Underused Biblical names

Boy Names
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What are some underused Biblical boy names that are not really out there?

I really love the name [name_m]Jethro[/name_m], but I’m just not sure I can do that to a son. I also love [name_m]Israel[/name_m] and [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zeke[/name_m]. I also like [name_m]Eliezer[/name_m] but have trouble with the pronunciation. I have a [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] (not that underused), [name_m]Justin[/name_m] (not underused and not really Biblical, though his mn is) and [name_m]Nikodemus[/name_m]. I like names that a have good story behind them (e.g. [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m], [name_m]Eliezer[/name_m]), but it’s not a must. [name_m]Just[/name_m] trying to compile a list of names and want some ideas/inspiration! :slight_smile:

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Here are my favorites:

[name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m] nn Hez (I know a little boy with this name. I love it.)
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
Israfel (a favorite of mine for many years)
[name_m]Baptiste[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Canaan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m] ( a guy I know has this name, it’s quite handsome)
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] (I know a guy with this name)
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliyahu[/name_m]
[name_m]Elihu[/name_m]
[name_m]Gamaliel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gavriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
Herodion
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Obadiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebadiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebulon[/name_m]

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[name_m]Hosea[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]

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Shubael
Jeduthan
Elnathan
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_f]Jerusha[/name_f]
[name_m]Heber[/name_m]
Heman

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Thanks all…great names!

@privacyplease I love your list! I keep waiting for [name_m]Obadiah[/name_m] and [name_m]Gideon[/name_m] to grow on me.

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Yay, I love unusual Biblical boy names! I have quite an extensive list of them, https://nameberry.com/userlist/view/75201 .

My favourites are:
[name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m], one of my favourite boy names ever.
[name_u]Elisha[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Job[/name_m]
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Eleazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Enos[/name_m]
[name_m]Esau[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Joab[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Meshach[/name_m]
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Uzziah[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]
[name_m]Zaccheus[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_m]Ahab[/name_m]

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[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Titus[/name_m]

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I love…

[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Jericho[/name_u]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m] (not really Biblical in that there’s someone named [name_m]Roman[/name_m], but “Romans” is a book of the Bible)
Joash
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
Adoniah

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My favorite is Revere, in malachi 4:2 it says “but for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness ill rise with healing in it’s wings.”

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[name_m]Just[/name_m] a note: I would be careful with the name [name_m]Israel[/name_m]. Hitler forced all Jewish men to use this name. Of course it doens’t mean [name_m]Israel[/name_m] isn’t usable anymore, it’s still used. In the country [name_m]Israel[/name_m], for example, it’s used to name unknown men, they’re called “[name_m]Israel[/name_m] Israeli”. Kind of like “[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_f]Doe[/name_f]”.