240+ Unusual Biblical Baby Names
The Bible is full of names, and many that were once considered unusual—Moses, for example, and Delilah—are now familiar on playgrounds throughout the US. So if you're looking for unique bible baby names, you have to look a lot harder, but they're still there.
Instead of Delilah or Moses, you might try Zillah or Moab. Along with Zillah and Moab, other unusual biblical baby names worth considering include Boaz, Gaius, Jericho, Joah, Keturah, Omri, Tirzah, or Zipporah. Biblical names that are unique in the US but common elsewhere in the world include Boaz, Linus, and Adah.
Old Testament names that are still rare include Haman, Joram, and Adino for boys; Bilhah, Zibiah, and Sherah for girls. New Testament names rare in the modern world include Joses and Philemon for boys; Apphia and Tryphena for girls.
Here are hundreds of unique biblical baby names for boys and girls from both the Old and New Testaments, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Abaddon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"ruin, destruction"
- Abba
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"father"
- Abdiel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"servant of God"
- Abel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"breath"
- Abiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my father"
- Abiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my father"
- Abidan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my father is judge"
- Abiel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my father"
- Abijah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my father"
- Abital
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my father is dew"
- Abra
Origin:
Feminine variation of Abraham, HebrewMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Adah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"ornament"
- Addar
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"mighty one"
- Adina
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"slender, delicate"
- Adino
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"ornament"
- Adlai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is just"
- Adna
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pleasure"
- Adriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my master"
- Aeneas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the praised one"
- Agrippa
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"born feet first"
- Ahab
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"uncle"
- Alpheus
Origin:
Hebrew from GreekMeaning:
"changing"
- Amal
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"laborer"
- Amasa
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"burden"
- Ami
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"trustworthy, reliable"
- Ammiel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"people of God"
- Amon
Origin:
Hebrew, Arabic, Greek from EgyptianMeaning:
"the hidden one; invisible"
- Anan
Origin:
Hebrew, AkanMeaning:
"cloud; fourth-born child"
- Ananias
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God has given"
- Apphia
Origin:
Greek from Hebrew
- Aquila
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"eagle"
- Ara
Origin:
ArmenianMeaning:
"king"
- Aram
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"high elevated"
- Areli
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the voice of God"
- Ariel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lion of God"
- Artemas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of Artemis, goddess of the hunt"
- Asaiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the Lord hath made"
- Atara
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"crown"
- Atarah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"crown"
- Athaliah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is exalted"
- Avital
- Azarel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God has helped"
- Azel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"reserved"
- Azrael
Origin:
Hebrew, variation of AzrielMeaning:
"help of God"
- Azriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my help"
- Azubah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"desolation"
- Balthasar
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"God protects the king"
- Barak
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lightning"
- Barnabas
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Baruch
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bathsheba
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"daughter of an oath"
- Benaiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"built by God"
- Benoni
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of my sorrow"
- Beriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"in envy"
- Beulah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"married"
- Bilhah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"bashful"
- Boaz
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"swiftness"
- Buz
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"contempt"
- Cephas
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"rock"
- Cleopas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glory to the father"
- Crispus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"curly-haired"
- Damaris
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"dominant woman"
- Dathan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"fountain"
- Dionysius
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"god of Nysa"
- Dorcas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"doe, gazelle"
- Drusilla
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fruitful"
- Ebenezer
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"stone of help"
- Eder
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"handsome"
- Ehud
Origin:
Hebrew
- Elam
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"distant"
- Eliezer
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God helps"
- Elihu
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"Jehovah is God"
- Elisha
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my salvation"
- Elisheva
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Elon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"oak tree"
- Enoch
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"dedicated"
- Enos
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"mankind"
- Ephai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"gloomy"
- Ephraim
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"fruitful, fertile, productive"
- Ephrath
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"fruitful place"
- Ephron
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"fawn-like"
- Erastus
Origin:
Latinized form of Greek ErastosMeaning:
"beloved"
- Esau
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"hairy"
- Esdras
Origin:
Spanish and Arabic variation of Ezra
- Festus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"joyous, festive"
- Gad
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"fortune"
- Gaius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"to rejoice"
- Galilee
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the province"
- Gershon
Origin:
Variation of GershomMeaning:
"stranger; exodus"
- Gilead
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"a camel hump"
- Goliath
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"exile"
- Habakkuk
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"embrace"
- Hadassah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"myrtle tree"
- Hagar
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"flight, forsaken"
- Haggith
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"festive"
- Haman
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"illustrious"
- Hanan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"graciousness"
- Haran
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"hill, mountain"
- Havilah
Origin:
Biblical place-nameMeaning:
"stretch of sand"
- Havilah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"to dance"
- Heber
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"partner, togetherness"
- Helah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"rust"
- Heli
Origin:
Latin variation of Eli, Biblical
- Hepzibah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my delight is in her"
- Herod
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"song of the hero"
- Herodias
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"song of the hero"
- Hezekiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God gives strength"
- Hillel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"greatly praised"
- Hiram
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"brother of the exalted one"
- Hodiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"majesty of God"
- Hosanna
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"deliver us"
- Hosea
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"salvation"
