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Names in Biblical-Hebrew

NameCurrent Rank
Aaron

high mountain

12126
Abdiel

servant of God

676
Abel

breath

11077
Abidan

my father is judge

9786
Abiel

God is my father

1496
Abigail

my father's joy

32
Abijah

God is my father

6819
Abimael

my father is God

3778
Abiram

N/A

unranked
Abishai

my father is a gift

4306
Abner

father of light.

837
Abraham

father of multitudes

204
Absalom

father of peace

7735
Achsah

adorned

10249
Adah

ornament

2049
Adaiah

God's witness

3686
Adalia

noble one

1592
Adalya

N/A

11078
Adam

man

11079
Adaya

God has adorned

2813
Adina

slender, delicate

1376
Adino

N/A

7740
Adlai

God is just

unranked
Adonijah

N/A

5881
Adoniram

N/A

9887
Adriel

God is my master

5426
Aharon

N/A

1847
Allon

N/A

12397
Amariah

said of God

1289
Amaziah

N/A

3448
Amittai

N/A

unranked
Ammiel

people of God

9842
Amnon

N/A

unranked
Amos

carried by God

697
Amram

exalted nation

7762
Ana

grace

204
Anael

the grace of God

6935
Anah

N/A

15404
Anaiah

brother; God has answered

914
Anani

N/A

6937
Anaya

care, concern

405
Areli

N/A

9012
Arieh

lion

9952
Ariel

lion of God

511
Arye

lion

6193
Asa

healer; born in the morning

474
Asaph

collector

3687
Asenath

devoted to the goddess Neith

8981
Asher

happy, blessed

20
Atalya

N/A

unranked
Atara

crown

3384
Atarah

crown

2794
Athaliah

God is exalted

2657
Avidan

N/A

9983
Aviel

N/A

15568
Avigayil

N/A

5306
Avimael

N/A

unranked
Aviram

N/A

9037
Avital

N/A

7996
Aviya

God is my father

6402
Avner

N/A

5909
Avraham

father of many

1026
Avram

N/A

7788
Avshalom

N/A

unranked
Azarel

God has helped

5246
Azariah

helped by God

650
Azarya

N/A

8495
Aziel

God is my strength

11220
Azriel

God is my help

5449
Baruch

blessed

2257
Bathsheba

daughter of an oath

13700
Benaiah

built by God

1278
Benjamin

Son of the right hand

13689
Beula

married

unranked
Beulah

married

5028
Binyamin

N/A

2307
Bithiah

N/A

6186
Boaz

bounty

1015
Buz

contempt

unranked
Cain

spear; possessed

974
Cainan

N/A

3270
Caleb

faithful, dog

10398
Canaan

N/A

1087
Chanan

N/A

unranked
Chananya

N/A

12618
Channa

N/A

unranked
Cyrus

sun

254
Daniel

God is my judge

10441
Daniyyel

N/A

unranked
Darius

possessing goodness

unranked
David

beloved

12438
Dawid

N/A

10097
Deborah

bee

852
Delaiah

N/A

12449
Delila

delicate

3452
Delilah

delicate, weak

50
Devora

N/A

2133
Dinah

God will judge

3895
Eber

bright army

4729
Edna

rejuvenation, delight

2054
Edom

N/A

unranked
Efrat

fruitful place

12479
Efrayim

N/A

9141
Ehud

N/A

unranked
Elah

oak tree; bright, shining light

7314
Elam

distant

2237
Elazar

N/A

4588
Elchanan

God is gracious

12752
Eldad

N/A

unranked
Eleazar

God helps

1148
Elhanan

N/A

12757
Eliab

God is father

2445
Eliakim

God will raise up

3227
Eliam

God is my nation

381
Eliav

God is my father

7358
Eliel

my God is God

583
Eliezer

God is my help

1021
Elihu

Jehovah is God

5491
Elijah

Yahweh is God

5044
Elioenai

N/A

6926
Elisheva

pledged to God

2386
Elishua

N/A

unranked
Elizabeth

God is my oath

12802
Elkanah

N/A

10156
Elnatan

N/A

11223
Elnathan

N/A

6242
Elon

oak tree

1259
Emmanuel

God is with us

181
Enoch

dedicated

718
Enosh

man, person

unranked
Ephraim

fruitful, fertile, productive

979
Eran

watchful; vigilant

11287
Esau

hairy

3055
Esaw

N/A

unranked
Ester

star

unranked
Esther

star

131
Etan

strong, firm

12827
Ethan

strong, firm

10498
Eve

life

569
Ever

N/A

1070
Ezra

help

705
Gabriel

God is my strength

5482
Gad

fortune

11277
Gamaliel

N/A

3535
Gavriel

God is my strength

1762
Gedaliah

made great by Jehovah

unranked
Gera

strength of a spear

unranked
Gershom

stranger, exodus

11347
Gershon

stranger; exodus

3232
Gideon

hewer; or, having a stump for a hand

10607
Gidon

N/A

