Biblical Names with Meanings

Gaal, contempt; abomination
Gaash, tempest; commotion
Gabbai, the back
Gabbatha, high; elevated
Gabriel, God is my strength
Gad, a band; a troop
Gadarenes, men of Gadara, i.e., a place surrounded or walled
Gaddi, my troop; a kid
Gaddiel, goat of God; the Lord my happiness
Gaius, lord; an earthly man
Galal, a roll, a wheel
Galatia, white; the color of milk
Galeed, the heap of witness
Galilee, wheel; revolution
Gallim, who heap up; who cover
Gallio, who sucks, or lives on milk
Gamaliel, recompense of God; camel of God
Gammadims, dwarfs
Gamul, a recompense
Gareb, a scab
Garmites, men of Garmi, ie., bones, or, my cause
Gatam, their lowing; their touch
Gath, a wine-press
Gath-rimmon, the high wine-press
Gaza, strong; a goat
Gazabar, a treasurer
Gazer, a dividing; a sentence
Gazez, a passing over
Gazzam, the fleece of them
Geba, a hill; cup
Gebal, bound; limit
Geber, manly, strong
Gebim, grasshoppers; height
Gedaliah, God is my greatness
Geder, Gederah, Gederoth, a wall
Gederothaim, hedges
Gehazi, valley of sight
Geliloth, rolling, wheel, heap
Gemalli, wares; a camel
Gemariah, accomplishment or perfection of the Lord
Gennesaret, garden of the prince
Genesis, beginning
Genubath, theft; robbery
Gera, pilgrimage, combat; dispute
Gerar, same as Gera
Gergesenes, those who come from pilgrimage or fight
Gerizim, cutters, hatchets
Gershom, a stranger here
Gershon, his banishment; the change of pilgrimage
Geshur, Geshuri, sight of the valley; a walled valley
Gether, the vale of trial or searching
Gethsemane, a very fat or plentiful vale
Geuel, God's redemption
Gezer, dividing, sentence
Giah, to guide; draw out; produce; a groan or sigh
Gibbar, strong, manly
Gibbethon, a back; a high house
Gibeah, a hill
Gibeon, hill; cup; thing lifted up
Giddel, great
Gideon, he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer
Gideoni, same as Gideon
Gihon, valley of grace
Gilalai, a wheel
Gilboa, revolution of inquiry
Gilead, the heap or mass of testimony
Gilgal, wheel; rolling; heap
Giloh, he that rejoices; he that overturns
Gimzo, that bulrush
Ginath, Ginnetho, a garden
Gina, sweet lovely rose
Girgashite, who arrives from pilgrimage
Gispa, coming hither
Gittah-hepher, digging; a wine-press
Gittaim, a wine-press
Gittites, men of Gath, ie., of a wine-press
Goath, his touching; his roaring
Gob, cistern; grasshopper
Gog, roof; covering
Golan, passage; revolution
Golgotha, a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped
Goliath, passage; revolution; heap
Gomer, to finish; complete
Gomorrah, rebellious people
Goshen, approaching; drawing near
Gozan, fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body
Gudgodah, happiness
Guni, a garden; a covering
Gur, the young of a beast; a whelp
Gur-baal, the governor's whelp
Haahashtari, a runner
Habaiah, the hiding of the Lord
Habakkuk, he that embraces; a wrestler
Habazinaiah, a hiding of the shield of the Lord
Habor, a partaker; a companion
Hachaliah, who waits for the Lord
Hachilah, my hope is in her
Hachmoni, a wise man
Hadad, joy; noise; clamor
Hadadezer, beauty of assistance
Hadadrimmon, invocation to the god Rimmon
Hadar, power; greatness
Hadarezer, same as Hadadezer
Hadashah, news; a month
Hadassah, a myrtle; joy
Hadlai, loitering; hindering
Hadoram, their beauty; their power
Hadrach, point; joy of tenderness
Hagab, Hagabah, a grasshopper
