Biblical girl names - girls names and their meanings from the bible
In the western world we often refer to first names as Christian names. However, Christian names are really those given to followers of Christ or taken from the Bible, which of course often meant being followers of Christ. In essence the names on this website are Christian, christian names along with both the meaning of the names and also some history of the name. This could be where the name is found in the bible, the most famous Christian who held the name or the first known (or at least recorded) occurence of the name.
Below you will find a completely random name from our collection that will change each time you load the page. The random free name of the day will, unsurprisingly, change each day.
Random Name of the Day.
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Mahalath
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(pronounced ma-hal-uth) originates in Hebrew and means "harp".
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Appears twice in the Christian Bible, she was a wife of Esau and also the
daughter of Ishmael. Sometimes referred to as Basemath. Genesis 28:9 "so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had."
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