Favourite biblical baby names

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I really like biblical baby names, however I feel like there are lots of good boy baby names and less variety of girls. If you had to pick a biblical baby name what would your top boy and girl choices be?

I do like Miriam, but we live in N.Ireland and there are LOTS of Marys and I suspect Miriam would be shortened to Mary.

never heard Miriam shortened to Mary

usually to Mim.
But I do know one who spells it Maryam, that i would imagine might get shortened to Mary!

I love Miriam because it means rebellion, and she is described as one of Israel's leaders, and she then leads all the people in singing.

I also love Deborah, just because she is a strong leader in the Bible, so great role model. Warrior Queen. Just don't like Debbie (very 1970s to me) so I would need to find an alternative nn

I love the Dutch pronunciation (my dh is Dutch) which stresses the middle syllable.

I like Abigail too, another good name

Girls names:

keziah
Talitha
Cherith
Sharon
Lois

Caleb
Joel
Jonah

Ruth
Naomi
Rachael
Kezia

If you are going for a Biblical name do check the context - eg Sapphira is beautiful but the Biblical Sapphira is not someone you would want to name your child after!

I love Jemima and Jedidah (beloved of the Lord).

I have a two year old Esther- love her name. Would have also used Miriam but can't say my 'r's

Naomi and Gabriel

Bathsheba and Hepsibah. Not sure I'd use them though. For boys I like the classic David and Matthew.

Isaac and Ruth

James and Lydia

boys:

Boaz
Ezra
Melchizedek (ok maybe not )

Shadrak
Meshack
Abednego

One of the 12 tribes. I always find it interesting that some of these names came into general usage and not others:

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Naphtali
Issachar
Asher
Dan
Zebulon
Gad
Benjamin
Judah
Joseph

Jacob (that's a really nice name)
Abraham, nn Bram (I love this too, would have used it)

Thomas
Matteus Mattias
Lucas

Phoebe
Lydia
Martha
Keziah

Josiah
Joel
Gabriel
Raphael

Hepzibah and Ezekiel

So I now really like Ruth, DH does not 🙄 We've got a few months for me to work on him at least!

Ruth is lovely. I also like Lily and Susanna. Jacob and James.

I know a Keturah who goes by Kate as a short form.

Some our children’s Biblical middle names are: Rachel, Naomi, Mary, Lydia and Ruth (I don’t have five, they each have two middle names).

Julia is also (greetings list at the end of Romans).

Girls: Phoebe, Lydia, Chloe, Eliza/Elizabeth/Lillian/Lilibeth, Marie/Mary, Susan/Susanna/Suzette, Julia/Julie/Juliette, Magdalene/Madeleine/Madeline, Tabitha, Abigail, Eve/Zoe, Hannah

Boys: Peter, Paul, Linus, Philip, Silas, Jonathan, James, Andrew, Nicholas, Caleb, Zachary, Ethan, Noah, Timothy, Stephen, John/Ian

Girls
Hadassa
Dina
Jemima
Hanna

Boys
Jonathan
Javan
Alvan
Gad
Dan
Nathaniel

Abel
Esther (which I actually used)