Hagar, a stranger; one that fears
Haggai, feast; solemnity
Haggeri, Haggi, a stranger
Haggiah, the Lord's feast
Haggith, rejoicing
Hakkatan, little
Hakkoz, a thorn; summer; an end
Hakupha, a commandment of the mouth
Halah, a moist table
Halak, part
Halhul, grief; looking for grief
Hali, sickness; a beginning; a precious stone
Hallelujah, praise Jah
Halloesh, saying nothing; an enchanter
Ham, hot; heat; brown
Haman, noise; tumult
Hamath, anger; heat; a wall
Hamath-zobah, the heat, or the wall, of an army
Hammedatha, he that troubles the law
Hammelech, a king; a counselor
Hammon, heat; the sun
Hamonah, his multitude; his uproar
Hamon-gog, the multitude of Gog
Hamor, an ass; clay; dirt
Hamoth, indignation
Hamul, godly; merciful
Hamutal, the shadow of his heat
Hanameel, the grace that comes from God; gift of God
Hanan, full of grace
Hananeel, grace, or gift, of God
Hanani, my grace; my mercy
Hananiah, grace; mercy; gift of the Lord
Hanes, banishment of grace
Haniel, the gift of God
Hannah, gracious; merciful; She that gives
Hannathon, the gift of grace
Hanniel, grace or mercy of God
Hanoch, dedicated
Hanun, gracious; merciful
Hapharaim, searching; digging
Hara, a hill; showing forth
Haradah, well of great fear
Haran, mountainous country
Harran, see Charran
Harbonah, his destruction; his sword
Hareph, winter; reproach
Harhas, anger; heat of confidence
Harhaiah, heat, or anger, of the Lord
Harhur, made warm
Harim, destroyed; dedicated to God
Harnepher, the anger of a bull; increasing heat
Harod, astonishment; fear
Harosheth, a forest; agriculture; workmanship; deafness; silence
Harsha, workmanship; a wood
Harum, high; throwing down
Harumaph, destruction
Haruphite, slender; sharp
Haruz, careful
Hasadiah, the mercy of the Lord
Hashabiah, the estimation of the Lord
Hashabnah, Hashabniah, the silence of the Lord
Hashem, named; a putting to; 'the name' [of God]
Hashub, esteemed; numbered
Hashubah, estimation; thought
Hashum, silence; their hasting
Hashupha, spent; made base
Hasrah, wanting
Hatach, he that strikes
Hathath, fear
Hatita, a bending of sin
Hattil, howling for sin
Hattipha, robbery
Hattush, forsaking sin
Hauran, a hole; liberty; whiteness
Havilah, that suffers pain; that brings forth
Havoth-jair, the villages that enlighten
Hazael, that sees God
Hazaiah, seeing the Lord
Hazar-addar, an imprisoned generation
Hazarenan, imprisoned cloud
Hazargaddah, imprisoned band
Hazar-hatticon, middle village; preparation
Hazarmaveth, dwelling of death
Hazar-shual, a wolf's house
Hazar-susah, or susim, the hay-paunch of a horse
Hazelelponi, sorrow of countenance
Hazeroth, villages; palaces
Hazezon-tamar, drawing near to bitterness
Hazo, seeing; prophesying
Hazor, court; hay
Heber, one that passes; anger
Hebrews, descendants of Heber
Hebron, society; friendship
Hegai, or Hege, meditation; word; groaning; separation
Helam, their army; their trouble
Helbah, Helbon, milk, fatness
Heldai, Heleb, Heled, the world; rustiness
Helek, part; portion
Helem, dreaming; healing
Heleph, changing; passing over
Helez, armed; set free
Heli, ascending; climbing up
Helkai, same as Helek
Helkath-hazzurim, the field of strong men, or of rocks
Helon, window; grief
Heman, their trouble; tumult; much; in great number
Hen, grace; quiet; rest
Hena, troubling
Henadad, grace of the beloved
Henoch, same as Enoch
Hepher, a digger
Hephzibah, my delight is in her
