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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Christiana
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(pronounced chris-tee-ana)and originating in Latin meaning follower of Christ.
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Christiana is regarded as a variant of Christian. Originating in the Latin word Christianus it was first used as a nickname in the mainly Gentile churches at Antioch in Syria.
Surprisingly the word Christian appears only three times in the Bible (depending on which version/translation you use), but in most it is three times: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16
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