Explore 175 meaningful biblical names for boys, each carrying timeless significance from the scriptures.
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Aaron
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: High mountain, exalted
Exodus 4•Old Testament
Abel
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Breath, vapor
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Abijah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is my father
1 Kings 14•Old Testament
Abner
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Father of light
1 Samuel 14•Old Testament
Abraham
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Father of many nations
Genesis 17•Old Testament
Adam
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Man, earth
Genesis 2•Old Testament
Adriel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Flock of God
1 Samuel 18•Old Testament
Ahab
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Father's brother
1 Kings 16•Old Testament
Alphaeus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Changing
Matthew 10•New Testament
Amaziah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Strength of the Lord
2 Kings 14•Old Testament
Amminadab
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: My people are generous
Numbers 1•Old Testament
Amos
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Burden bearer
Amos 1•Old Testament
Andrew
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Manly, brave
Matthew 4•New Testament
Apollos
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Destroyer
Acts 18•New Testament
Aquila
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Eagle
Acts 18•New Testament
Asa
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Healer, physician
1 Kings 15•Old Testament
Asher
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Happy, blessed
Genesis 30•Old Testament
Azariah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord has helped
2 Kings 14•Old Testament
Azriel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God is my help
1 Chronicles 5•Old Testament
Barak
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Lightning
Judges 4•Old Testament
Barnabas
BoyAramaicRare
Meaning: Son of encouragement
Acts 4•New Testament
Bartholomew
BoyAramaicRare
Meaning: Son of Talmai
Matthew 10•New Testament
Baruch
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Blessed
Nehemiah 3•Old Testament
Benaiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God has built
2 Samuel 8•Old Testament
Benjamin
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Son of the right hand
Genesis 35•Old Testament
Boaz
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Strength, swiftness
Ruth 2•Old Testament
Caleb
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Faithful, whole-hearted
Numbers 13•Old Testament
Cleopas
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Glory of the father
Luke 24•New Testament
Cornelius
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Horn
Acts 10•New Testament
Cyrus
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Sun
Isaiah 44•Old Testament
Dan
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Judge
Genesis 30•Old Testament
Daniel
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God is my judge
Daniel 1•Old Testament
David
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Beloved
1 Samuel 16•Old Testament
Eber
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: One who passes over
Genesis 10•Old Testament
Elam
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Eternal, hidden
Genesis 10•Old Testament
Eleazar
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God has helped
Exodus 6•Old Testament
Eli
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Ascended, elevated
1 Samuel 1•Old Testament
Eliakim
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God will establish
2 Kings 18•Old Testament
Eliezer
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God is my help
Genesis 15•Old Testament
Elihu
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: He is my God
Job 32•Old Testament
Elijah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: My God is Yahweh
1 Kings 17•Old Testament
Elkanah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God has possessed
1 Samuel 1•Old Testament
Enoch
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Dedicated, disciplined
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Enosh
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Mortal man
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Epaphras
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Lovely
Colossians 1•New Testament
Ephraim
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Fruitful
Genesis 41•Old Testament
Erastus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Beloved
Acts 19•New Testament
Ethan
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Strong, firm, enduring
1 Kings 4•Old Testament
Ezekiel
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God strengthens
Ezekiel 1•Old Testament
Ezra
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Help, helper
Ezra 7•Old Testament
Felix
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Happy, fortunate
Acts 23•New Testament
Gabriel
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God is my strength
Luke 1•New Testament
Gad
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Fortune, luck
Genesis 30•Old Testament
Gaius
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Rejoice
Acts 19•New Testament
Gamaliel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God is my reward
Acts 5•New Testament
Gideon
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Mighty warrior, feller of trees
Judges 6•Old Testament
Habakkuk
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Embrace
Habakkuk 1•Old Testament
Haggai
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Festive
Haggai 1•Old Testament
Ham
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Hot, warm
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Hazael
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God sees
1 Kings 19•Old Testament
Hezekiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God strengthens
2 Kings 18•Old Testament
Hezron
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Enclosed
Genesis 46•Old Testament
Hiram
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Exalted brother
1 Kings 5•Old Testament
Hosea
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Salvation
Hosea 1•Old Testament
Iddo
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: His ornament
2 Chronicles 9•Old Testament
Isaac
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: He will laugh
Genesis 21•Old Testament
Isaiah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Salvation of the Lord
Isaiah 1•Old Testament
Ishmael
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God will hear
Genesis 16•Old Testament
Israel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: One who struggles with God
Genesis 32•Old Testament
Jabal
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Stream
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Jabez
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: He causes pain
1 Chronicles 4•Old Testament
Jabez
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Sorrow
1 Chronicles 4•Old Testament
Jacob
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Supplanter, heel-grabber
Genesis 25•Old Testament
Jairus
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: He will enlighten
Mark 5•New Testament
James
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Supplanter
Matthew 4•New Testament
Japheth
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Enlargement
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Jared
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Descent
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Jason
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Healer
Acts 17•New Testament
Jedidiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Beloved of the Lord
