My husband ("[name]Elijah[/name]") would really like to name our daughter (#2 expected in 3 months) a name with a religious/[name]Christian[/name] MEANING – not necessarily occurring in the scriptures. I would love to find a name I liked that fit this criteria as well.
*I want a name that is fairly uncommon (I’d love for it to not be on the top 1000 at all, but definitely not top 100.)
*Also, I would like to stay away from “E” names. My husband and first daughter both have E’s and I don’t want to create a theme.
EXAMPLE: My hubby likes “[name]Josephine[/name]”, but I’m not in love.
I also look for names with spiritual/religious meaning, and I’ve been liking:
[name]Shauna[/name], meaning “God is [name]Gracious[/name]”
[name]Eleanor[/name]/[name]Norah[/name], meaning “[name]Light[/name]” (many spiritual references)
[name]Elizabeth[/name], meaning “God is my Oath”
[name]Anouk[/name]/[name]Anna[/name] (I would use [name]Anouk[/name] if it fit with my last name!), meaning “[name]Favor[/name] or [name]Grace[/name]”
[name]Anthea[/name] - pronounced an-THEE-uh, flower-like (Consider the lilies), rank is not listed on Nameberry, so I assume it isn’t in the top one thousand.
[name]Ardith[/name] - flowering field (parable of the sowers), not in the top one thousand.
[name]Cecily[/name] [name]Faith[/name] - blind faith [name]Cecily[/name] is not in the top one thousand, I think.
[name]Elaine[/name] - light #742, also [name]Eleni[/name]
[name]Helena[/name] - light #612
[name]Irene[/name] - peace #636
[name]Paloma[/name] - dove #789
[name]Phoebe[/name] - radiant, shining one (in the 300’s)
[name]Selah[/name] - rock #773
[name]Veronica[/name] - true image #261
Ok so uncommon name with a religious meaning not starting with ‘E’
[name]Dorothy[/name] - Gift of God
[name]Seeley[/name] - Blessed
[name]Amariah[/name] - [name]Said[/name] of God (although biblically he was male)
[name]Briella[/name] - God is my strength
[name]Datyah[/name] - Belief in God
[name]Gila[/name] - [name]Joy[/name] of the [name]Lord[/name]
[name]Joella[/name] - The [name]Lord[/name] is God
[name]Mehitabel[/name] - God rejoices
[name]Nasia[/name] - God’s miracle
[name]Neriah[/name] - [name]Light[/name] of Jehovah
[name]Odelia[/name] - I will praise the [name]Lord[/name]
[name]Paziah[/name] - The gold of Jehovah
[name]Reuelle[/name] - [name]Friend[/name] of God
[name]Ronja[/name] - God’s joyful song
[name]Samala[/name] - Requested of God
[name]Shauna[/name] - God is gracious
[name]Amadea[/name] - God’s beloved
[name]Benedetta[/name] - Blessed
[name]Clemencia[/name] - [name]Mercy[/name]
[name]Osanna[/name] - [name]Praise[/name] the [name]Lord[/name]
Any of those take your fancy? [name]Hope[/name] that was helpful:)
I like:
[name]Raziela[/name] (Aramaic) = My secret is God (pron. rah-zee-ella)
Merav (“abundance”), one of [name]King[/name] [name]Saul[/name]'s daughters (Merab in the Bible, Merav in modern Hebrew)
[name]Miriam[/name] (“bitter”), [name]Moses[/name]'s sister; her name is considered to denote a bitterly longed-for child
[name]Levana[/name] (poetic rabbinical Hebrew for “moon”, from the word for “white”, akin to [name]Laban[/name] in the Bible and to Lebanon)
[name]Talia[/name]/[name]Tahlia[/name] = heavenly dew (Hebrew)
[name]Christina[/name]
[name]Christiane[/name]
[name]Christobel[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Faith[/name]
[name]Honor[/name]
All forms of [name]Mary[/name]
All forms of [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Bethany[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Rebekah[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name] or [name]Miri[/name] or [name]Marin[/name] – several of hundreds of derivations of [name]Mary[/name]
[name]Liora[/name] – derived from [name]Eliora[/name], “The [name]Lord[/name] is my light.”
[name]Liana[/name]-- lee-[name]AH[/name]-nah Derived from [name]Eliana[/name], “The [name]Lord[/name] has answered.”
[name]Adalia[/name] – “YAHWEH is just.” There’s a little girl in my church with this name and they pronounce it ah-[name]DAY[/name]-lee-ah and call her [name]Addie[/name]. I love it!
[name]Vera[/name] – “[name]Faith[/name].”
[name]Verity[/name] – a lesser used virtue name.
[name]Beata[/name] – bay-[name]AH[/name]-tah, “Blessed.” [name]Love[/name] this one too.
[name]Irene[/name] – “[name]Peace[/name].”
[name]Junia[/name] – found in the New Testament
[name]Lucia[/name] – “[name]Light[/name].” The name of a saint.
[name]Noemi[/name] – form of [name]Naomi[/name].
[name]Abiah[/name] – form of [name]Abijah[/name], “My father is YAHWEH,” which appears in the OT.
[name]Abilene[/name] – place name mentioned in the New Testament.
[name]Dinah[/name] – Daughter of [name]Jacob[/name] and [name]Leah[/name] in the OT. Unfortunately circumstances surround her though.
[name]Hadassah[/name] – [name]Esther[/name]'s Hebrew name, meaning “myrtle tree”
[name]Ariel[/name] - “[name]Lion[/name] of God” - Another name used for Jerusalem
[name]Bethel[/name] - “House of God” - Town near Jerusalem
[name]Bridget[/name] - “Exalted one”
[name]Joan[/name] - Like [name]Joan[/name] of [name]Arc[/name]
[name]Trinity[/name] - Holy trinity
[name]Vera[/name] - “[name]Faith[/name]” or “[name]True[/name]”
[name]Janae[/name] - (Ja-NAY) - “God has answered”
[name]Judith[/name] - “From Judia”
[name]Ophira[/name] - Biblical place name
[name]Eartha[/name] - “Strong faith”
One that I think is beautiful and biblical and not heard much is [name]Eden[/name], there is a thread about it on this same board.
Our first daughter’s name is [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Grace[/name], which is biblical, but not terribly unique, I realize.
[name]Ora[/name]- on who prays to God
Evangela- messenger of good news
[name]Liberty[/name]- in [name]Christ[/name] we have freedom from our sins
[name]Epiphany[/name]
Emsley- a gift from God
Here is my list of favourite, mostly unusual, saints’ names :
(A lot of the boys’ names would work well, and possibly better, in a feminised version.)
[name]Alban[/name]
[name]Ambrose[/name]
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Bernard[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name] (most probably only a legendary saint, but there are some beautiful stories attached to him)
[name]Constantine[/name]
[name]Cosmas[/name]
[name]Crispin[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Francis[/name]
[name]Herbert[/name]
[name]Ivo[/name]
[name]Jerome[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Louis[/name] (also a variant of [name]Aloysius[/name])
[name]Maximilian[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name] (another name for [name]Saint[/name] [name]Bartholomew[/name])
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name] (one of my sons” names)
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] (I love the nn [name]Teddy[/name])
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Wolfgang[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name] (feminine version of [name]Raymond[/name] - he was inspirational, but I just don”t like his name)
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Zita[/name].
I also think that [name]Evangeline[/name]/a, [name]Seraphine[/name]/a and [name]Dorothea[/name] are beautiful names.
[name]Gwyneth[/name] (I might have spelled that wrong) and [name]Tierney[/name] have semi-religous meanings but I’m not sure what… Sorry, thats all that came to mind. Good luck.
