Bible character names
The most influential character roster in Western naming history.
28 character names from Bible. Names linked in teal have their own popularity page with yearly birth counts.
- EveEve — first woman
- SarahSarah — wife of Abraham
- RebeccaRebecca — wife of Isaac
- RachelRachel — wife of Jacob
- LeahLeah — Rachel's sister
- MiriamMiriam — sister of Moses
- RuthRuth — Moabite great-grandmother of David
- NaomiNaomi — Ruth's mother-in-law
- EstherEsther — Queen of Persia
- HannahHannah — mother of Samuel
- MaryMary — mother of Jesus
- MarthaMartha — sister of Lazarus
- ElizabethElizabeth — mother of John the Baptist
- AbrahamAbraham — patriarch
- IsaacIsaac — son of Abraham
- JacobJacob — wrestled an angel
- JosephJoseph — coat of many colours
- MosesMoses — led the Exodus
- DavidDavid — shepherd, king, psalmist
- SolomonSolomon — wise king
- DanielDaniel — lion's den
- SamuelSamuel — prophet
- ElijahElijah — prophet
- JohnJohn the Baptist; John the Evangelist
- PeterPeter — the rock
- PaulPaul — apostle to the gentiles
- MatthewMatthew — evangelist
- LukeLuke — evangelist, physician
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