140+ Biblical Girl Names

  1. Tryphosa
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "softness, delicacy"
    • Description:

      Greek name mentioned in the New Testament and one of the undiscovered unique baby names from the Bible.
  2. Susana
    • Sherah
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "kinswoman"
      • Description:

        One of the unique baby names still undiscovered from the Old Testament.
    • Jahel
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "mountain goat"
      • Description:

        Variation of Jael.
    • Abital
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "my father is dew"
      • Description:

        Abital is popular for boys as well as girls in Israel, but we rarely hear it here. In the Old Testament, Abital was one of King David's wives and the mother of his fifth son.
    • Terah
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "wind or wanderer"
      • Description:

        The Biblical Terah was male, but the name feels like it could work for either gender. In the Bible, Terah was the father of Abram, later Abraham.
    • Shulammite
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "peace"
      • Description:

        Derivative of Shalom and one of the unique baby names featured in the Old Testament.
    • Helah
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "rust"
      • Description:

        Biblical name from the Old Testament.
    • Jawad
      • Origin:

        Arabic
      • Meaning:

        "generous; steed"
      • Description:

        A common Arabic name also spelt Jaouad, Javad or Javadd (the middle name of One Direction> band member Zayn Malik).
    • Hagar
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "flight, forsaken"
      • Description:

        Hagar is an Old Testament name with an unfortunate association with comic strip character "Hagar the Horrible."
    • Abijah
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "God is my father"
      • Description:

        Abijah, which you might think of as Abigail with rhythm, is the name of both female and male personages in the Bible. A biblical Queen Abijah was the daughter, wife, and mother of kings. The name is pronounced with a long i, to rhyme with Elijah.
    • Orpah
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "a fawn"
      • Description:

        Old Testament name of the daughter-in-law of Naomi, now eclipsed by the originally misspelled Oprah.
    • Zilpah
      • Avital
        • Bilhah
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "bashful"
          • Description:

            Biblical name from the Old Testament.
        • Peninah
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "pearl"
          • Description:

            Peninah, also found as Penina and Peninnah, was one of the two wives of Elkanah in the Bible. Peninah, who had children, upset her sister wife Hannah, who did not, and in response God blessed Hannah with a baby, Samuel.
        • Ephrath
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "fruitful place"
          • Description:

            Place name and feminine given name in the Old Testament.
        • Hodiah
          • Origin:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "majesty of God"
          • Description:

            Biblical name from the Old Testament.
        • Herodias
          • Origin:

            Greek
          • Meaning:

            "song of the hero"
          • Description:

            Feminine form of Herod.
        • Kandake
          • Origin:

            Greek variation of Candace
          • Meaning:

            "white, pure, sincere"
          • Description:

            Greek variation of Candace used in the Bible.