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Biblical Feminine Names

The names listed here occur in the Revised English Bible. Names marked Biblical (Variant) occur in other English versions of the Bible. See also about biblical names.

ABIAH   m & f   Biblical
Variant of ABIJAH

ABIGAIL   f   English, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy"... [more]

ABIJAH   m & f   Biblical
Means "my father is YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

ABILENE   f   Biblical
From a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament... [more]

ABISHAG   f   Biblical
Means "my father strays" in Hebrew... [more]

ABITAL   f   Biblical
Means "my father is the night dew" in Hebrew... [more]

ADAH   f   Biblical
Means "adornment" in Hebrew... [more]

ADINA   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "slender, delicate" in Hebrew... [more]

ANAH   f & m   Biblical
Means "answer" in Hebrew... [more]

ANATH (1)   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "answer" in Hebrew... [more]

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

APPHIA   f   Biblical
Greek form of a Hebrew name which possibly meant "increasing"... [more]

ARIEL   m & f   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ASENATH   f   Biblical
Means "she belongs to her father" in Egyptian... [more]

ASHTORETH   f   Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ATARAH   f   Biblical
Means "crown" in Hebrew... [more]

AVITAL   f   Biblical
Hebrew form of ABITAL

AZUBAH   f   Biblical
Means "forsaken" in Hebrew... [more]

BASEMATH   f   Biblical
Means "fragrance" in Hebrew... [more]

BASHEMATH   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of BASEMATH

BASMATH   f   Biblical
Variant of BASEMATH... [more]

BATHSHEBA   f   Biblical
Means "daughter of the oath" in Hebrew... [more]

BERNICE   f   English, Biblical
Contracted form of BERENICE... [more]

BETHANY   f   English, Biblical
Means "house of figs" in Hebrew, from a biblical place name... [more]

BETHEL   f   Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew... [more]

BEULAH   f   Biblical, English
Means "married" in Hebrew... [more]

BILHAH   f   Biblical
Means "bashful" in Hebrew... [more]

BITHIAH   f   Biblical
Means "daughter of YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

CANDACE   f   English, Biblical (Variant)
From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament... [more]

CARMEL   f   English, Biblical
From the title of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Carmel... [more]

CHANNAH   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of HANNAH

CHAVA   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of EVE

CHLOE   f   English, Biblical, Greek Mythology
Means "green shoot" in Greek... [more]

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

DAMARIS   f   Biblical
Means "calf" in Greek... [more]

DEBORAH   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew... [more]

DELILAH   f   Biblical, English
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew... [more]

DIKLAH   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Possibly means "palm grove" in Hebrew or Aramaic... [more]

DINAH   f   Biblical, English
Means "judged" in Hebrew... [more]

DORCAS   f   Biblical
Derived from Greek δορκας (dorkas) meaning "gazelle"... [more]

DRUSILLA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Drusus... [more]

EDEN   f   Biblical, English (Modern)
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew... [more]

EDNA (2)   f   Biblical
Means "pleasure" in Hebrew... [more]

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISHEBA   f   Biblical
Original Hebrew form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELIZABETH   f   English, Biblical
From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance"... [more]

EPHRATH   f   Biblical
Means "fruitful place" in Hebrew... [more]

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Jewish, Biblical
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

EUNICE   f   Biblical, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευνικη (Eunike) which meant "good victory"... [more]

EVE   f   English, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chavvah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chavah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live"... [more]

GETHSEMANE   f   Biblical
From Γεθσημανι (Gethsemani), the Greek form of an Aramaic place name meaning "oil vat"... [more]

GOMER   m & f   Biblical
Means "complete" in Hebrew... [more]

HADASSAH   f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew... [more]

HAGAR   f   Biblical
Possibly means "flight" in Hebrew, though it could also be of unknown Egyptian origin... [more]

HANNAH   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"... [more]

HAVILAH   f & m   Biblical
Means "stretch of sand" in Hebrew... [more]

HELAH   f   Biblical
Means "rust" in Hebrew... [more]

HEPHZIBAH   f   Biblical
Means "my delight is in her" in Hebrew... [more]

HEPZIBAH   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of HEPHZIBAH

HOSANNA   f & m   Biblical
From the Aramaic religious expression הושע נא (Hosha' na') meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew... [more]

HULDA (2)   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of HULDAH

HULDAH   f   Biblical
Means "weasel, mole" in Hebrew... [more]

ISCAH   f   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִסְכָּה (Yiskah) which meant "to behold"... [more]

IVAH   f   Biblical
From the name of a district of Babylon, mentioned in the Old Testament.

JAEL   f   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name יָעֵל (Ya'el) meaning "mountain goat"... [more]

JAHEL   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of JAEL

JEDIDAH   f   Biblical
Means "beloved" in Hebrew... [more]

JEMIMA   f   Biblical, English
Means "dove" in Hebrew... [more]

JERUSHA   f   Biblical
Means "possession" in Hebrew... [more]

JEZEBEL   f   Biblical
From the Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל ('Izevel) which meant "not exalted"... [more]

JOANNA   f   English, Polish, Biblical
Latinized form of Ιωαννα (Ioanna), feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOCHEBED   f   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹכֶבֶד (Yokheved) which meant "YAHWEH is glory"... [more]

JORDAN   m & f   English, Biblical
From the name of a river flowing between the countries of Jordan and Israel... [more]

JUDITH   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel... [more]