Heres, the son; an earthen pot
Heresh, a carpenter
Hermas, Hermes, Mercury; gain; refuge
Hermogenes, begotten of Mercury
Hermon, anathema; devoted to destruction
Herod, son of a hero
Herodion, the song of Juno
Heshbon, invention; industry
Heshmon, a hasty messenger
Heth, trembling; fear
Hethlon, a fearful dwelling
Hezekiah, strength of the Lord
Hezer, Hezir, a bog; converted
Hezrai, an entry or vestibule
Hezron, the dart of joy; the division of the song
Hiddai, a praise; a cry
Hiel, God lives; the life of God
Hierapolis, holy city
Higgaion, meditation; consideration
Hilen, a window; grief
Hilkiah, God is my portion
Hillel, he that praises
Hinnom, there they are; their riches
Hirah, liberty; anger
Hiram, exaltation of life; a destroyer
Hittite, one who is broken; who fears
Hivites, wicked; wickedness
Hizkijah, the strength of the Lord
Hobab, favored; beloved
Hobah, love; friendship; secrecy
Hod, praise; confession
Hodaiah, the praise of the Lord
Hodaviah, Hodiah, Hodijah, same as Hodaiah
Hodesh, a table; news
Hoglah, his festival or dance
Hoham, woe to them
Holon, a window; grief
Homam, making an uproar
Hophin, he that covers; my fist
Hor, who conceives, or shows; a hill
Horam, their hill
Horeb, desert; solitude; destruction
Horem, an offering dedicated to God
Hor-hagidgad, the hill of felicity
Hori, a prince; freeborn
Horims, princes; being angry
Hormah, devoted or consecrated to God; utter destruction
Horonaim, angers; ragings
Horonites, men of anger, or of fury, or of liberty
Hosah, trusting
Hosanna, save I pray thee; keep; preserve
Hosea, Hoshea, savior; safety
Hoshaiah, the salvation of the Lord
Hoshama, heard; he obeys
Hotham, a seal
Hothir, excelling; remaining
Hukkok, engraver; scribe; lawyer
Hul, pain; infirmity
Huldah, the world
Hupham, their chamber; their bank
Huppim, a chamber covered; the sea-shore
Hur, liberty; whiteness; hole
Huram, their liberty; their whiteness; their hole
Huri, being angry; or same as Huram
Hushah, hasting; holding peace
Hushai, their haste; their sensuality; their silence
Hushathite, Hushim, man of haste, or of silence
Huz, counsel; woods; fastened
Huzoth, streets; populous
Huzzab, molten
Hymeneus, nuptial; the god of marriage
Ibhar, election; he that is chosen
Ibleam, ancient people; people decreasing
Ibneiah, Ibniah, the building of the Lord; the understanding of the Lord; son by adoption
Ibri, passing over; being angry; being with young
Ibzan, father of a target; father of coldness
Ichabod, where is the glory? or, no glory
Iconium, coming
Idalah, the hand of slander, or of cursing
Idbash, flowing with honey; the land of destruction
Iddo, his band; power; praise
Idumea, red; earthy; bloody
Igal, redeemed; defiled
Igeal, a redeemer; redeemed; defiled
Igdaliah, the greatness of the Lord
Iim, heaps of Hebrews, or of angry men
Ije-abarim, heaps of Hebrews, or of passers over
Ijon, look; eye; fountain
Ikkesh, forward; wicked
Illyricum, joy; rejoicing
Imlah, plentitude; circumcision
Immanuel, God with us
Immer, saying; speaking; a lamb
Imnah, same as Jimnah
Imrah, a rebel; waxing bitter; changing
Imri, speaking; exalting; bitter; a lamb
India, praise; law
Iphedeiah, redemption of the Lord
Ir, watchman; city; vision
Ira, watchman; making bare; pouring out
Irad, wild ass; heap of empire; dragon
Iram, the effusion of them; a high heap
Iri, fire; light
