Hebrew baby 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

Supplanter; one who follows

Very popular since the Middle Ages

Who is like God? A rhetorical name honoring the archangel

Beloved

Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel

God is my judge

One of the twelve Apostles

Yahweh is salvation

Supplanter; one who follows

A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel

Son of the right hand; son of the south

Heard by God; name of God

The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran

He gave; given by God

Rest, comfort, peace

Strong, firm, enduring

English form of Jeremiah

The son of Obed and the father of king David

God is my strength

My God is Yahweh

He will laugh; laughter

Faithful, devoted; 'like the heart' or 'dog'

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh

Marcus is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman pre-Christian origin derived either from Etruscan Marce of unknown meaning or referring to the god Mars

Yahweh will exalt

Joined, attached

My God; ascended, uplifted

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh

The Lord is my God

Gift of God

A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar

Happy, blessed, fortunate

Help, helper

A less common modern spelling variant of Caleb

A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible

The son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain

From a - name, from a word meaning "watchful"

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh

Variant of Emmanuel, borrowed from - and from various other European languages

The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible

The first king of Israel in the Old Testament

The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran

In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David

First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah

From Iōnās, from Ἰωνᾶς, from יוֹנָה

An archangel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew

An archangel in Judaism and Christianity

sometimes conjectured to derive from msj, a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’

(occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes

An archaic variant of Joan, from Johan, from Johanna

In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death

An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress

"God adds, God increases

Borrowed from יוֹסֵף, equivalent to Joseph

A shortening from Abraham

The younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel

Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Moses

The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel

From Jair, Iair, from Iāirus, from Iaīrus, from Ἰάϊρ, from יָאִיר

A figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah in the Bible

Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Aaron

Today often transferred back from the surname

An alternative form of Meir

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible

"Drawn out of the water

from Ἰερεμίας, from יִרְמְיָה

A descendant of Seth, son of Enos

The son of Ruth and Boaz, father of Jesse and grandfather of David, grandson of Naomi

A man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later Christianity revered as a saint

"God has heard

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh

Zakariya is a masculine given name, the Arabic form of Zechariah which is of Hebrew origin, meaning "God/Yahweh has remembered"

Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah

Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname

French names typically consist of one or multiple given names, and a surname

Yusha or Yushān is a masculine given name, the Arabic form of Joshua which is of Hebrew origin, meaning "God is salvation"