Names That Mean Deliverer

  1. Messiah
    • Origin:

      Aramaic word name
    • Meaning:

      "expected savior or deliverer"
    • Description:

      A handful of years ago, a judge in Tennessee ruled that parents could not name their son Messiah, "because there's only one." That decision has since been overturned and the name no longer looks out of place besides the growing number of Saints and Chosens.
  2. Messiah
    • Origin:

      Aramaic
    • Meaning:

      "expected savior or deliverer"
    • Description:

      Highly unusual -- and audacious -- name chosen by basketball star Allen Iverson.