Looking for under-used biblical names...

bawags · October 2013

My daughter is Miriam and I would love for baby number two (not expecting but thinking of TTC #2) to also have a less common biblical name. (So no Matthew, Luke, Mary). Any ideas? I am open to the unusual as well as familiar sounding names! Need boy and girl choices! Thanks!

dees14 · October 2013

I love the name Naomi

nanabanana06 · October 2013

Mara is biblical.

allardr · October 2013

I'm no help since I only know the common ones, I didn't even know Miriam was biblical. But to chime in I love the name Gideon on a boy!

NerdyLucy · October 2013

The other day I learned about the name Joah from another pp.

For a girl, I'll throw in Hadassah.

KatFCo · October 2013

Boys: Isaiah, Isaac, Silas, Simon, Jude, Josiah, Aaron, Abner, Reuben, Simeon

Girls: Joanna (not uncommon, but not used too often anymore); Lois, Eunice, Hadassah, Esther, Bernice, Beulah, Candace, Claudia, Phoebe, Sapphira, Dinah, Dorcas, Tabitha, Priscilla, Ruth

Scarlett&Gatsby · October 2013

You've already got som great suggestions (I think all the girls' names I was going to suggest have been listed), but I'll add: Malachi, Hosea, Phineas, Jude, Asher, Elisha, Saul, Joel. You could also use some words from the Bible. A poster here recently named her son Samaritan (NN Sam). There's also Eden and Selah for girls. ETA: just noticed Jemima (fave!) and Jael and Michal (all for girls) haven't been mentioned yet.

SnoopyLuv · October 2013

Susannah and Gideon

brooksidebride · October 2013

Layla for a girl

missingmountains · October 2013

Eve!

erika_sue · October 2013

Lydia or Tabitha

BethPSU · October 2013

Elias, Boaz Rachel, Sarah

Dr.Loretta · October 2013

Aaron, Benjamin, Daniel, Ezra (though it's NMS), Gideon (love), Isaiah, Ezekiel, Elijah, Jeremiah, Jonah, Judah, Micah, Adam, Samson, Nathaniel, Simon, Simeon, Cyrus, Asher, Isaac, Abraham, Amos, Barnabas, Boaz, Caleb, Ephraim, Jesse, Malachi, Raphael, Reuben, Zechariah, Zebedee

Bethany, Eve, Judith, Ruth, Delilah, Leah, Rachel, Adriel, Esther, Hadassah, Martha, Michal, Naomi, Salome, Talitha, Zipporah

Kmommy91 · October 2013

Abram (my son's name) or Abraham
Uriah
Mordecai
Jethro
Zadok (my husband's name)
Judah
Josiah
Jedediah
Jeremiah
Zebulun
Isaiah
Asa
Zachariah
Phineas
Felix
Hiram
Ephraim (sp?)
Abner
Amos
Allon
Bartholomew
Boaz
Gideon
Samson
Enoch
Ezra
Ezekiel
Simeon
Joel
Ishmael
Nathanial
Thaddeus
Zion

Selah
Shiloh
Jael
Damaris
Esther
Naomi

ktpaladino · October 2013

Jonah, Gideon, and Levi are my favorites for the boys. For girls, Eve and Naomi are the only ones I really like, but I like Ruth as a middle name. My little girl is going to be Eden, which is biblical even though not exactly a person's name from the Bible.

kanga1622Wed220857 · October 2013

While not specifically biblical, the first name that popped into my head when I read your title was Joy.

RedCardinal · October 2013

I love Gideon, Daniel, Selah, and Eliora.

Meggiemuggins · October 2013

Reuben!

lizanddean · October 2013

My husband is really pushing for Nehemiah for our son. I love the name, and the significance, but not sure I am ready to go with it for the first name. I also love Joel, Ruth, Selah, Titus (I have one of those already!), and Solomon. Good Luck!