22

I tend to prefer biblical names as well even though I’m not religious. I think it’s because they tend to be such classic names. I do find that it’s a lot easier to find biblical boys names that I like than girls though.

For boys I like:
Matthew (DS’s name), Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, Jacob, Asher, Benjamin

For girls:
Hannah, Anna, Eve, Elizabeth, Chloe, Delilah

GrannyRose15 · 24/02/2024 01:19

GreatScotMummy · 24/02/2024 00:26

Noa for girl
Issac for boy

It’s spelt Isaac if you want it to be biblical.

RogueFemale · 24/02/2024 01:16

Jezebel
Bathsheba

LuckyMum1989 · 24/02/2024 00:54

Daniel and Miriam x

Manyandyoucanwalkover · 24/02/2024 00:45

Matthew, David, Luke, Rachael, Rebecca, Adam.

adriftinadenofvipers · 24/02/2024 00:36

I love Biblical names!! So Rachel, Ruth, Benjamin, David, Naomi, Miriam, Jacob, Reuben, Jude, Martha.

miniaturepixieonacid · 24/02/2024 00:33

I really like a lot of Biblical names.

Abigail, Rebecca, Naomi, Miriam, Esther, Zipporah, Keziah (and, if you count them, Grace, Faith, Eden, Genesis)

Jeremiah, Jacob, John, James, Joseph, Zachariah, Benjamin, Aaron, Isaac, Noah, Jesse, Gabriel, Eliah

Irisrosedaisy · 24/02/2024 00:32

I like Martha for a girl. Benjamin and Thomas for boys. I am not madly keen on a lot of biblical names though. A lot of them are quite dated to 70s/80s like Stephen, Paul, David, Rebecca, Sarah, Elizabeth. Then Old Testament names like Noah and Ezra and Jude are having a bit of a surge in popularity at the moment and I think will date too.

SilverSimca · 24/02/2024 00:27

Micah
Ezra
Eli
Elijah
Peter

Elizabeth
Lydia

Southislandsea · 24/02/2024 00:27

Ruth
Esther
Naomi
Sarah
Rachel
Jacob
Daniel
Noah
Joseph

GreatScotMummy · 24/02/2024 00:26

Noa for girl
Issac for boy