Biblical Names for Girls

There are 149 Biblical names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Biblical names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #8 and a usage of 0.7338%, followed in descending order by Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Andrea (Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Angela (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic), and Bethany (English). The unusual Biblical names are Aaren (English), Adamina (English), Almudena (Spanish), Annunziata (German and Italian), Aphra (Arabic and English), Ariela (Italian), Asher (English), Asunción (German and Spanish), Axelle (French), Benedicta (English and German), Benjamine (French), Berenice (English, German, and Italian), Bithiah (English and Hebrew), Candelaria (Spanish), and Candida (English, German, and Italian).

Biblical names are very popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1901 with 17.307% of baby girls being given Biblical names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 53 Biblical names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of very heavy use. In 2007, their total usage was 8.828% with 61 Biblical names listed among the top 1000. Among all Biblical names, Isabella (German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9056%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Aaren ... enlightened, exalted, ...Biblical name derived from the word aharon with the ...

Abigail 8 ... my father rejoices, ...Biblical name derived from the elements 'av' which means ...

Adamina ... man ...Biblical name derived from adamah 'red earth' ; adam ...

Almudena ... the city ...Biblical name derived from the word almedinah which means ...

Andrea 59 ... male, manly, brave, ...Biblical name derived from the word andreia which has the ...

Angela 125 ... messenger of God, angel ...Biblical name derived from angelos 'angel, messenger' ; ...

Anna 25 ... God was gracious, God ...Biblical name derived from the word 'channah' with the ...

Annunziata ... annunciation ...Biblical name from the word 'annunziare' ...

Aphra ... dust; whitish red, pink ... origin, English use: Biblical name literally from the ...

Ariela ... lion of God ...Biblical name derived from ariy which means 'lion' ; el ...

Asher ... happy, blessed; ash ... origin: Biblical name derived literally from the ...

Asunción ... assumption ...Biblical name literally from the element asunción meaning ...

Axelle ... God the Father is peace ...Biblical name derived from av 'father' ; shalom 'peace' ...

Benedicta ... blessed ...Biblical name derived from the word benedictus which has ...

Benjamine ... son of the south, son ...Biblical name derived from the words 'ben' which means ...

Berenice ... bearer of victory ...Biblical name derived from phero which means 'to bear, to ...

Bethany 292 ... house of figs ...Biblical name derived from beth which means 'house' ; ...

Bithiah ... daughter of Yahweh ...Biblical name derived from bath meaning 'daughter' ; ...

Candelaria ... Candlemas ...Biblical name from the words 'candeleria' which means ...

Candida ... white ...Biblical name derived from the word 'candidus' meaning ...