| Biblical Christian Names |
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| Sunday, 04 February 2007 17:49 | |||
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Welcome to the Biblical Meaning of Christian Names. What a wonderful blessing our children are and choosing the name/s for your baby is part of the pleasure that parents enjoy with their new family. Christian names are important, because baby’s Christian name will normally be with him/her throughout their entire lives. Could this be daunting?... Yes! Exciting? Yes, very exciting: and many Christian parents derive additional satisfaction when they are able to know a name’s meaning before they make the final decision. There are two things that you need think about carefully. Make sure that the name you choose goes well with the surname: and that the initials don’t produce any unfortunate combinations. AAbel: Breath. (Able was the second son of Adam and Eve.) Abigail: A father’s joy/Source of joy Abiel: God is my Father Ada: Prosperous/Happy, or Ornament Adam: A man of the red earth. (Adam was the first man that God created.) Adina: Slender/Delicate Amos: Burden/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 Cain: The firstborn son of Adam and Eve (Cain was the first ever murderer.) Caleb: Devoted and wholehearted Carmel: Garden/Orchard, or Field Claudia: She was a disciple in Rome Cornelius: Strong/Sunrays. (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 Israelite king, who won many battles and wrote many of the psalms.) Deborah: The bee/An industrious woman. (Deborah was an Old Testament prophetess who led the Israelites.) Debra: Like Deborah Dinah: Judgement Delilah: Beautiful temptress/Delicate, (Delilah was the lover of Samson. She tricked him into cutting his hair and thus losing his strength.) Drusilla: (The wife of Felix, the governor of Judea. 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 annihilation.) 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/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/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/A 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, (All were ancestors of Jesus.) Isaiah: God is salvation, (Isaiah was a great Old Testament prophet and many of his prophecy’s 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/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 she 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/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/A woman from Judea, Judith also means Praise. 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/White, (Luke is another name for Lucia, or Lucas.) Lois: Agreeable, (She was Timothy’s grandmother.) Lydia: Of Lydia, (she was converted by Saint Paul.) M Magdala: Seaside village/Tower Magdalene: Tower, (Magdalene was one of the Mary’s at the time of Jesus.) Malachi: My angel/My messenger Marcus: Defence/warlike Mark: An object/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 was the mother of Jesus.) Matthew: A gift from God, (Matthew was an apostle of Jesus.) Micah: Who is like Yahweh, (Micah was one of the prophets who warned the Jews of the judgment of 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/Rest, (Noah built the ark that saved him, his family and the animals at the time of the flood.) O Obadiah: Serving God Orpah: A fawn/Lively maiden/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, 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: Deep blue/Beautiful Sapphire: Deep blue 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.) Sophia: Wisdom Stephen: A crown/A garland.) Susan: Lilly, (Jesus said that the lilies of the field were beautiful.) Susanna: A Lilly/A rose, Susanna was a believer who ministered to Jesus.) Rachel: A ewe, (Rachel was the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph.) T Tabitha: A gazelle/A doe Tamara: A palm tree Tiffany: The Trinity/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 for the Jewish homeland.)
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