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JUNIA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Iunius, which was possibly derived from the name of the Roman goddess JUNO... [more]

KEREN-HAPPUCH   f   Biblical
Means "horn of eyeshadow" in Hebrew... [more]

KETURAH   f   Biblical
Means "incense" in Hebrew... [more]

KEZIA   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of KEZIAH

KEZIAH   f   Biblical
Means "cassia" in Hebrew, from the name of the spice tree... [more]

LEAH   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary"... [more]

LOIS (1)   f   English, Biblical
Possibly derived from Greek λωιων (loion) meaning "more desirable" or "better"... [more]

LYDIA   f   English, German, Biblical
Means "from Lydia" in Greek... [more]

MAGDALENE   f   German, Danish, English, Biblical
From a title which meant "of Magdala"... [more]

MAHALATH   f   Biblical
Means "lyre" in Hebrew... [more]

MAHLAH   f & m   Biblical
Possibly means "weak" or "sick" in Hebrew... [more]

MARA (1)   f   Biblical
Means "bitter" in Hebrew... [more]

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Means "mistress of the house" or "lady" in Aramaic... [more]

MARY   f   English, Biblical
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) and Μαρια (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam)... [more]

MEHETABEL   f   Biblical
Means "God makes happy" in Hebrew... [more]

MEHITABEL   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of MEHETABEL

MERAB   f   Biblical
Means "abundant" in Hebrew... [more]

MICAIAH   m & f   Biblical
Means "who is like YAHWEH?" in Hebrew... [more]

MICHAL (2)   f   Biblical, Jewish
Possibly means "brook" in Hebrew... [more]

MIRIAM   f   Jewish, English, German, Biblical
Original Hebrew form of MARY... [more]

MORIAH   f   Biblical, English (Modern)
Possibly means "seen by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

NAAMAH   f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "pleasant" in Hebrew... [more]

NAOMI (1)   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness"... [more]

NOA (1)   f   Jewish, Biblical (Variant)
Hebrew form of NOAH (2)

NOAH (2)   f   Biblical
Derived from the Hebrew name נוֹעָה (No'ah) meaning "motion"... [more]

NOGAH   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "brightness" in Hebrew... [more]

OPHRAH   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "fawn" in Hebrew... [more]

ORPAH   f   Biblical
Means "back of the neck" in Hebrew... [more]

ORPHA   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Variant of ORPAH used in some translations of the Bible.

PENINNAH   f   Biblical
Means "precious stone" in Hebrew... [more]

PERSIS   f   Biblical
Greek name meaning "Persian woman"... [more]

PHEBE   f   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of PHOEBE used in some translations of the New Testament.

PHILADELPHIA   f   Biblical
From the name of a city in Asia Minor mentioned in Revelation in the New Testament... [more]

PHOEBE   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos)... [more]

PRISCA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Priscus, a Roman family name which meant "ancient" in Latin... [more]

PRISCILLA   f   English, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman name, a diminutive of PRISCA... [more]

RACHEL   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
Means "ewe" in Hebrew... [more]

RAHAB   f   Biblical
Means "spacious" in Hebrew... [more]

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBEKAH   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Form of REBECCA used in some versions of the Bible.

RHODA   f   Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) meaning "rose"... [more]

RIVKA   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of REBECCA

RUTH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

SALOME   f   English, German, Biblical
From an Aramaic name which was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace"... [more]

SAPPHIRA   f   Biblical
From the Greek name Σαπφειρη (Sappheire), which was from Greek σαπφειρος (sappheiros) meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir))... [more]

SARAH   f   English, French, German, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew... [more]

SARAI   f   Biblical
Possibly means "contentious" in Hebrew... [more]

SELA   f   Biblical
Means "rock" in Hebrew... [more]

SELAH   f   Biblical
From a Hebrew musical term which occurs many times in the Old Testament Psalms... [more]

SHARON   f   English, Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "plain" in Hebrew, referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel... [more]

SHERAH   f   Biblical
Means "kinswoman" in Hebrew... [more]

SHILOH   m & f   Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew... [more]

SHIPHRAH   f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew... [more]

SHULAMMITE   f   Jewish, Biblical
Derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace"... [more]

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SUSANNAH   f   Biblical (Variant)
Form of SUSANNA found in some versions of the Old Testament.

SYNTYCHE   f   Biblical, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "common fate"... [more]

TABITHA   f   English, Biblical
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic... [more]

TALITHA   f   Biblical
Means "little girl" in Aramaic... [more]

TAMAR   f   Jewish, Biblical
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew... [more]

TARAH (2)   f   Biblical
A place name used in some versions of the Old Testament... [more]

TIRZAH   f   Biblical
Means "favourable" in Hebrew... [more]

TRYPHENA   f   Biblical
From the Greek name Τρυφαινα (Tryphaina), derived from Greek τρυφη (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy"... [more]

TRYPHOSA   f   Biblical, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek τρυφη (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy"... [more]

VASHTI   f   Biblical
Possibly means "thread" in Hebrew, but it is most likely of Persian origin... [more]

ZELPHA   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZILPAH

ZIBIAH   f   Biblical
Means "roe, deer" in Hebrew... [more]

ZILLAH   f   Biblical
Means "shade" in Hebrew... [more]

ZILPAH   f   Biblical
Means "frailty" in Hebrew... [more]

ZIPPORAH   f   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah) which meant "bird"... [more]

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