12849
Gilad

N/A

unranked
Gilead

hill of testimony, heap of stones

9261
Goliath

exile

11356
Gomer

to complete

unranked
Habakkuk

embrace

8535
Hadassa

N/A

1604
Hadassah

myrtle tree

532
Hagar

flight or forsaken

unranked
Haggai

N/A

8475
Ham

hot, warm

unranked
Hananiah

God is gracious

11425
Hannah

grace

10128
Hanniel

N/A

6661
Haran

hill, mountain

unranked
Hazael

one who decides

3346
Hephzibah

my delight is in her

11445
Hezekiah

God gives strength

490
Hillel

greatly praised

3284
Hiram

brother of the exalted one

1763
Hosea

salvation

unranked
Huldah

sweet, lovable

14059
Iddo

N/A

unranked
Ilai

N/A

4606
Immanuel

N/A

1208
Imri

N/A

unranked
Ira

watchful one; peace

1436
Ishmael

God will hear

1498
Itamar

date palm island

11433
Ittai

N/A

12987
Jachin

he establishes

11443
Jacob

supplanter

41
Japheth

expansion

3236
Jethro

excellence

1078
Jezebel

not exalted

14200
Job

persecuted

2318
Jonah

dove

5198
Joseph

God will increase

32
Joshua

Yahweh is salvation

57
Judah

praised

3772
Kemuel

helper of God

4368
Kenaan

N/A

10384
Kenaniah

N/A

unranked
Keturah

incense

3460
Keziah

cassia tree

865
Laban

white

unranked
Lael

belonging to God

1472
Lamech

strong or low

unranked
Lavan

N/A

unranked
Lea

meadow; weary

834
Leah

weary

11658
Lehi

N/A

10459
Lemuel

devoted to God

2142
Levi

joined, attached

2614
Leviathan

twisted, coiled; in modern Hebrew - whale

2290
Lewi

N/A

8053
Lot

N/A

unranked
Maaseiah

N/A

unranked
Mahlah

N/A

unranked
Mahli

N/A

12937
Malachi

my messenger

14551
Malakhi

my messenger

1312
Manasseh

N/A

3847
Mattan

gift

unranked
Mattaniah

N/A

9527
Melech

N/A

11764
Menachem

the comforter

1063
Merab

N/A

11752
Merari

bitter

unranked
Merav

N/A

unranked
Methuselah

N/A

13509
Micah

who is like God?

841
Micaiah

who is like God?

1569
Michael

who is like God?

7450
Mikha

N/A

11770
Mikhael

N/A

2928
Mikhal

N/A

unranked
Milcah

N/A

10780
Miriam

drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

251
Miryam

N/A

6070
Mordecai

follower of Marduk

2046
Moses

delivered from the water

505
Moshe

N/A

491
Naama

N/A

11796
Naamah

sweetness, grace, beauty

10794
Nachum

comforter

7559
Nadav

generous

6689
Naftali

N/A

2066
Nahor

N/A

11810
Nahum

comfort

2269
Naomi

pleasantness

44
Naphtali

wrestling, struggling

11866
Natan

given

2491
Nathan

gift from God

62
Nathanael

N/A

674
Nechemya

N/A

unranked
Nehemiah

comforted by God

426
Nekoda

marked

5365
Neriah

light of Jehovah

830
Neriya

N/A

10820
Netanel

gift of God

6351
Nethaniah

N/A

unranked
Nimrod

we shall rise up, we shall rebel

unranked
Noa

motion

253
Noach

N/A

5369
Noah

Rest, comfort

561
Obadiah

servant of God

1412
Obed

servant of God

1945
Oded

N/A

unranked
Ofir

N/A

unranked
Ohad

N/A

unranked
Omri

my sheaf

10848
Ophir

N/A

unranked
Orpah

a fawn

unranked
Oved

N/A

unranked
Peleg

N/A

unranked
Peretz

N/A

8138
Perez

to blossom

9623
Phinehas

N/A

3193
Pinchas

dark-skinned

2814
Rachel

ewe

unranked
Rafael

God has healed

222
Raphael

God has healed

420
Rebecca

to tie, bind

342
Reuben

behold, a son

874
Reuel

friend of God

4037
Reuven

N/A

2383
Rut

companion, friend

6097
Ruth

compassionate friend

172
Salah

peace through faith

4743
Samuel

heard by God

13186
Sara

princess

188
Sarah

princess

95
Sarai

princess

445
Sargon

true king

13841
Sariah

my princess

1011
Saul

prayed for

unranked
Seraiah

Yahweh is ruler

6100
Seraya

N/A

8323
Seth

placed, appointed

unranked
Shaul

N/A

4395
Sheera

N/A

unranked
Shela

N/A

unranked
Shelah

N/A

unranked
Shem

name

6750
Shemaiah

N/A

unranked
Shemuel

N/A

13877
Shifra

handsome, good

3486
Shiphrah

beauty

17272
Simeon

he [God] has heard

unranked
Solomon

peace

417
Tamar

date palm tree

2374
Uzziel

my power is God

4542
Zilpah

N/A

unranked