A

Abel: Breath.
(Able was the second son of Adam and Eve.)
Abigail: A father's joy, or Source of joy
Abel: God is my Father
Ada: Prosperous, or Happy, or Ornament
Adam: A man of the red earth.
(Adam was the first man that God created

Adina: Slender/Delicate
Amos: Burden, or Burden bearer
Andrew: Manly/Courageous.
(Andrew was the brother of the apostle, Simon Peter).

Anna: Grace/Graceful
Ariel: Lion of God
Asher: Happy/Lucky

B

Barnabas: Son of consolation
Benjamin: Son of the right hand.
(Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob.)

Bernice: Victorious
Bethany: House of unripe figs
Bethesda: House of mercy
Blossom: As a rose
Boaz: Strength/Swiftness.
(Boaz was the husband of Ruth, an ancestor of Jesus.)

C
Caleb: Devoted and wholehearted
Carmel: Garden/Orchard, or Field
Claudia: Claudia was a disciple in Rome
Cornelius: Strong, or Sun rays.
(In the New Testament Cornelius was a Roman centurion)

D

Damaris: An Athenian woman who was converted by Paul
Darius: Possessing the good.
(Darius was a great ruler of Persia (now Iran) about 500 B.C.

Daniel: God is my judge.
(Daniel was a prophet who lived in Old Testament times and interpreted the sign of the moving finger.)

David: Beloved/The adored one.
(David was a great King of Israel, who won many battles and wrote many of the psalms.)

Deborah: The bee, or An industrious woman.
(Deborah was an Old Testament prophetess who led the Israelites.)

Debra: Like Deborah, above
Dinah: Judgment
Delilah: Beautiful temptress/Delicate,
(Delilah was beautiful and the lover of Samson. She tricked him into cutting his hair, causing him to lose his strength.)

E

Eli: God is high.
(Eli was an Old Testament prophet. Eli also means My God, 
Jesus'  cry from the cross.)

Elijah: Jehovah is God.
(Eli was an Old Testament prophet.)

Elisabeth: Consecrated to God
Elisha: God is my help/My God is salvation

Emanuel: God is with us
Emma: All embracing/Wide reaching/Completely
Enoch: Dedicated teacher.
(Enoch was a son of Cain)

Esther: A star,
(Queen Esther was the Jewish queen of Xerxes the king of Persia, and by her faith God used her to save the Jewish people from annihilate
Ephraim: Doubly fruitful,
(In the Old Testament Ephraim was the younger son of Joseph)

Ethan: One noted for wisdom/Constant/Firm/Strong
Eve: Life giving, or Life
(God made Eve from Adam's rib and she became the wife of the first man.)

Ezekiel: God strengthens
Ezra: The helper,
(An Old Testament priest, who led the Israelis back to Zion)

G

Gabriel: Man of God/God is my strength
Gabrielle: Woman of God/God is my strength
Gideon: The mighty warrior/cutter of trees,
(Gideon was called by an angel.)
H
Hanna: Favoured by God, or Graciousness/Graceful
Hannah: As Hanna (above)
Hagar: Flight/God has heard.
(Hagar was a servant in Abram's (Abraham's) household

Hazael: God has seen/Sees the Lord
Hazel: God has seen/Sees the Lord
Hiram: Exalted/High born,
(Hiram was the King of Tyre who helped the Jewish kings David and Solomon
Hosanna: Please save Now, or prayer of praise
Hoshea: Salvation,
(Hoshea was the original name for Joshua)
I

Immanuel: God is with us
Isaac: Laughter/The laughing one,
(Isaac was a son of Abraham and the father of Jacob, ancestors of Jesus.)

Isaiah: God is salvation,
(Isaiah was a great Old Testament prophet and many of his prophecies were about Jesus Christ.)
J
Jabal: Flowing/Flowing River
Jacob: Held by the heel
(God changed Jacob's name to Israel, and made him father of the Jewish Nation, who are still called Israelis.)

James: Heel catcher,
(Greek form of Jacob.)

Jemima: A dove
Jeremiah: God will establish, or Yahweh will exalt
Jeremy: Means the same as Jeremiah (above.)
Jephthah: He will open
Jerubbaal: Contends with Baal.
(the name given to Gideon for destroying Baal's alter.)

Jesse: God's gift/God exists
(Jesse was the father of king David)

Joanna: God has been gracious
(with others Joanna heralded Christ's resurrection.)

Job: He that weeps, or cries.
Joel: Jehovah is God
(Joel was one of king David's mighty men.)

