Hebrew girl names

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

God is my oath; consecrated to God

Princess, noblewoman

Grace; favor

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

Popular from the 1960s to the 1990s

In regular use since the Reformation

Popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK

Derived from the biblical place name

It was recorded in the 17th century in England

Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob

The Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Marie

From Anna chiefly in reference to the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from Ἄννα in the New Testament, from חַנָּה, from חַנָּה

Grace, favor

A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants

My father's joy

Devoted to God; Italian form of Elizabeth

Borrowed from Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel

God will increase

From עֶדְנָה; a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit

The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob

Of Magdala; tower

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth

Pleasantness; my delight

Or, less often, Margaret

A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Тама́ра, name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from תמר

From Isabel, from Elisabel, from Elisabeth, from Ἐλισάβετ, from אֱלִישֶׁבַע

Borrowed from - in early 20th century

From מִרְיָם, possibly from מרים, from a root מר (m-r) meaning "to be bitter"

One of the women following Jesus

One origin is the Germanic element "adel-" meaning "nobility", for example as part of the names Adelaide and Adeline

Air; melody; lioness

A latinate feminine form of Gabriel

From Élise or Elise, both variants of Elisabeth

Popular in the 19th century

My God has answered

Delicate, languishing

Latinate feminine form of Michael, first appearing as an anglicisation of the Micaela and Micaela

Borrowed from Raquel, from רָחֵל

Latinized form of Marian, ultimately from Mary or Mary + Ann

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of חַנָּה, chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה

20th-century variant of Rachel, from Rachelle, or possibly coined independently of it

From Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847)

From Eve, Eue, from Ēua, Ēfe, from Eva, from Εὔα, from חַוָּה

A follower of Jesus (Luke 8:3)

A Swedish diminutive form of Anna

"Beloved; exalted

A fanciful modern variant of Jane

A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death

Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus

A name ascribed to the stepdaughter of Herod who asked for the execution of John the Baptist

Latinized from Simone, or borrowed from Simona

The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is a man, a woman, or a woman married to a man, who adopts his surname

A Dharma name or Dhamma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism and monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism