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Male Bible Names, Biblical Names
Names found in Bibles and what they mean.
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GOMER:
Hebrew
biblical unisex name of the son of Japheth and the wife of the Prophet
Hosea, meaning "to
finish/complete."
HABAKKUK: Hebrew biblical name of
an Old Testament prophet, meaning
"embrace."
HAGGAI:
Hebrew biblical name of one of the twelve prophets of the Old Testament,
meaning "festive."
HAM:
Biblical name of Noah's second son, meaning "hot."
HAMAN:
Biblical name of a wicked prime minister, probably of Persian origin,
meaning "to rage."
HANANIAH: This is
Shadrach's Hebrew name and the name of many other
biblical characters, meaning "compassion of God."
HAVILAH:
Hebrew unisex name meaning "stretch
of sand." It is also the biblical name of a grandson of Noah.
HAZAEL:
Hebrew biblical name of a king of Aram, meaning "God sees."
HEBER: Hebrew biblical name of a
great-grandson of Jacob, meaning
"enclave."
HEBRON:
Variant of Hebrew Chevron,
meaning "association."
HEROD:
"Hero's song." Biblical name of the king who ordered the slaughter
of all male children who were "two years old and under."
HERODION:
Biblical name mentioned in Paul's epistle to the
Romans. It is a pet form of Greek Herodes, meaning
"hero's song."
HEZEKIAH:
Biblical name of a king of Judah, meaning "my strength
is Jehovah."
HEZRON:
Biblical name of a son of Reuben,
meaning "established settlement."
HIEL:
Biblical name of one of the rebuilders of Jericho, meaning "God
lives."
HILLEL:
Hebrew biblical name of the father of judge Abdon, meaning "praise."
HIRAH:
Hebrew biblical name of the father-in-law of Judah, meaning
"splendor."
HIRAM:
Hebrew biblical name of a king of Tyre, possibly a form of Ahiram,
meaning "brother of the exalted."
HOSEA:
Hebrew biblical name of the author of the Book of Hosea, meaning
"salvation."
ICHABOD:
Hebrew biblical name of a grandson of Eli,
meaning "where has the
glory gone?"
IMLAH:
Biblical name of the father of Micaiah,
meaning "plentitude."
IRA: Biblical name
of one of David's warriors, meaning "watchful"
in Hebrew, "stallion" in Aramaic.
ISAAC: Biblical name
of the son of Abraham and father of
Esau
and Jacob, meaning "he will
laugh."
ISAIAH:
Biblical name of one of the most famous
prophets, meaning "God is salvation."
ISHMAEL:
Biblical name of a son of Abraham, meaning "God will hear."
ISHMERAI:
Hebrew biblical name of a Benjamite, meaning "keeper."
ISRAEL:
Hebrew biblical name given to Jacob after wrestling with the angel, meaning "struggles with God."
ISSACHAR:
Biblical name of one of Jacob's twelve
sons, meaning "hireling."
ITHAI:
Hebrew biblical name of one of King David's
warriors, meaning "(God is) with me."
ITHAMAR:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Aaron,
meaning "palm island."
ITHIEL:
Hebrew biblical name of a Benjamite, meaning "God is with me."
JAASAU:
Hebrew biblical name of a descendant of Bani,
meaning "they will do."
JABEZ: Biblical name
of a place and a member of Caleb's
family meaning "borne in pain; sorrow."
JABIN:
Biblical name of two kings of Hazor, meaning "perceptive."
JACHIN:
Biblical name of a son of Simeon,
meaning "he establishes."
JACOB:
"Supplanter." Biblical name of many important patriarchs mentioned in the Book of
Genesis, including the son of Isaac and Rebecca
who was born holding his twin brother Esau's
heel; this was the biblical character who wrestled with an angel until
daybreak after which his name was changed to Israel.
JADA:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Onam,
meaning "he knows."
JADON:
Biblical name of a supporter of Nehemiah,
meaning "thankful."
JAHLEEL:
Old Testament biblical name of a minor character, meaning "God waits."
JAHZEEL:
Biblical name of the son of Naphtali,
meaning "God apportions."
JAIR:
Biblical name of a judge of the Israelites, and a son of Manasseh,
meaning
"he shines."
JAIRUS:
Biblical
name of the father of the little girl Jesus brought
back to life. The name is a variant of Jair, meaning
"he shines."
JALON:
Biblical name of the youngest of the four sons of Ezra,
meaning "murmuring; tarrying."
JAMES:
English form of Latin Iacomus,
meaning
"supplanter." This is the name of several biblical characters,
including two apostles and a brother of Jesus.
JAMIN:
Biblical name of a son of Simeon,
meaning "right hand."
JAPHETH:
Hebrew biblical name
of the youngest son of Noah, meaning "he expands."
JAREB: Biblical name
of an Assyrian king, meaning "quarrel."
JARED:
Biblical name of a descendant of Adam,
meaning "descent."
JASPER: English
form of Portuguese/Spanish Gaspar,
meaning "treasure bearer." It is the name of an opaque
cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that may be red, yellow or brown in
color. Early
Christians assigned names to the three Magi ("wise men from the
east") who are mentioned, but not named in the bible; Jasper is one of
them, the other two are Balthasar
and Melchior.
JAVAN:
Biblical name of a grandson of Noah, meaning "Greece."
JEDIDIAH:
Biblical name given to Solomon by
Nathan,
meaning "beloved of the Lord."
JEHIEL:
Biblical name of a lute player, meaning "may God live!"
JEHOASH:
Biblical name of a king of Israel, meaning "God-given."
JEHOIACHIN:
Biblical name of the king of Judah who Nebuchadrezzar
imprisoned, meaning
"established by God."
JEHOIAKIM:
Biblical name of the
husband of Nehushta and father of
Jehoiachin, meaning
"established by God."
JEHORAM:
Biblical name of a king of Judah, meaning "exalted by God."
JEHOSAPHAT:
Biblical name of a king of Judah, meaning "God has judged."
JEHOVAH: English
form of Hebrew Yahweh,
meaning "He will cause to become."
This name of god
was used in older translations of the Bible. It was created by blending the
letters of the tetragrammaton with the vowels from the name Adonai.
JEHU:
Biblical name of a prophet, meaning "God is he."
JEHUDI:
Biblical name of a servant of King Jehoiakim,
meaning "Jew."
JEPHTHAH:
Biblical name of a judge who defended Israel from the Ammoniets, meaning "He will
free/open."
JEREMIAH:
Hebrew biblical name of a prophet, meaning "appointed by the Lord."
JEREMIEL:
In the Old Testament, this is the name of one of the archangels, meaning
"compassionate God." Also spelled Jerahmiel.
JERIAH:
Biblical name of a descendant of Hebron,
meaning "taught by God."
JERICHO:
Biblical place name of a town in Israel, meaning "holy echo."
JESSE:
Biblical name of the father of King David,
meaning "gift."
JESUS: "God is
salvation." Jesus, or Yeshua ben
Yoseph (Joshua son of
Joseph), is
the name of a biblical figure believed by Christians to have been the son of
God and the Virgin Mary. According to the New Testament, he preached for
four years before being crucified on a cross in Jerusalem.
JETHRO: Biblical name
of the father of Zipporah, meaning "abundance."
JOAB:
Biblical name of the commander of King David's
army. He was executed after Solomon
came to power. His name means "Jehovah is the father."
JOACHIM:
Biblical name of the Virgin Mary's
father. It is a variant of both Jehoiachin
and
Jehoiakim, meaning "established by God."
JOASH:
Biblical name of a son of Ahab
and father of Gideon.
It is a variant of Jehoash, meaning
"God-given."
JOB: Biblical name
of a patient man severely tested by God, meaning
"persecuted."
JOEL:
"Yahweh is God." Biblical name of a
son of Samuel who was appointed judge
in Beersheba, composed of the
Hebrew elements Yah(weh) and El, both of which mean
"God," which is taken to mean that the Hebrew God, Yahweh,
is the one and only true god.
JOHN: English form of Hebrew
Johanan,
meaning "God is gracious." This is the name of many biblical characters, including
John the Baptist and an apostle. Often used as a nickname for Johnathan,
meaning "God has given."
JOKTAN:
Biblical name of a son of Eber, meaning
"small."
JONAH:
Biblical name of the prophet who was swallowed by a great fish, meaning
"dove."
JONATHAN:
Biblical name of the eldest son of Saul
who was killed fighting the Philistines, and a close friend of David, meaning
"God has given."
JORDAN:
Name of a river between Jordan and Israel where
John
the
Baptist baptized Jesus, meaning "flowing down."
JOSEPH:
English and French biblical form of Hebrew Yosef,
meaning "(God) shall add," which
is usually taken to mean "God will add another son." This is
the name of the husband of Mary,
mother of Jesus, and the name of the eleventh son of Jacob
who became an advisor to the pharaoh of Egypt.
JOSHUA: Biblical name
of one of the twelve spies of Moses, meaning "God is
salvation."
JOSIAH:
Biblical name of a king of Judah who was killed fighting the Egyptians at
Megiddo, meaning "God
supports."
JOTHAM:
Biblical name of a son of Gideon, meaning "God is
perfect."
JUBAL: Biblical name
of the first musician in the Book of Genesis, meaning "ram's horn; trumpet; musician."
JUDAH: Biblical name
of one of Jacob's twelve sons, meaning "he who is
praised."
JUDAS:
Greek form of Judah, meaning "he who is
praised." This is the name of several biblical characters, most notably
the son of Simon, surnamed Iscariot "man of
Kerioth," (Jos
15:25), the apostle who betrayed Jesus (Joh 18:3), and later hanged himself
(Mat 27:5).
KEHAT:
Hebrew biblical
name of a son of Levi and a grandson of Jacob,
meaning "faint, weak."
KOHATH:
Biblical
name of a son of Levi and a grandson of Jacob,
meaning "faint, weak."
KORAH:
Biblical name of a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses
and Aaron, meaning "bald."
LABAN: Biblical name of the father of
Rachel
and Leah, from the Hebrew word lavan,
meaning
"white."
LAEL:
Biblical name of a Levite, meaning "of God."
LAMECH:
Biblical name of the son of Methusael
and father of Tubal-Cain, meaning "pauper"
in Hebrew and "priest/servant of God" in Akkadian.
LAZARUS:
Greek form of Hebrew Eleazar,
meaning "my God has helped." Biblical name of the brother of Mary and
Martha. He lived in Bethany
and was restored to life by Jesus.
LEHI:
Hebrew biblical place name, meaning "jawbone."
LEMUEL: Biblical
alternate name for Solomon, meaning
"belonging to
God." This was the name of a king in the Old Testament.
LEVI: Biblical
name of the third son of Jacob, and a
son of Alphaeus, from Hebrew Lewi,
meaning "associated, attached, joined to." It is also another name for
the apostle Matthew in the New Testament.
LONGINUS:
"Long." This name is not actually found in the bible. Christian legend
gave this name to the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus and then
became a Christian.
LOT:
Hebrew biblical name of a nephew of Abraham
and father of Moab, meaning
"hidden."
LUKE:
Middle English form of Greek Loukas, meaning
"from Lucania." This is the biblical name of a doctor who traveled
with Paul and authored the third Gospel in Acts.
MAACHA:
Biblical unisex name of one of King David's
wives and a son of Nachor, meaning
"to press/squeeze."
MADAI:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Japheth,
meaning "strife, war."
MAHALAH:
Biblical name of a nephew of Gilead,
meaning "gall; sickness."
MAHALI:
Biblical name of the son of Merari.
The name is related to Mahalah, meaning "gall;
sickness."
MALACHI:
Biblical name of a prophet, which comes from a Hebrew phrase meaning
"my messenger."
MANASSEH:
Biblical name of Joseph's
eldest son, meaning "causing to forget."
MARK:
"Warlike." Biblical name of the author of the second Gospel in the New Testament.
MATAN:
Hebrew biblical name of the father of Shephatiah,
and great-grandfather of Jesus, meaning "gift."
MATTANIAH:
Hebrew biblical name meaning "gift of God." This was Zedekiah's
original name; he changed it after becoming (the last) king of Judah.
MATTHEW: Biblical name
of one of the twelve apostles and author of the first Gospel of the New
Testament, meaning "gift of God."
MATTHIAS:
Biblical name of the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. It is the Greek form of Hebrew
Mattathia, meaning
"gift of God."
MEDAD:
Biblical name of a prophet in the time of Moses,
meaning "friend, love, object of affection." He was one of the seventy elders whom
Moses appointed to administer justice
among the people. He and Eldad prophesied in the camp instead of going with
the rest to the tabernacle, as Moses had commanded.