Jonah: A man of peace, or A dove.
Jonathan: God has given
(Jonathan was the eldest son of king Saul, and a good friend of king David.)

Joseph: God shall add
(Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus Christ, and the husband of Mary, Jesus' mother.)

Joshua: God is salvation
(God's man to take over from Moses and lead the Israelites to the Promised Land.)

Jude: Praise
Judith: Jewess, or a woman from Judea

Julia: A family name of the Roman Caesars
(it is the feminine form of Julius.)
L

Lazarus: God has helped
(Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead!)

Levi: United,
(Levi was the name given to Old testament priests

Leah: Light of the sun
Lucia: Light
Luke: Bright/Light, or White,
(Luke is another name for Lucia, or Lucas.)
Lois: Agreeable,

Lydia: Of Lydia
(she was converted by Saint Paul.)

M
Magdala: Seaside village, or Tower
Magdalene: Tower.
(Magdalene was one of the Mary's at the time of Jesus.)

Malachi: My angel, or My messenger
Marcus: Defence, or Warlike
Mark: An object, or Large hammer
(it relates to the planet, Mars.)

Martha: A lady
(Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus, the man raised from the dead by Jesus.)

Mary: Obstinate/Stubborn
(There are several Mary’s in the Bible the best know is Mary the mother of Jesus.)

Matthew: A gift from God
(Matthew was an apostle of Jesus.)

Micah: Who is like Yahweh, who is like God
(Micah was one of the prophets who warned the Jews of the judgment about to befall Israel.)

Michal: A brook

Michael: Like the lord
(Michael was an archangel.)

Miriam: Obstinate/Stubborn/Bitter
(Miriam was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron.)

Myra: Myrrh
(Myrrh was one of the gifts from the three wise men to Jesus, It is also the name of a city in Lycia.)

N

Naomi: My delight/pleasant

Nathan: The gift of God

Nehemiah: Comfort of God

Nebuchadezzar: (Was the king of Babylon, who took the Jewish Nation captive.)

Nicolas: Victory of the people

Nicodemas: Conqueror/Victory for the people, (This was the man that Jesus told, “You Must be born again.”)

Noah: Peace, or Rest, (Noah built the ark that saved him, his family and the animals at the time of the flood.)

O

Orpah: A fawn, or Lively maiden, or Neck

P
Paul: Small
(But Paul was never small in achievement, he was one of the outstanding preachers in the New Testament.)

Peter: A rock (After denying that he knew Jesus, Peter became a fearless and very effective preacher.)

Philip: A lover of horses.

Phoebe: Pure/Bright,
(Phoebe was a deaconess of a New Testament church.)

Priscilla: (Was one of Paul’s helpers and the wife of Aquila, a Jewish tent maker.)

R

Rachel: A ewe,
(Rachel was the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph.)

Rahab: Spacious,
(Rahab was the name of a prostitute in Jericho.)

Rebekah: A knotted cord,
She was wife of Isaac in the
Bible.)

Reuben: Behold a son,
(Jacob’ eldest son.)

Rhoda: Rose bush

Ruth: Female companion,
(Ruth was the wife of Boaz, and an ancestor of Jesus.)

S

Samuel: Asked of God,
(Samuel anointed the shepherd, David, who slew the philistine giant and later became king David.)

Salome: Peace,
Salome entered the tomb of Jesus.)

Sapphira:
Sapphire: Deep blue
Sophia: Wisdom Deep blue/Beautiful

Sarah: A princess,
(Sarah was the wife of Abraham.)

Seth: The appointed one,
(Seth was the first son of Adam and Eve.)

Sharon: A flat plane

Simeon: Hearing,
(Simeon is another name of Simon.)

Simon: Hearing

Solomon: Peaceable/Wants peace,
(King Solomon asked God to give him wisdom and became the wisest man who ever lived, (except for Jesus of course

Stephen: A crown, or A garland.)
Susan:Lilly,
(Jesus said that the lilies of the field were beautiful.)

Susanna: A Lilly,or A rose,
(Susanna was a believer who ministered to Jesus.)

T

Tabitha: A gazelle/A doe

Tamara: A palm tree

Tiffany: The Trinity, or A manifestation of God

Tim: Shortened from Timothy,
(means, Revere God - Honoured by God)

Timothy: Honouring God/Honoured by God

U

Uriah: God is light

Z

 Zacharias: Remembered by the Lord, (He was the father of John the Baptist.)

Zion: Fortress,
(Zion is also used as a name for the Jewish homeland)

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