Biblical and Botanical Girl Middle Names

Abilene — “meadow” (Nicknames: Abby, Lena, Billie, Abba)

Alona — “oak tree” (Nicknames: Lona, Oona, Ally, Lonnie, Loni)

Ayla — “oak tree” or “halo of moonlight” (Nicknames: Aylie, Ace, Lala, Ay, Laya)

Calla — “beauty” (Nicknames: Cal, Callie, Allie, Cally)

Cassia — “cinnamon” (Nicknames: Cass, Cassie, Sia, Cassy)

Clementia — “merciful, gentle” (Nicknames: Clem, Clemmie, Tia, Clemmy)

Dalia — “branch, vine, flower” (Nicknames: Dali, Lia, Dee, Dally)

Demetria — “earth mother” (Nicknames: Demi, Dee, Metria, Tree, Ria)

Dymphna — “fawn, little deer, little poet” (Nicknames: Dymph, Effie, Nina, Dim)

Eden — “place of pleasure, delight” (Nicknames: Edie, Den, Edy)

Edith — “prosperous in war” (Nicknames: Edie, Ed, Dithie, Ede)

Hazel — “hazelnut tree” (Nicknames: Haze, Zel, Zella, Hazy)

Holly — “the holly tree” (Nicknames: Holls, Ollie, Hol)

Isadora — “gift of the moon / supreme goddess” (Nicknames: Izzy, Dora, Isa, Dori)

Keziah — “cinnamon bark” (Nicknames: Kez, Kezzy, Zia, Kiki)

Kinneret — “harp” (Nicknames: Kin, Kinny, Ret, Rin)

Magdalena — “high tower” or “of Magdala” (Nicknames: Maggie, Lena, Magda, Mags)

Marigold — “golden flower” (Nicknames: Goldie, Mari, Mary, Golda)

Noa — “movement, motion” (Nicknames: Noey, Nonni)

Renata — “reborn” (Nicknames: Ren, Renny, Ata, Reni)

Rimonah — “pomegranate” (Nicknames: Rimi, Mona, Rim, Ro)

Sage — “wise, healthy” or “herb”

Sapphira — “sapphire, blue gemstone” (Nicknames: Fifi, Phira, Fira)

Selah — “pause, praise” (Nicknames: Sel, Selly, Lala, Sela)

Susanna — “lily, rose” (Nicknames: Sue, Susie, Zanna, Suzu, Suki)

Talia — “dew of God” (Nicknames: Tali, Lia, Tal, Tally)

Zibiah — “gazelle, doe” (Nicknames: Zibi, Bea, Bibi, Zee)