Irijah, the fear of the Lord
Irpeel, the health, medicine, or exulting of God
Irshemesh, a city of bondage
Isaac, laughter
Isaiah, the salvation of the Lord
Iscah, he that anoints
Iscariot, a man of murder; a hireling
Ishbak, who is empty or exhausted
Ishbi-benob, respiration; conversion; taking captive
Ishbosheth, a man of shame
Ishi, salvation
Ishiah, it is the Lord
Ishma, named; marveling; desolation
Ishmael, God that hears
Ishmaiah, hearing or obeying the Lord
Ishmerai, keeper, or keeping
Ishod, a comely man
Ish-pan, hid; broken in two
Ish-tob, good man
Ishua, plainness; equal
Ishmachiah, cleaving to the Lord
Ispah, a jasper stone
Israel, who prevails with God
Issachar, reward; recompense
Isui, same as Ishuah
Ithai, strong; my sign; a plowshare
Italy, abounding with calves or heifers
Ithamar, island of the palm-tree
Ithiel, sign, or coming of God
Ithmah, an orphan
Ithran, remaining; searching out diligently
Ithream, excellence of the people
Ittah-kazin, hour, or time, of a prince
Iturea, guarded; mountainous
Ivah, iniquity
Izehar, Izhar, clearness; oil
Izrahiah, the Lord ariseth; the clearness of the Lord
Izri, fasting; tribulation
Jaakan, tribulation; labor
Jaakobah, supplanter; deceiver; the heel
Jaala, ascending; a little doe or goat
Jaalam (name), hidden; young man; heir
Jaanai, whom Jehovah answers
Jaasau, Whom Jehovah made
Jaasiel, God's work
Jaazaniah, whom the Jehovah will hear
Jaazah, Jaazar, Jehovah helps
Jaaziah, Jaaziel, the strength of the Jehovah
Jabal, which glides away
Jabbok, evacuation; dissipation; wrestling
Jabesh, dryness; confusion; shame
Jabez, sorrow; trouble
Jabin, Jabneh, he that understands; building
Jabneel, building of God
Jachan, wearing out; oppressing
Jachin, he that strengthens and makes steadfast
Jacob, that supplants, undermines; the heel
Jada, knowing
Jadau, his hand; his confession
Jadon, he will judge; thankful
Jaddua, known
Jael, a goat, agile
Jagur, husbandman; stranger
Jah, abbreviation of Jehovah
Jahaleel, praising God; light of God
Jahath, broken in pieces; descending
Jahaz, Jahazah, quarrel; dispute
Jahaziah, the vision of Jehovah
Jahaziel, seeing God
Jahdiel, the unity, or sharpness, or revenge, of God
Jahdo, I alone; his joy; his sharpness of wit; his newness
Jahleel, waiting for, or beseeching, or hope in, God
Jahmai, warm; making warm
Jahzeel, God hasteth, or divideth
Jair, Jairus, my light; who diffuses light
Jakan, same as Achan
Jakim, rising; confirming; establishing
Jalon, tarrying; murmuring
Jambres, poverty; bitter; a rebel
James, same as Jacob
James McGilligan To love of the same sex, to cherish men
Jamin, right hand; south wind
Jamlech, reigning; asking counsel
Janna, Jannes, who speaks or answers; afflicted; poor
Janoah, Janohah, resting; tarrying; deriving
Janum, sleeping
Japhet, enlarged; fair; persuading
Japheth, same as Japhet
Japhia, enlightening; appearing
Japhlet, Japhleti, delivered; banished
Japho, fairness; comeliness
Jarah, a wood; honeycomb; watching closely
Jareb, a revenger
Jared, a ruling; commanding; coming down
Jaresiah, the bed of Jehovah; Jehovah hath taken away; poverty
Jarib, fighting; chiding; multiplying; avenging
Jarmuth, fearing, or seeing, or throwing down, death
Jarvah, breathing, or making, a sweet smell
Jashem, Jashen, ancient; sleeping
Jasher, righteous; upright
Jashobeam, the people sitting; or captivity of the people
