Abigail (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 25:3 – the father’s joy.
Abihail (Hebrew) – 1 Chron. 2:29 – the father is strength.
Abishai (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 26:6 – the present of my father.
Adah (Hebrew) – Gen. 4:19 – an assembly.
Adina (Hebrew) – 1 Chron. 11:42 – adorned; voluptuous; dainty; slender.
Adriel (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 18:19 – the flock of God.
Angela (Greek) – Gen. 16:7 – Angelic.
Anna (Greek, from Hebrew) – Luke 2:36 – gracious; one who gives.
Ariel (Hebrew) – Ezra 8:16 – altar; light or lion of God.
Artemis (Greek) – Acts 19:24 – whole, sound.
Atarah (Hebrew) – 1 Chron. 2:26 – a crown.
Bathsheba (Hebrew) – 2 Sam. 11:3 – the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety.
Bernice (Greek) – Acts 25:13 – one that brings victory.
Bethany (Hebrew) – Matt. 21:17 – the house of song; the house of affliction.
Bethel (Hebrew) – Gen. 12:8 – the house of God.
Beulah (Hebrew) – Isaiah 62:4 – married.
Bilhah (Hebrew) – Gen. 29:29 – who is old or confused.
Candace (Ethiopian) – Acts 8:27 – who possesses contrition.
Carmel (Hebrew) – Joshua 12:22 – circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn.
Charity (Latin) – 1 Cor. 13:1-13 – dear.
Chloe (Greek) – 1 Cor. 1:11 – green herb.
Claudia (Latin) – 2 Tim. 4:21 – lame.
Damaris (Greek, Latin) – Acts 17:34 – a little woman.
Deborah (Hebrew) – Judges 4:4 – word; thing; a bee.
Delilah (Hebrew) – Judges 16:4 – poor; small; head of hair.
Diana (Latin) – Acts 19:27 – luminous, perfect.
Dinah (Hebrew) – Gen. 30:21 – judgment; who judges.
Dorcas (Greek) – Acts 9:36 – a female roe-deer.
Drusilla (Latin) – Acts 24:24 – watered by the dew.
Ebenezer (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 4:1 – stone or rock of help.
Elah (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 17:2 – an oak; a curse; perjury.
Eleazar (Hebrew) – Exodus 6:25 – the Lord will help; court of God.
Eli (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 1:3 – the offering or lifting up.
Elihu (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 1:1 – he is my God himself.
Elijah (Hebrew) – 1 Kings 17:1 – God the Lord, the strong Lord.
Eliphaz (Hebrew) – Gen. 36:4 – the endeavor of God.
Elisha (Hebrew) – 1 Kings 19:16 – salvation of God.
Elkanah (Hebrew) – Exodus 6:24 – God the zealous; the zeal of God.
Elnathan (Hebrew) – 2 Kings 24:8 – God hath given; the gift of God.
Emmanuel (Latin, Hebrew) – Isaiah 7:14 – God with us.
Enoch (Hebrew) – Gen. 4:17 – dedicated; disciplined.
Ephraim (Hebrew) – Gen. 41:52 – fruitful; increasing.
Esau (Hebrew) – Gen. 25:25 – he that acts or finishes.
Ethan (Hebrew) – 1 Kings 4:31 – strong; the gift of the island.
Ezekiel (Hebrew) – Ezekiel 1:3 – the strength of God.
Ezra (Hebrew) – Ezra 7:1 – help; court.
Gabriel (Hebrew) – Dan. 9:21 – God is my strength.
Gera (Hebrew) – Gen. 46:21 – pilgrimage, combat; dispute.
Gershon (Hebrew) – Gen. 46:11 – his banishment; the change of pilgrimage.
Gideon (Hebrew) – Judges 6:11 – he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer.
Habakkuk (Hebrew) – Hab. 1:1 – he that embraces; a wrestler.
Haggai (Hebrew) – Ezra 5:1 – feast; solemnity.
Hosea (Hebrew) – Hosea 1:1 – savior; safety.
Hur (Hebrew) – Exodus 17:10 – liberty; whiteness; hole.
Hushai (Hebrew) – 2 Sam. 15:37 – their haste; their sensuality; their silence.
Immanuel (Hebrew) – Isaiah 7:14 – God with us.
Ira (Hebrew) – 2 Sam. 20:26 – watchman; making bare; pouring out.
Isaac (Hebrew) – Gen. 17:19 – laughter.
Isaiah (Hebrew) – 2 Kings 19:2 – the salvation of the Lord.
Ishmael (Hebrew) – Gen. 16:11 – God that hears.
Issachar (Hebrew) – Gen. 30:18 – reward; recompense.
Ithamar (Hebrew) – Exodus 6:23 – island of the palm-tree.
Jael (Hebrew) – Judges 4:17 – one that ascends.
Jasper (Greek) – Exodus 28:20 – treasure holder.
Jemimah (Hebrew) – Job 42:14 – handsome as the day.
Jewel (Old French) – Prov. 20:15 – delight.
