Names That Mean Jehovah

  1. Yoav
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "praise Jehovah"
    • Description:

      Yoav is a variation of Joab, a name featured prominently in the Old Testament.
  2. Joab
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "praise Jehovah"
    • Description:

      Joab is the biblical name of an advisor of David, who led many military victories, and is surely much more usable than the burdened Job. A similar option is Joah, a possible replacement for Jonah or Noah.
  3. Peppi
    • Origin:

      Finnish variation of Pippi and Pepa, Swedish, Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "lover of horses; Jehovah increases"
    • Description:

      Peppi ranked in the Finnish Top 50 from 2007-2012, where it was used for hundreds of baby girls each year. In Finland, Peppi is used as the translation for Pippi in the Pippi Longstocking books.
  4. Yusuf eymen
    • Origin:

      Turkish from Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "blessed Jehovah increases"
    • Description:

      In its double-barreled form, a Top 100 boy name in Turkey.
  5. Juuso
    • Origin:

      Finnish variation of Joseph
    • Meaning:

      "Jehovah increases"
    • Description:

      The Finnish form of Joseph, sometimes used as a nickname for Juuseppi.
  6. József
    • Origin:

      Hungarian variation of Joseph, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "Jehovah increases"
  7. Paziah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "the gold of Jehovah"
    • Description:

      Often heard in Israel, spelled with or without the final h.