Names Inspired By Biblical Women

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

Abigail*
Bathsheba
Deborah
Delilah*
Dinah*
Eden
Elizabeth
Esther
Eve
Hagar
Hannah
Jezebel*
Joy
Julia*
Leah*
Maria
Martha
Mary
Miriam
Naomi
Phoebe
Rachel*
Rebekah
Ruth
Sarah

it's too bad Delilah and Jezebel were such awful women, they have my favorite names on this list...

Comments

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

I have a Hannah and plan to name my next girl (should we have one) Leah or Julia. :)

I also like Abigail, Delilah, Eve, Joy, Miriam, Rachel, and Sarah.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Abigail
Eden
Elizabeth
Hannah
Jezebel - Heh, I named my teddy bear this, but I would never use it on a human :P
Julia
Maria
Rachel
Rebekah
Sarah

I like...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Delilah
Eden
Julia
Leah
Sarah

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Abigail
Delilah
Eden
Elizabeth
Esther
Eve
Leah
Mary
Miriam
Rebekah
Ruth
Sarah

[farting-nora.livejournal.com]

The only one on that list I don't like is Hagar.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way as you- Jezebel has been one of my favorite names since I was a kid, but I could never use it.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I quite like Delilah and Jezebel too lol. The thing is that I'm not sure if it's the case with these names, but I know in the ancient world a lot of the time they used names that actually meant something about that person, so their name might change throughout their life. So it's likely that a person in the Bible who was a bad character has a name that means something bad. So even trying to overlook the Bible character, you could still end up with a name with a bad meaning. Again I'm not sure what Jezebel or Delilah actually mean though.

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I love the biblical spelling of Rebekah. And I also like Phoebe, Rachel (spelt Rachael - it's my sister's name so I'm biased), Leah, Ruth, Hannah, Elizabeth, Dinah and Abigail.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Julia is a Biblical name?

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Of this list, I like: Elizabeth/Elisheva, Esther, Eve/Chava, Hannah, Leah, Miriam, Naomi, Rebekah, Ruth, Sarah

My favorite Biblical female names would be: Serach, Naamah, Keturah, Moriah (place name, but I like it for a girl), Vashti, Shifra, Rahab and Salome (not not for the Biblical reference, but for the reference to the Queen with the same name).

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

Good call.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I love Leah. I fully intend on naming my first daughter Leah Kate.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Delilah
Dinah
Eden
Esther
Eve
Hannah
Jezebel
Leah
Rachel
Sarah