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By ultracrepidarian · Updated May 2023

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Supposedly Puritans sometimes chose a random word from the Bible to use for their children's names. That would explain some of their more...interesting choices. You just can't make this up.

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  • Pharaoh

    Egyptian, Latin

    "ruler"

    Kaiser, Rex, Kingsley, and Prince have become increasingly popular in recent years and Pharaoh is one of the more unexpected members of this regal family of names. Used as the title of ancient…

  • If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-

  • -Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned

  • Flee-fornication

  • Abstinence

  • Agony

  • Ashes

  • Barzillai

    Barzillai is a biblical masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning 'man of iron' or 'strong.' In the Old Testament, Barzillai was a Gileadite who showed loyalty to King David during Absalom's rebellion,…

  • Divine-Authority

  • Fear

  • Fight-the-Good-Fight-of-Faith

  • Forsaken

  • Godlye

  • Hate-bad

  • Handmaid

  • Hate-evil

  • Hearsay

  • Helpless

  • Humiliation

  • Increase

    Word name

    One Puritan virtue name unlikely to thrive in the 21st century.