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By vintageluvs · Updated April 2023

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  • Gethsemane

  • Gomorrah

  • Goshen

  • Hebron

  • Jabbok

  • Jerash

  • Jerusalem

  • Judea

  • Laban

    Hebrew

    "white"

    An Old Testament name used by the Puritans, less well known than female relatives Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah and as deserving of revival.

  • Lebanon

  • Lycia

  • Moab

    Hebrew

    "from my father"

    Moab is a Biblical name and an ancient place name. In the Old Testament, Moab was the son of Lot. The Kingdom of Moab, in modern-day Jordan, was Biblically significant for often being in conflict…

  • Mysia

  • Nineveh

  • Nod

  • Ophir

  • Palestine

  • Palmyra

    Greek, place name

    "palm tree; pilgrim"

    An ancient city in modern-day Syria, which occasionally makes the roster of girl names. Its etymology is uncertain — locally it is called Tadmor, and Palmyra is the Greek version — but it has…

  • Sheba

    Hebrew, short variation of Bathsheba

    "daughter of an oath"

    This biblical place-name for the region now known as Yemen started to feel fresh again as the name of the heroine of Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal , played on screen by Cate Blanchett. Sheba is…

  • Sidon