Names That Mean Jehovah

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.

Long forgotten Old Testament name with modern potential.

The origins of Jesiah are uncertain — is it biblical? A Josiah-Jesse mashup? We don't have the answer (sorry!), but we can tell you that Jesiah is a relatively rare alternative to Josiah, with the added benefit of being unisex in use.

Giusy is to Giuseppina as Josie is to Josephine. Giusy rhymes with "woozy," not "juicy."

The Hebrew variation of Jonathan, occasionally heard in the US.

A unisex Scandinavian name. Joa is more common for boys in Finland but equally split between sexes in Sweden and Denmark.

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