Jashub, a returning; a controversy; a dwelling place
Jasiel, the strength of God
Jason, he that cures
Jathniel, gift of God
Jattir, a remnant; excellent
Javan, deceiver; one who makes sad
Jazeel, strength of God
Jazer, assistance; helper
Jaziz, brightness; departing
Jearim, a leap; woods
Jeaterai, Whom Jehovah searching out; leads
Jeberechiah, speaking well of, or kneeling to, Jehovah
Jebus, treading under foot; manger
Jebusi, trodden under foot; mangers
Jecamiah, resurrection, or confirmation, or revenge, of Jehovah
Jecoliah, perfection, or power, of Jehovah
Jeconiah, preparation, or stability, of Jehovah
Jedaiah, the hand of the Lord; confessing Jehovah
Jedeiah, one Lord; the joy of the Jehovah
Jediael, knowledge, of God
Jedidah, well beloved; amiable
Jedidiah, beloved of Jehovah
Jediel, the knowledge, or renewing, of God
Jeduthun, his law; giving praise
Jeezer, island of help
Jeffrey, God's peace
Jegar-sahadutha, heap of witness
Jehaleleel, Jehalelel, praising God; clearness of God
Jehaziel, same as Jahaziel
Jehdeiah, Whom Jehovah makes glad
Jeheiel, God liveth
Jehezekel, strength of God
Jehiah, Jehovah liveth
Jehiskiah, the strength, or taking, of Jehovah
Jehoadah, passing over; testimony of Jehovah
Jehoaddan, pleasure, or time, of Jehovah
Jehoahaz, possession of Jehovah
Jehoash, fire of Jehovah
Jehohanan, grace, or mercy, or gift, of Jehovah
Jehoiachin, preparation, or strength, of Jehovah
Jehoiada, knowledge of Jehovah
Jehoiakim, avenging, or establishing, or resurrection, of Jehovah
Jehoiarib, fighting, or multiplying, of Jehovah
Jehonadab, Jonadab, free giver; liberality
Jehonathan, gift of Jehovah; gift of a dove
Jehoram, exaltation of Jehovah
Jehoshaphat, Jehovah is judge
Jehosheba, fullness, or oath, of Yahweh
Jehoshua, same as Joshua
Jehovah, self-subsisting
Jehovah-jireh, Jehovah will provide
Jehovah-nissi, Jehovah my banner
Jehovah-rapha, Jehovah the healer
Jehovah-shalom, Jehovah send peace
Jehovah-shammah, Jehovah is there
Jehovah-tsidkenu, Jehovah our righteousness
Jehozabad, Jehovah dowry; having a dowry
Jehozadak, justice of Jehovah
Jehu, himself who exists
Jehubbah, hiding, binding
Jehucal, mighty; perfect; wasted
Jehud, Jehudi, praising; conferring
Jehudijah, the praise of the Lord
Jehush, keeping counsel; fastened
Jekabzeel, the congregation of God
Jekamean, the people shall arise
Jekamiah, establishing, or revenging, of Jehovah
Jekuthiel, hope, or congregation, of Jehovah
Jemima, handsome as the day
Jemuel, God's day; son of God
Jen Kelly Beautiful, or to make others happy
Jephthah, Whom God sets free
Jephunneh, he that beholds
Jerah, the moon; month; smelling sweet
Jerahmeel, the mercy, or the beloved, of God
Jered, ruling; coming down
Jeremai, my height; throwing forth waters
Jeremiah, exaltation of Jehovah
Jeremoth, eminences; one that fears death
Jeriah, fear, or throwing down, of Jehovah
Jerebai, fighting; chiding; multiplying
Jericho, his moon; his month; his sweet smell
Jeriel, fear, or vision of God
Jerijah, same as Jeriah
Jerimoth, he that fears or rejects death
Jerioth, kettles; breaking asunder
Jeroboam, he that opposes the people
Jeroham, high; merciful; beloved
Jerubbaal, he that defends Baal, let Baal defend his cause
Jerubbesheth, let the idol of confusion defend itself
Jeruel, fear, or vision of God
Jerusalem, vision of peace
Jerusha, banished; possession; inheritance
