240+ Unusual Biblical Baby Names

Quirky Old Testament name.

A minor Old Testament prophet, and a (deservedly) even more minor name.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.

Greek name featured in the New Testament.

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.

Obscure name from the New Testament.

A rare alternative to Tobias, with a lesser-known Biblical story.

Place name and feminine given name in the Old Testament.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.

Menahem derives from a Hebrew word meaning "the comforter" King Menahem of the Old Testament did not live up to his name — he was one of Israel’s cruelest kings.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.

Old Testament masculine name that could fit in well with contemporary baby names.

Feminine form of Herod.

Greek variation of Candace used in the Bible.

A Roman forename, and later family name, used for both sexes in ancient times (but more commonly men).

Variation of Timaeus.

Talmai is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Maacah, the wife of King David, and one of Anak’s three giant sons.

One of the wives of King David in the Old Testament.

A masculine name in the Old Testament, but used contemporarily as a feminine name.

Biblical judge from the Old Testament.