Biblical boy names

vulpini

Help me out, name enthusiasts.

My husband and I like rather classic boy names. He is a little more conservative in his tastes than I am. I like old testament names that classic/modern (Ethan, Jacob, Gabriel, Joshua, etc). I also like some modern Israeli names (Ilan, Adar, Lior) but DH vetos most of those. I prefer to avoid new testament/Christian names.

The problem is that we are both Ashkenazi Jewish and in our background it is taboo to name a baby the same name as a living relative. Since we like the classic names, this means that most of the ones we like are taken. The taken ones off the top of my head are Elijah, Benjamin, Michael, Joshua, Adam, Alexander, David, Jacob, Joseph, James, Jonathan, Nathan, Isaac, Levi, and Samuel. I'm probably forgetting some since my family will be offended out to the level of second cousins if I repeat a name.

Give me some ideas for names in more or less that style that I can add to our list. So far we are considering

Asher
Ari
Noah (not crazy about the popularity)
Jonah
Daniel

DH vetoed Gabriel, Aaron, and Abram

Our first son is Ethan, so nothing to matchy to that.

Bonus points for anything starting with a V or L

bettertogether27

Vernon
Leo/Leon
Joel
Enoch
Meshak
Micah
ETA Vincent

Knottie1442268460

Kenan
Lemuel
Azariah, Mishael & Hananiah were the "3 Hebrews" aka shadrach, meshac & abednego.
Laban
Lachish/Laish 1st is place name.
Levi
Vophsi (I don't like it)

Smax0822

Hezekiah or Ezekiel

Mvuich85

I have an Abram

vulpini

Smax0822 said:

Hezekiah or Ezekiel

Completely not in my taste

vulpini

NOLA520 said:

Of the ones you're considering, I really like Jonah and Daniel. 

What about Ezra? 

I kind of like it. Are two E names for brothers corny?

BOH1025

Love Asher! It's my DS' middle name

Rshapiro86

Love your list! I'm also Jewish and I feel like we have similar naming styles.

I feel like Ezra goes great with your DS's name.

I also wanted to suggest Judah. It's my DS name and it's biblical but also less popular.

Rawa1416

Ezra, Malachi, Micah, Judah, Shadrach

Bringmemylongswordho

Nothing new to add, just throwing support behind
Ezra
Judah
Malachi

LizaKate1213

I'm not religious and don't know biblical names worth anything, but of the names I've seen listed on this thread I love Jonah, Judah, Malacai, and Micah (this one is on my short list for boys). Ezra is ok with Ethan because they each make different uses of the letter (short e/long e).

Latina211508

Ezekiel (nephews name) and my sons middle name is Gabriel. I think it's nice. Maybe Nehemiah?

nicosh8

Adam
Caleb
Joel
Ezra
Solomon
David
Isaiah
Elias
Micah
Abel

Knottie1442268460

Asa

letyourheartbeyourguide

I love Asher and Judah

klirwin82

Caleb
Amos
Cyrus
Ephraim
Gideon
Reuben
Saul
Seth

Not Biblical but I had a friend named Dov and I loved that name.

OrangeFox

My son is Malachi so I'm biased to the name obviously. But I feel like it's different enough and get still a solid name.

skruhmin

We have a Joshua.  And a Jeremiah.  DS3 is going to most likely be Isaac.  Love going the biblical route. 

Conky3000

I love Ezra and don't think there's anything wrong with two E brothers. I think it's only when you get to 3+ siblings starting with the same letter that it looks deliberate.

Conky3000

Oh I also LOVE Gideon.

GinnyJ2012

Asher and Micah are my top two boy names.  I never got to use them because DH doesn't like them, and now we're having a girl. 

Disneygeek77

Solomon ?

aj1327

I love the name Micah!

Sconesy..Cider

Your list is great! How do you feel about Lemuel (from Proverbs)?

4N6s

Levi. Silas. Elijah. Ezra. Luke. Malachi.

little_bren

LOVE Benjamin

katrinasmith17

Love Asher and love Benjamin . My son's names

DSMLove

Lots of great ideas here. I had one more suggestion to add.

Isaiah

MoreKittens

Our som's middle name is Jonah and we get tons of compliments on it.

momma2char

I've always loved the name Asa (Ay-suh), Judah or Ezra. One of my friends has 3 sons.. Caleb, Judah and Ezra.. All of which are very strong biblical boy names. Another friend has a boy named Seth, and my nephews name is Eli which is adorable but I understand it might be a bit close to Ethan.

TheHauntedHauswife

I actually love Ari for a boy. It almost looks like a nickname though, but if thats the traditional spelling id still stick with it, but you may be able to spell it like Arie or Aeri, I havent done the research so im not sure on spelling options.