Jesaiah, health, or salvation, of Jehovah
Jeshebeab, sitting, or captivity, of the father
Jesher, right; singing
Jeshimon, solitude; desolation
Jeshishai, ancient; rejoicing exceedingly
Jeshohaia, Jehovahpressing; the meditation of God
Jeshua, same as Joshua
Jesiah, sprinkling of the Lord
Jesimiel, naming, or astonishment, of God
Jesse, gift; oblation; one who is
Jesui, even-tempered; flat country
Jesus, Jehovah is salvation; deliverer; help
Jether, he that excels
Jetheth, giving
Jethlah, hanging up; heaping up
Jethro, his excellence; his posterity
Jetur, order; succession; mountainous
Jeuel, God hath taken away; God heaping up
Jeush, Jeuz, he that is devoured
Jew, same as Judah
Jezaniah, nourishment, or weapons, of Jehovah
Jezebel, not exalted
Jezer, island of help
Jeziah, Jeziel, sprinkling of Jehovah
Jezoar, clear; white
Jezrahiah, Jehovah arises; brightness of Jehovah
Jezreel, seed of God
Jibsam, their drought, their confusion
Jidlaph, he that distills water
Jimnah, right hand; numbering; preparing
Jiphtah, opening
Jiphthael, God opening
Joab, paternity; voluntary
Joachim, rising or establishing of Jehovah
Joah, fraternity; brother of Jehovah
Joahaz, apprehending; possessing; seeing
Joanna, grace or gift of Jehovah
Joash, who despairs or burns
Joatham, same as Jotham
Job, he that weeps or cries
Jobab, sorrowful, hated
Jochebed, glorious; honorable
Joed, witnessing; robbing; passing over
Joel, he that wills or commands
Joelah, lifting up; profiting; taking away slander
Joezer, he that aids
Jogbehah, an exalting; high
Jogli, passing over; turning back; rejoicing
Joha (or Juha), who enlivens or gives life
Johanan, who is liberal or merciful
John, John, the grace or mercy of Jehovah
Joiarib, chiding, or multiplying, of Jehovah
Jokdeam, crookedness, or burning, of the people
Jokim, that made the sun stand still
Jokmeam, confirmation, or revenge, of the people
Jokneam, possessing, or building up, of the people
Jokshan, an offense; hardness; a knocking
Joktan, small dispute; contention; disgust
Jonadab, who gives liberally
Jonah, or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer
Jonan, a dove; multiplying of the people
Jonathan, given of God
Joppa, beauty; comeliness
Jorah, Jorai, showing; casting forth; a cauldron
Joram, to cast; elevated
Jordan, the river of judgment
Jordan Arnold, To be unskilled, or stretch beyond normal
Jorim, he that exalts the Lord
Josabad, having a dowry
Josaphat, same as Jehoshaphat
Jose, raised; who pardons
Joseph, Saint Joseph, Joseph of Arimathea, increase; addition
Joses, same as Jose
Joshah, being; forgetting; owing
Joshaviah, the seat, alteration, or captivity of Jehovah
Joshbekesha, it is requiring or beseeching
Joshua, a savior; a deliverer
Josiah, the Lord burns; the fire of Jehovah
Josibiah, the seat, or captivity of Jehovah
Josiphiah, increase of Jehovah; Jehovah's finishing
Jotham, the perfection of Jehovah
Jothath, Jothatha, his goodness
Jozabad, same as Josabad
Jozachar, remembering; of the male sex
Jubal, he that runs; a trumpet
Jucal, mighty; perfect
Judah, the praise of Jehovah; confession
Judas, Jude, same as Judah
Judaea, Judea, same as Judah
Judith, same as Judah
Julia, downy; soft and tender hair
Julius, same as Julia
Junia, youth
Jupiter, the father that helpeth
Jushabhesed, dwelling-place; change of mercy
Justus, just or upright
Juttah, turning away