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Bible Names for Girls

There are 123 Bible names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Bible names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), Bethany (English), Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, and Hebrew), and Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish). The unusual Bible names are Aaren (English), Abia (Hebrew), Abilene (English), Adamina (English and Hebrew), Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Aphra (Arabic and English), Asenath (English and Hebrew), Axelle (French), Benedicta (English and German), Benjamine (French), Berenice (English, German, and Italian), Beryl (English and German), Beulah (English), Bithiah (English and Hebrew), and Candace (English).

Bible names are very popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1915 with 17.382% of baby girls being given Bible names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 41 Bible names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of very heavy use. In 2008, their total usage was 5.980% with 47 Bible names listed among the top 1000. Among all Bible names, Abigail (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.725%.

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Aaren enlightened, exalted, ... Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Abia Yahweh is my father ... Old Testament of the Bible ...

Abigail Popularity Trend of Abigail
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 8 8 my father rejoices, ... the Bible, Abigail was the intelligent and ...

Abilene grass ... it appeared in the Bible as the name of a region ...

Ada Popularity Trend of Ada
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 598 598 noble, honorable; of ... Old Testament of the Bible, a number of women were ...

Adamina man ... Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Agnes Popularity Trend of Agnes
from 1900 to 2008. pure, chaste; hunger; ... does not appear in the Bible ...

Anna Popularity Trend of Anna
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 26 26 God was gracious, God ... Old Testament of the Bible, Hannah was the mother ...

Aphra dust; whitish red, pink ... obscure origin; in the Bible it was derived from a ...

Asenath she belongs to her father ... the Bible, Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom ...

Axelle God the Father is peace ... Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Barbara Popularity Trend of Barbara
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 758 758 foreign woman ... not found in the Bible, and therefore saw a ...

Benedicta blessed ... New Testament of the Bible ...

Benjamine son of the south, son ... Old Testament of the Bible ...

Berenice Popularity Trend of Berenice
from 1900 to 2008. bearer of victory ... name was borne in the Bible by a sister of King ...

Beryl Popularity Trend of Beryl
from 1900 to 2008. the Bible, the eighth foundation stone of the wall ...

Bethany Popularity Trend of Bethany
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 318 318 house of figs; daughter ... the Bible, Bethany was a city outside Jerusalem ...

Beulah Popularity Trend of Beulah
from 1900 to 2008. she who is married ... the Bible, Beulah was used as another name for ...

Bithiah daughter of Yahweh ... the Bible, the name was borne by a daughter of a ...

Candace Popularity Trend of Candace
from 1900 to 2008. queen mother; incandescent; ... the Bible, one of these queens was mentioned by the ...


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