Gift your little princess with a special and blessed name. Here are biblical baby girl names, complete with meanings.
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Having a baby is such a joyous event and choosing a name is such a fun experience. The name you give your child is the first blessing they receive that’s why I think it’s so important to consider the meaning of names. The list below is from both the Old and New Testament and I’ve included the meanings to help you.
My husband and I were very much in love with the name Hannah when we were trying to get pregnant and we had it selected if we ever had a baby girl. But after two very traumatic births and two miscarriages, we felt it was time to stop having kids. Especially since I’d be over 40 when we tried again. Honestly, I was heartbroken at the thought of only having two children and no living daughters. But God was good. My sister-in-law got blessed with an unexpected pregnancy and they named their baby girl Hannah. So I still got to have a Hannah in my life! God is so good. We named the baby girl we lost after our two aunts who were barren and were very close to us, Daphne Guadalupe.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1
Tips for Choosing a Name
As I mentioned in my Biblical baby Boy Names post here are some tips that I found helped us during the naming process.
- Be flexible
- Consider if any family members should be honored
- For names that are loved by one spouse and not by the other, consider using it as a middle name instead as
- Consider if the name will be shortened (example: Candace = Candy / Elizabeth = Liz) and whether you want or like that
- You may want to consider omitting the names of exes
- Say names in full, out loud, to hear how it sounds.
A Word of Advice
I mentioned this in my Biblical baby boy names post as well because I think it’s important to remember, especially for first time mamas. Everyone is going to have an opinion about what name you choose for your child. Some people will hate the name you choose. Others will love it. Just remember that their opinion doesn’t matter. The choice is yours to make an no one else has a say-so. Don’t let other people’s opinions steal your joy from this happy moment.
Biblical Baby Girl Names
- Abigail (my father’s joy)
- Abijah (my father is Yahweh)
- Abital (my father is the night dew)
- Adina (slender & delicate)
- Adah (adornment)
- Agrippa (horse)
- Ahna (answer)
- Anne (favor, grace)
- Apphia (increasing)
- Aquila (eagle)
- Ariel (lion of God)
- Atarah (crown)
- Athaliah (Yahweh is exhausted)
- Bathsheba (daughter of the oath)
- Bernice / Berenice (bringing victory)
- Beulah (married)
- Candace (queen mother)
- Chloe (green shoot)
- Claudia (Lame, crippled, female version of Claudius)
- Deborah (bee)
- Delilah (delicate, weak, languishing)
- Diklah (Palm grove)
- Dinah (judged)
- Dorcas (gazelle)
- Drusilla (female version of Dresus, strong)
- Edna (pleasure)
- Elisabeth/Elizabeth (my God is an oath)
- Esther (star)
- Eunice (good victory)
- Eve (to breathe, to live)
- Gomer (complete)
- Hagar (flight)
- Hannah (favor, grace)
- Hosanna (deliver us)
- Jael (mountain goat)
- Jemima (dove)
- Joanna (female version of John, Yahweh is gracious)
- Judith (jewish woman)
- Julia (female version of Julius, downy-bearded)
- Keturah (incense)
- Keziah (cinnamon)
- Leah (weary)
- Lois (more desirable, better)
- Lydia (unknown meaning)
- Magdalena (tower)
- Mara (bitter)
- Martha (the lady, mistress)
- Mary (bitter)
- Michal (brook)
- Miriam (bitter)
- Naomi (pleasantness)
- Orpah (back of the neck)
- Phoebe (bright, pure)
- Priscilla (ancient)
- Rachel (join, tie, snare)
- Rhoda (rose)
- Ruth (friend)
- Salome (peace)
- Sapphira (sapphire)
- Sarah (lady, princess, noble woman)
- Shiloh (tranquil)
- Suzannah/Suzanna (common fate)
- Tabitha (gazelle)
- Tamar (date palm)
- Tryphena (delicacy)
- Zipporah (bird)
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