Bible Names for Girls

There are 100 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 2007, followed in descending order by Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Bethany (English), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), and Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian). The unusual Bible names are Aaren (English), Abilene (English), Adamina (English), 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), Candace (English), Candida (English, German, and Italian), and Carmel (English and Hebrew).

Bible names are very popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1941 with 15.269% of baby girls being given Bible names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 37 Bible names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of very heavy use. In 2007, their total usage was 5.552% with 42 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 0.7338%.

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

Abigail 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 646 ... noble, honorable; ornament, ... Old Testament of the Bible, a number of women were ...

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

Anna 25 ... 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 633 ... 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 ... bearer of victory ... name was borne in the Bible by a sister of King ...

Beryl ... the Bible, the eighth foundation stone of the wall ...

Bethany 292 ... house of figs ... the Bible, Bethany was a city outside Jerusalem ...

Beulah ... she who is married ... the Bible, Beulah is another name for Israel used ...

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

Candace ... queen; incandescent; ... the Bible, one of these queens was mentioned by the ...

Candida ... white ... as recorded in the Bible ...

Carmel ... fruit garden, fruitful ... Book of Kings in the Bible recorded that Elijah ...