- Huri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"linen weaver"
- Ichabod
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the glory is gone"
- Ishmael
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God will hear"
- Ishvi
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"he resembles me"
- Ithai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"with me"
- Ithiel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is with me"
- Jabez
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"borne in pain"
- Jabin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"perceptive"
- Jadon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God has heard"
- Jahel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"mountain goat"
- Jair
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"he shines"
- Jamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"right hand"
- Japheth
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"expansion"
- Jarah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"honeycomb or honeysuckle"
- Javan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"Greece"
- Jawad
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"generous; steed"
- Jeconiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God will establish"
- Jehu
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is he"
- Jemuel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"day of God"
- Jeriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"taught by God"
- Jericho
Origin:
Biblical place-name
- Jerusha
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"inheritance"
- Jescha
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"to behold"
- Joah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"brother of God"
- Job
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"persecuted"
- Jorah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"early rain"
- Joram
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"exalted by God"
- Joses
Origin:
Greek variation of JosephMeaning:
"Jehovah increases"
- Jotham
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the Lord is perfect"
- Jothan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is upright"
- Jubal
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"ram's horn"
- Judea
Origin:
Hebrew, variation of Judah
- Junia
Origin:
Latin, Feminine variation of JuniusMeaning:
"born in June"
- Kandake
Origin:
Greek variation of CandaceMeaning:
"white, pure, sincere"
- Kemuel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"helper of God"
- Kenan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"possession"
- Keren
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"strength, power, ram's horn, ray of light"
- Keturah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"incense"
- Laban
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"white"
- Lael
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"belonging to God"
- Lazarus
Origin:
Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew EleazarMeaning:
"God is my helper"
- Lemuel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"devoted to God"
- Linus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"flax"
- Machi
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"decrease"
- Mahala
Origin:
Hebrew and ArabicMeaning:
"tender"
- Mahlah
- Mahlon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sickly"
- Mattan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"gift"
- Mehitabel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God rejoices"
- Menahem
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the comforter"
- Merari
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"bitter"
- Micaiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"who is like God?"
- Micaiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"who is like God?"
- Micajah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"who is like God?"
- Milka
- Moab
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"from my father"
- Mordecai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"follower of Marduk"
- Naamah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sweetness, grace, beauty"
- Nadab
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"generous"
- Naphtali
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"wrestling, struggling"
- Narcissus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"daffodil"
- Nebo
Origin:
Babylonian mythology name
- Nehemiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"comforted by God"
- Nekoda
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"marked"
- Neriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"light of Jehovah"
- Nicodemus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"victory of the people"
- Nogah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"brightness"
- Obadiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"servant of God"
- Obed
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"servant of God"
- Omri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my sheaf"
- Ophir
Origin:
Hebrew
- Orpah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"a fawn"
- Oshea
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"salvation"
- Othniel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lion of god, or strength of god"
- Ozias
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"salvation"
- Pallu
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"distinguished"
- Peninah
- Penuel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"facing God"
- Perez
Origin:
Spanish from HebrewMeaning:
"to blossom"
- Persis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Persian woman"
- Pharez
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"to blossom"
- Philemon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"kiss"
- Philetus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beloved"
- Pontius
Origin:
RomanMeaning:
"fifth"
- Prisca
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"ancient"
- Rahab
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"spacious"
- Ram
Origin:
Arabic; SanskritMeaning:
"archer; pleasing"
- Reuel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"friend of God"
- Rosh
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"chief"
- Sapphira
Origin:
Greek variation of Sapphire, Hebrew jewel nameMeaning:
"sapphire"
- Sargon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"true king"
- Seraiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"Yahweh is ruler"
- Sharar
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"enemy"
- Shem
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"name"
- Sherah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"kinswoman"
- Shifra
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"handsome, good"
- Shulammite
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"peace"
- Silvanus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"wood; forest"
- Syntyche
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"common fate"
- Talitha
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"little girl"
- Talmai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"furrowed"
- Tammuz
Origin:
Semitic variation of Dumuzid, SumerianMeaning:
"loyal child"
- Tekoa
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"stockade or horn trumpet"
- Theophilus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"friend of God"
- Timeus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"honor"
- Timon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"reward, honor"
- Tiras
Origin:
Hebrew, meaning uncertain
- Tirzah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"delight"
- Tobit
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my good"
- Tryphena
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"softness, delicacy"
- Tryphosa
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"softness, delicacy"
- Urban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the city"
- Uriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Uzzi
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"Jehovah is my strength"
- Vashti
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"lovely"
- Zaccai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pure"
- Zebedee
Origin:
English variation of Hebrew ZebediahMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Zebediah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"gift of Jehovah"
- Zebulon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"exaltation or little dwelling"
- Zephaniah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God has hidden"
- Zerah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"to arise; dawn"
- Zibiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"roe, deer"
- Zilla
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"shadow"
- Zillah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"shade"
- Zilpah
- Zimri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my music, my praise"
- Zipporah
Origin:
Variation of Tziporah, HebrewMeaning:
"bird"
- Zuriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my rock"