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Names That Mean Behold

Nameberry
By Nameberry
Updated Thu Nov 30 2023
  1. Idalia

    • Origin:

      Greek, Germanic

    • Meaning:

      "behold the sun; work, labor"

    • Description:

      A pretty, if unusual choice for a summer baby, particularly a girl with an ancestor named Ida. An epithet of the goddess Aphrodite, Idalia is derived from the Greek place name Idalion.
  2. Idalie

    • Origin:

      French and Swedish variation of Idalia, Greek

    • Meaning:

      "behold the sun"

    • Description:

      A warm, sunny, and extremely rare name, even within its native France. Idalie would be especially perfect to honor an Ida.
  3. Jescha

    • Origin:

      Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "to behold"

    • Description:

      This variation of Iscah connects that biblical name to the Shakespearean Jessica, which it's believed to be the root of. Iscah, a niece of Abraham, is mentioned briefly in the Book of Genesis.
  4. Iscah

    • Origin:

      Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "to behold"

    • Description:

      A rare Biblical name, belonging to a niece of Abraham. It means "to behold". Iscah is thought to be the origin of the English name Jessica, which was invented by Shakespeare for a character in his 1596 play The Merchant of Venice.