Boys:
- Abner (AB-ner)
- Amos (AY-mos)
- Asa (AY-sah)--"doctor"
- Barnabas (BAR-nah-bus)
- Bartholomew (bar-THOL-o-myoo)
- Cyrus (SYE-rus)
- Darius (DAIR-ee-us)--"possessing good"
- Enoch (EE-nock)--"dedicated"
- Ephraim (EE-fray-im or EF-rahm)--"fruitful"
- Felix (FEE-liks or FEH-liks)--"lucky"
- Gideon (GID-ee-on)
- Hiram (HYE-ram)
- Hosea (ho-ZAY-ah)--"salvation"
- Ira (EYE-rah)--"watchful"
- Jethro (JETH-roh)--"abundance"
- Jubal (JOO-bal)
- Moses (MOH-zes)
- Reuben (ROO-ben)
- Rufus (ROO-fus)
- Simeon (SIM-ee-on)--"listener"
- Thaddeus (THAD-ee-us)
- Titus (TYE-tus)
- Tobias (toh-BYE-as)--"God is good"
Girls:
- Abilene (AB-ih-leen or ah-bih-LEE-nee)
- Carmel (KAR-mel)--"garden"
- Damaris (DAM-ah-ris or dam-AIR-is)
- Dinah (DYE-nah)
- Esther (ES-ter)--"star"
- Hephzibah (HEP-zi-bah)--"my delight is in her". Also spelled Hepzibah.
- Junia (JOON-ee-ah)
- Lois (LOH-is)
- Magdalene (MAG-dah-leen or mahg-dah-LEN-eh)
- Mara (MAR-ah)
- Miriam (MEER-ee-am)
- Noah (NOH-ah)--"motion". Sometimes spelled Noa. [not to be confused with the popular boys' name Noah, which sounds the same in English, but is of a different Hebrew source]
- Priscilla (pris-SIL-lah)
- Rhoda (ROH-dah)--"rose"
- Selah (SEE-lah or SEH-lah)
- Susanna (soo-ZAN-nah)--"lily" ["rose" in modern Hebrew]. Original Hebrew form is Shoshannah.
- Tamar (tah-MAHR or TAY-mar)--"palm tree". Variants include Tamara.
Some of my very fave names are on this list! I always thought I'd have an Enoch, but my hubby isn't a fan. Amos is still in the running for future little ones, though!
ReplyDeleteAnd as for girl names, I love Esther and Selah! I could really live with any of them, though Hephzibah might be a mouthful for most. ;)