More Than Noah, Daniel, Joshua, Matthew, & Elizabeth: Biblical Names II.

So on my last Biblical post, I focused on more obscure Biblical names (and it was fun!). Admittedly, they may be a little too "out there" for some people, so this time, here're Biblical names that have a decent history of use in English, but haven't ever been really popular.

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.