Joanna (Hebrew) – Luke 8:3 – grace or gift of the Lord.
Jochebed (Hebrew) – Exodus 6:20 – glorious; honorable.
Joy (Old French, Latin) – Heb. 1:9 – happiness.
Judith (Hebrew) – Gen. 26:34 – the praise of the Lord; confession.
Julia (Latin) – Romans 16:15 – downy; soft and tender hair.
Keturah (Hebrew) – Gen. 25:1 – incense; fragrance.
Leah (Hebrew) – Gen. 29:16 – weary; tired.
Lillian or Lily (Latin) – Songs 2:1 – elegant flower; innocence; purity; beauty.
Lois (Greek) – 2 Tim. 1:5 – better.
Lydia (Greek) – Acts 16:14 – a standing pool.
Magdalene (Greek) – Matt. 27:56 – a person from Magdala.
Mara (Hebrew) – Exodus 15:23 – bitter; bitterness.
Marah (Hebrew) – Exodus 15:23 – bitter; bitterness.
Martha (Aramaic) – Luke 10:38 – who becomes bitter; provoking.
Mary (Hebrew) – Matt. 1:16 – rebellion; sea of bitterness.
Mercy (English) – Gen. 43:14 – compassion, forbearance.
Merry (Old English) – Job 21:12 – joyful, lighthearted.
Michal (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 18:20 – who is perfect?; who resembles God?
Miriam (Hebrew) – Exodus 15:20 – rebellion.
Myra (Greek) – Acts 27:5 – I flow; pour out; weep.
Nadab (Hebrew) – - Exodus 6:23 – free and voluntary gift; prince.
Nahum (Hebrew) – Nahum 1:1 – comforter; penitent.
Naphtali (Hebrew) – Gen. 30:8 – that struggles or fights.
Nathan (Hebrew) – 2 Sam. 5:14 – given; giving; rewarded.
Nathanael (Hebrew) – John 1:45 – the gift of God.
Nehemiah (Hebrew) – Neh. 1:1 – consolation; repentance of the Lord.
Nekoda (Hebrew) – Ezra 2:48 – painted; inconstant.
Nicodemus (Greek) – John 3:1 – victory of the people.
Noah (Hebrew) – Gen. 5:29 – repose; consolation.
Obadiah (Hebrew)- 1 Kings 18:3 – servant of the Lord.
Omar (Arabic, Hebrew) – Gen. 36:11 – he that speaks; bitter.
Onesimus (Latin) – Col. 4:9 – profitable; useful.
Othniel (Hebrew) – Joshua 15:17 – lion of God; the hour of God.
Paul (Latin) – Acts 13:9 – small; little.
Peter (Greek) – Matt. 4:18 – a rock or stone.
Philemon (Greek) – Phil. 1:2 – loving; who kisses.
Philip (Greek) – Matt. 10:3 – warlike; a lover of horses.
Phineas (Hebrew) – Exodus 6:25 – bold aspect; face of trust or protection.
Phinehas (Hebrew) – Exodus 6:25 – bold aspect; face of trust or protection.
Reuben (Hebrew) – Gen. 29:32 – who sees the son; the vision of the son.
Rufus (Latin) – Mark 15:21 – red.
Samson (Hebrew) – Judges 13:24 – his sun; his service; there the second time.
Samuel (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 1:20 – heard of God; asked of God.
Saul (Hebrew) – 1 Sam. 9:2 – demanded; lent; ditch; death.
Seth (Hebrew) – Gen. 4:25 – put; who puts; fixed.
Shadrach (Babylonian) – Dan. 1:7 – tender, nipple.
Shem (Hebrew) – Gen. 5:32 – name; renown.
Silas (Latin) – Acts 15:22 – three, or the third.
Simeon (Hebrew) – Gen. 29:33 – that hears or obeys; that is heard.
Simon (Hebrew) – Matt. 4:18 – that hears; that obeys.
Solomon (Hebrew) – 2 Sam. 5:14 – peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses.
Stephen (Greek) – Acts 6:5 – crown; crowned.
Tabitha (Aramaic)- Acts 9:36 – clear-sighted; a roe-deer.
Talitha (Aramaic)- Mark 5:41 – little girl; young woman.
Tamar (Hebrew)- Gen. 38:6 – palm or date palm; palm-tree.
Tamara (Hebrew) – Gen. 38:6 – palm or date palm; palm-tree.
Terah (Hebrew) – Num. 33:27 – to breathe; scent; blow.
Tirzah (Hebrew) – Numbers 26:33 – benevolent; complaisant; pleasing.
Victoria (Latin) – Deut. 20:4 – victory.
Zemira (Hebrew) – 1 Chron. 7:8 – song; vine; palm.
Zilpah (Hebrew) – Gen. 29:24 – distillation from the mouth.
Zina (Greek) – 1 Chron. 23:10 – shining; going back.
Zipporah (Hebrew) – Exodus 2:21 – beauty; trumpet; mourning
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