Old Testament girl's name

[ISeeIt]

We go for OT names to please both camps (DH is Jewish; I'm Christian) but I struggled to find one I liked for DD1 and now DD2 is on the way I need help! Any suggestions? Unusualish is good.

[Jenijena]

Rachel?

[Helenluvsrob]

Outing self but I give you my godmother auntie thirza the most lovely lovely Yorkshire lady , purveyor of proper teas and feeder of teeny glasses of baileys to small girls !

Thirza . The name I couldn't have as dd1 had a th name already .

[hollyisalovelyname]

Abigail is lovely. It means father's joy.
Dorcas is unusual....though I knew one once. I thought it was an Irish name.

[SugarDiabetes]

I know you don't like the 'ah' sound but my offering is
*Susanna
*
You're welcome!

[AnnaMarlowe]

Martha?

[TheOldestCat]

Abigail and Ruth are beautiful. I know a baby Esther too. Fab.

(Don't go for Sarah - zillions of us, so boring).

[annandale]

Tamar - has an ah sound but at least not the spelling.
Rachel may not be unusual but it's just a fantastic name.
Vashti...

[sonlypuppyfat]

Deborah

[AuntJane]

Martha
Maryam

[Littleallovertheshop]

Michal and Judith are nice. Salome is lovely too. So many beautiful names!

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

Asenath
Tabitha
Taletha
Merab

[Thethingswedoforlove]

Deborah

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

I know an Amaris which is apparently hebrew though it was a christian family I know that used it. Other children all biblical too.

[MissElizaBennett]

Leah is also lovely.

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

or

Lois
Eunice
Phoebe
Mary
Lydia

Or you could go for Orpah - this was what Oprah Winfrey was meant to be called, but they misread/misspelled it or something :)

[SanityClause]

Dorcas is NT, I think. Wasn't she the grandmother of Timothy?

[Littleallovertheshop]

Mainly new testament Magnum. Esp Phoebe, she was a deacon in Timothy I think.

[SanityClause]

Again, Salome was the beautiful dancer who asked for the head of John the Baptist, so NT.

[SanityClause]

I know it's apocryphal, but how about Lilith?

[FellOutOfBedTwice]

Sadie! The Hebrew version of Sarah, beautiful name.

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

Ah, what do I know, I'm an atheist :)

Amaris is definitely Hebrew though.

[Littleallovertheshop]

Sorry,I mean Salome because of the relation to shalom rather than after a biblical woman.

[Sophronia]

Abigail
Atarah
Jescha
Mehetabel
Miriam
Naamah
Rachel
Ruth
Rahab
Sarai
Shifra
Tamar
Vashti
Zipporah

[ISeeIt]

Some good ones in there. Thanks all. What are your thoughts on Aphra?

[joyfulworld]

Adah
Deborah
Dinah
Iscah
Jemima