Naming your baby is probably one of the most mind-occupying tasks of being a new parent. So, what better name to give your sweet pea than to honour a historical name filled with life-long meaning and blessing!
Girls Names
- Abigail - means “Cause of Joy” or “Father’s Joy”
- Adah – means “Adornment” or “Ornament”
- Adriel – means “Flock of God”
- Adina – Unisex name means “Delicate”
- Agnes – means “Pure” or “Holy”
- Anna – means “Favour” or “Grace” Anna is also the name of a woman who became the first Christian Missionary.
- Anah – means “One who Answers” or “One who Sings”
- Angel – Unisex name means “Messenger of God”
- Ashtoreth – means “Goddess of Love” This is a Hebrew inspired name
- Atarah – means “Crown”
- Athaliah – means and refers to “The Time of the Lord”
- Bernice – means “One Who Brings Victory”
- Bethel – means “House of God”
- Bethany – Name of a town near Jerusalem.
- Candace – means “Pure” and “Innocent” can be shortened to Candi or spelled Kandace
- Claudia – biblical name meaning “Lame”
- Charis – Greek word meaning “Grace”
- Deborah – means “Bee” Christian names from the Bible
- Delilah – in Hebrew it means “Delicate”
- Dinah – means “God will judge”
- Dove – is the bird of Peace
- Drusilla – means “fruitful” or “dewy-eyed”
- Eden – means “Delight”
- Elizabeth – means “Worshipper of God” or “God is my Oath” can also be spelled Elisabeth
- Elisha – Unisex name meaning “God is Salvation”
- Esther – Biblical name with many meanings. Most commonly agreed to mean “Star”
- Eve – means “Living”
- Faith – means “Trust” or “Belief”
- Gabrielle/Gabriella – derived from Gabriel, meaning “God is my Strength”
- Gomer – Unisex name meaning “Complete” in Hebrew
- Grace - means “Courteousness” or “Politeness”
- Hannah – means “Full of Mercy” or “Gracious” can also be spelled Hanna
- Hope – One of the 3 main Christian virtues
- Jezebel – mentioned in the Bible
- Joanna – means “God is Gracious”
- Joy – means “Joy” or “Rejoicing in Happiness”
- Judith – means “The Praised One” can be shortened to Judy
- Keturah – mentioned in the Bible, means “Incense”
- Kezia/Keziah – means “sweet-scented spice” Hebrew name
- Leah – Hebrew name meaning “weary” Leah was the first wife of Jacob
- Lydia – means “From Lydia” in Greek and from the Bible means “kind” or “kindred spirit”
- Magdalene- means “From Magdala” can also be Magdeline or Magdalena
- Mary – means “Wished-for-child” and was the Mother of Jesus
- Myra – refers to a town in the Bible
- Naarah – means “young woman” or “girl/child of the Lord”
- Naomi – means “pleasant”
- Noah – Unisex name meaning “rest” or “comfort”
- Oprah – means “fawn”
- Phoebe – Greek name meaning “bright”
- Rachel – means “ewe” a female sheep
- Rebecca – means “captivating” can also be spelled Rebekah
- Rhoda – Greek name meaning “rose” or “from Rhodes”
- Ruth – Hebrew baby name meaning “companion” or “friend”
- Salome – means “peace”
- Sapphira – means “sapphire”
- Sarah – means “Princess”
- Sarai – means “lady” or “princess”
- Shiloh – means “abundant job” or “peace”
- Tabitha – From the Aramaic word for gazelle, means “beauty” or “grace”
- Talitha – means “child” or “little girl”
- Tamar/Tamara – means “a palm tree” and it signifies beauty
- Terah – means “scent” or “to breathe”
- Zemira – means “one who is praised”
- Zibiah – means “doe”
- Zion – refers to “a highest point” or monument
- Zipphorah – means “little bird”
If you liked our list of Christian baby girl names, share it with all your friends and don’t forget to check back for our boy’s names list! And if you really can’t wait, we suggest you purchase this Christian baby Names book from Loot.co.za – it has over 2,000 entries for boys and girls!