The names listed here were used in the ancient Near East. That is, by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Canaanites, Phoenicians and others.

ARTAKHSHATHRA   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Old Persian form of ARTAXERXES

ARTAXERXES   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Hellenized), History, Biblical
Greek form of the Persian name Artakhshathra meaning "righteous ruler"... [more]

BEL-SARRA-USUR   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Akkadian form of BELSHAZZAR

BELSHAZZAR   m   Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical
From בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר (Belshatzzar), the Hebrew form of the Akkadian name Bel-sarra-usur meaning "BA'AL protect the king"... [more]

DARAYAVAHUSH   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Persian form of DARIUS

HAMILCAR   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "brother of Melqart" from Phoenician ha "brother" combined with the name of the god MELQART... [more]

HAMMURABI   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
From the Akkadian name Hammu-rapi, possibly derived from Amorite meaning "uncle is a healer"... [more]

HANNIBAL   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician hann "grace" combined with the name of the god BA'AL... [more]

HASDRUBAL   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "Ba'al helps" from Phoenician azru "help" combined with the name of the god BA'AL... [more]

KURUSH   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Original Persian form of CYRUS