Choosing a name for your precious daughter can be daunting. You want it to be special. You want it to be meaningful. And you most certainly want it to last the test of time. There are so many places you can look to for inspiration. You might choose a baby name that's easy to say in both English and Spanish. Or perhaps you are inspired to name your baby after a telenovela character. Or what about looking for a baby girl name in the Bible?
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Biblically-inspired baby names will never go out of style, just ask your abuela or anyone from an older generation. It's because the Bible will never go out of style. Not only that but there are so many names to choose from in the Bible. You could choose a name based on a verse, a person, an angel or just because you love the sound of it.
Of course, you are welcome to grab a Bible and find a name yourself but we put together a list of gorgeous baby girls to get you started. Some of them you will be familiar with but quite a few are surprisingly uncommon. Oh, and don't think that you have to be all kinds of religious to use a name from the Bible. You can be, but you don't have be.
Abigail, which means father's joy.
Biblical reference:
His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite. – 1 Samuel 25:3
Adah, which means an assembly.
Biblical reference:
Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. – Genesis 4:19
Adina, which means adorned, voluptuous, dainty or slender.
Biblical reference:
Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. – Genesis 4:19
Angela, meaning angelic.
Biblical reference:
The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. – Genesis 16:7
Anna, meaning gracious; one who gives.
Biblical reference:
There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, – Luke 2:36
Ariel, meaning altar; light or lion of God.
Biblical reference:
So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning, – Ezra 8:16
Artemis, meaning whole, sound.
Biblical reference:
A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there. – Acts 19:24
Atarah, meaning crown.
Biblical reference:
Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. – 1 Chronicles 2:26
Claudia, meaning lame.
Biblical reference:
Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters. – 2 Timothy 4:21
Damaris, meaning a little woman.
Biblical reference:
Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others. – Acts 17:34
Diana, meaning luminous or perfect.
Biblical reference:
There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.” – Acts 19:27
Edna, meaning pleasure or delight.
Biblical reference:
Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. – Genesis 2:8
Elizabeth, meaning the oath of God.
Biblical reference:
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. – Luke 1:5
Esther, meaning secret; hidden.
Biblical reference:
Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. – Esther 2:7
Eva or Eve, meaning living.
Biblical reference:
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. – Genesis 3:20
Judith, the praise of the Lord; confession.
Biblical reference:
When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. – Genesis 26:34
Julia, meaning soft and tender hair.
Biblical reference:
Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them. – Romans 16:15
Lydia, meaning standing pool.
Biblical reference:
One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. – Acts 16:14
Mara, meaning bitter; bitterness.
Biblical reference:
When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) – Exodus 15:23
Martha, meaning who becomes bitter; provoking.
Biblical reference:
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. – Luke 10:38
Miriam, meaning rebellion.
Biblical reference:
Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. – Exodus 15:20
Myra, meaning I flow.
Biblical reference:
When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. – Acts 27:5
Paula, meaning small or little.
Biblical reference:
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, – Acts 13:9
Sarah, meaning princess.
Biblical reference:
Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. – Genesis 23:1
Sarai, meaning princess.
Biblical reference:
God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. – Genesis 17:15
Susanna, meaning lily, rose or joy.
Biblical reference:
Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. – Luke 8:3
Talitha, meaning a young woman.
Biblical reference:
He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). – Mark 5:41
Tamara, meaning palm, date palm or palm tree.
Biblical reference:
Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. – Genesis 38:6
Victoria, meaning victory.
Biblical references:
For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” – Deuteronomy 20:4
Zemira, meaning song.
Biblical reference:
The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. – 1 Chronicles 7:8
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