Biblical boys names, and some help with girls!

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I know there’s been a trend for names like Noah and Moses which I’m not massively keen on, but a lot of New Testament names seem very dated to the 70s/80s such as Paul, Mark, Luke etc.

We already have a Benjamin and I like Thomas but DH knows a lot of Thomases! I’m racking my brains trying to think of a similar biblical name to Benjamin and Thomas and can’t - Matthew is OK and doesn’t seem as dated in my mind as the others but I just don’t seem to like it much, no real reason!

Girls are also proving difficult. DH likes Hannah but that also seems a bit dated to me - not sure why. We both like Anna, and Lucy. A lot of girls names we like are already taken by close friends! So any suggestions would be good.

Ezekiel
Casper
Jacob
Ezra.
Elijah
Malachi.
Gabriel
Jude
Ethan

Abigail
Leah
Elizabeth
Miriam
Hannah
Joanna.
Rebecca.
Lois
Martha.
Phoebe
Elisha.
Tabitha.
Lydia.
Rachel.
Sarah.
Eden
Chloe.
Delilah.

Michael
Matthias
Tobias / Toby
Barnabas / Barnaby nn Barney
Zachary / Zachariah
Gabriel
Marcus
Luke
Jerome
Joel

Patrick
Robert
Laurence
Rufus
Francis
Nicholas nn Nico
Philip nn Pip
Caius
Julius
Francis

Lois
Susannah
Marianne
Maryam
Maria
Annis
Annabeth
Elsbeth
Lisbeth
Annalise

Verity (truth)
Felicity (joy)
Constance
Hope
Serena

Frances
Claudia
Astrid
Jocelyn
Zoe
Jessemy
Helena

Knew a little Hepzibah, suited her perfectly. Is that biblical?

Levi
Tobias/Toby
Timothy/Tim

Rebecca
Evelyn
Delilah

Adam
Isaac
Gideon
Gabriel

Judith
Ruth

Simon
Peter
John
Jonah?
Are all due a come back

Jane
Mary
Helen
Alice
Joan
Susan

Go for the names you like Lucy and Thomas both lovely names. I'm considering Lucy for my DD and was put off with how popular it is but it's the name I like the most so just going for it rather than choosing something less popular I don't like as much

I also really like Delilah for a girl and considered it for DC3….
But then my staunchly Catholic grandmother had a shit fit over it, and my mum said “Do you really want everyone singing Tom Jones at her every time they find out her name?”, and I decided against it 😂

How about Asher? Brother of Benjamin in the Bible. More wearably OT than Moses etc. One syllable diminutive, like Benjamin. Ben and Ash. Very unlikely to have gone to school with you unless you are Jewish.

Great suggestion @ZoyaTheDestroyer