MELCHIOR:
"King city." Early
Christians assigned names to the three Magi ("wise men from the
east") who are mentioned, but not named in the bible; Melchior is one of
them, the other two are Balthasar
and Jasper.
MELECH:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Micah, meaning
"king."
MENAHEM:
Hebrew biblical name of a king of Israel, meaning "comforter."
MERARI:
Hebrew biblical name of the youngest son of Levi,
meaning "bitter."
MESHECH:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Japheth,
meaning "to draw."
MESHULLAM:
Hebrew biblical name of many minor characters, meaning "peace."
METHUSAEL:
Biblical name of a descendant of Cain
and father of Tubal-Cain, meaning
"man who was asked."
METHUSELAH:
Biblical name of a man who lived 969 years, meaning "man who was sent;
messenger."
MICAH:
Biblical name of a minor prophet. The name is a nickname of Michael,
meaning "who is like God?"
MICAIAH:
Biblical name of the son of Imlah, meaning "who is like God?"
MICHAEL:
Hebrew biblical name of the prince of Angels, the archangel who defeated the
dragon and was closest
to God, meaning "who is like God?"
MIDIAN:
Biblical name of a son of Abraham,
meaning "strife, war."
MNASON:
Greek biblical name of a man Paul
stayed with in Jerusalem, possibly meaning
"one who remembers."
MOAB:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Lot,
meaning "of his father."
MORDECAI: Biblical name
of a cousin of Queen Esther, meaning "devotee of
Marduk."
MOSES:
Biblical name of the leader who brought the
Israelites out of bondage and led them to the promised land. The name is possibly an abbreviated form
of a longer name of Egyptian origin
from the same root found in names such as Tut-mosis "born/son of
Tut" and Ra-meses "born/son of Ra." However,
the name is usually translated as "saved (from the
water)."
NACHOR:
Biblical name of the son of Terach,
meaning "to snort."
NADAB:
Biblical name of a son of Aaron,
meaning "generous." Nadab and his brother Abihu were
killed by God for offering him unauthorized fire. God caused them to be consumed
by the flames.
NAHOR:
Aramaic biblical name of a brother of Abraham,
meaning "light."
NAHUM:
Hebrew biblical name of a minor prophet, meaning "comfort."
NAPHTALI:
Hebrew biblical name of a son of Jacob
and Bilhah, meaning "my
struggle."
NATHAN:
Biblical name of a prophet who reprimanded King David
for unfair treatment of Uriah, meaning
"gift."
NATHANAEL:
Biblical name of an apostle also known as Bartholomew,
meaning "God has given."
NEBO:
Biblical name of a man who had 52 sons. It is a variant of Babylonian Nabu,
possibly meaning "brilliant, shining."
NEBUCHADREZZAR:
"O Nebo, defend my crown/empire." Biblical name of a ruler of
Babylon who conquered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed temples.
NEHEMIAH:
Hebrew biblical name of a governor of Judah, meaning "consoled by
God."
NEKODA:
Hebrew biblical name of a temple servant, meaning "marked, painted."
NERIAH:
Biblical name of the father of Baruch,
meaning "lamp of God."
NETHANIAH:
Biblical name of the father of the murderer of Gedalya,
as well as other biblical characters, meaning "gift of God."
NICODEMUS:
Latin form of Greek Nikodemos, meaning
"victory of the people." Biblical name of a New Testament character who helped
Joseph of
Arimathea place Jesus in his tomb.
NIMROD:
Biblical name of a great-grandson of Noah, who was a
renowned hunter, meaning "rebel," or possibly even "let's
rebel!"
NOAH: Biblical name
of the last antediluvian patriarch, best known as the main character of the
flood story, meaning "rest."
NOGAH:
Hebrew unisex name. It is the biblical name of a son of King David,
meaning "brightness."
OBADIAH: Biblical name of a minor
prophet, meaning
"servant of God."
OBED:
Biblical name of the grandfather of David.
The name is a form of Arabic Abd, meaning
"servant of."
ODED:
Biblical name of a prophet, meaning "to restore."
OMAR: Biblical name of a descendant of
Esau,
meaning "talkative."
OMRI:
Biblical name of a king of Israel, meaning "sheaf of grain."
ON:
Biblical name of a leader of the Korach
group, meaning "strength" or "wealth."
ONAM:
Biblical name of the father of Jada and
descendant of Esau. The name is a
variant of On, meaning
"strength" or "wealth."
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