2 Samuel 12•Old Testament
Jeduthun
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Praising
1 Chronicles 16•Old Testament
Jehoshaphat
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord has judged
1 Kings 22•Old Testament
Jehu
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is He
2 Kings 9•Old Testament
Jerahmeel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: May God have compassion
1 Chronicles 2•Old Testament
Jeremiah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: The Lord will exalt
Jeremiah 1•Old Testament
Jesse
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Gift, wealthy
1 Samuel 16•Old Testament
Jethro
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Excellence, abundance
Exodus 3•Old Testament
Joab
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is father
1 Samuel 26•Old Testament
Joash
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Fire of the Lord
Judges 6•Old Testament
Job
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Persecuted, afflicted
Job 1•Old Testament
Joel
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Yahweh is God
Joel 1•Old Testament
John
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God is gracious
Matthew 3•New Testament
Jonah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Dove
Jonah 1•Old Testament
Jonathan
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God has given
1 Samuel 14•Old Testament
Joseph
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: He will add
Genesis 30•Old Testament
Joshua
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: The Lord is salvation
Exodus 17•Old Testament
Josiah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: The Lord supports
2 Kings 22•Old Testament
Jotham
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is perfect
Judges 9•Old Testament
Jubal
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Music, stream
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Judah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Praised
Genesis 29•Old Testament
Jude
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Praised
Jude 1•New Testament
Justus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Just, upright
Acts 1•New Testament
Kenan
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Possession
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Lamech
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Powerful
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Lazarus
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God has helped
John 11•New Testament
Lemuel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Devoted to God
Proverbs 31•Old Testament
Levi
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Joined, attached
Genesis 29•Old Testament
Lot
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Veil, covering
Genesis 11•Old Testament
Luke
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Light-giving
Colossians 4•New Testament
Mahalalel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Praise of God
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Maher
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Swift, speedy
Isaiah 8•Old Testament
Malachi
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: My messenger
Malachi 1•Old Testament
Manasseh
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Causing to forget
Genesis 41•Old Testament
Mark
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Warlike
Acts 12•New Testament
Matthew
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Gift of God
Matthew 9•New Testament
Matthias
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Gift of God
Acts 1•New Testament
Methuselah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Man of the dart
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Micah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Who is like God
Micah 1•Old Testament
Michael
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Who is like God
Jude 9•New Testament
Mordecai
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Servant of Marduk
Esther 2•Old Testament
Moses
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Drawn out of water
Exodus 2•Old Testament
Nahor
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Snorer
Genesis 11•Old Testament
Nahshon
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Enchanter
Numbers 1•Old Testament
Nahum
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Comfort, comforter
Nahum 1•Old Testament
Naphtali
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: My wrestling
Genesis 30•Old Testament
Nathan
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: He gave
2 Samuel 7•Old Testament
Nehemiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Comforted by God
Nehemiah 1•Old Testament
Nicholas
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Victory of the people
Acts 6•New Testament
Nicodemus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Victory of the people
John 3•New Testament
Noah
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Rest, comfort
Genesis 6•Old Testament
Obadiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Servant of the Lord
Obadiah 1•Old Testament
Obed
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Servant
Ruth 4•Old Testament
Onesimus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Useful, profitable
Colossians 4•New Testament
Othniel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Lion of God
Judges 3•Old Testament
Paul
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Small, humble
Acts 13•New Testament
Peleg
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Division
Genesis 10•Old Testament
Perez
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Breach, breakthrough
Genesis 38•Old Testament
Peter
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Rock, stone
Matthew 16•New Testament
Philemon
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Loving, affectionate
Philemon 1•New Testament
Philip
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Lover of horses
Matthew 10•New Testament
Phinehas
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Oracle
Numbers 25•Old Testament
Ram
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Exalted
Ruth 4•Old Testament
Reuben
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Behold, a son
Genesis 29•Old Testament
Reuel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Friend of God
Exodus 2•Old Testament
Rufus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Red-haired
Romans 16•New Testament
Salem
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Peace
Genesis 14•Old Testament
Salmon
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Garment, clothing
Ruth 4•Old Testament
Samson
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Sun
Judges 13•Old Testament
Samuel
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Heard by God
1 Samuel 1•Old Testament
Saul
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Asked for
1 Samuel 9•Old Testament
Seth
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: Appointed
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Shem
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Name, renown
Genesis 5•Old Testament
Shemaiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord has heard
1 Kings 12•Old Testament
Silas
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Of the forest
Acts 15•New Testament
Silvanus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Forest, woods
1 Thessalonians 1•New Testament
Simeon
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: He has heard
Genesis 29•Old Testament
Simon
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: He has heard
Matthew 4•New Testament
Solomon
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Peace
1 Kings 1•Old Testament
Stephen
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Crown, garland
Acts 6•New Testament
Terah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Wanderer
Genesis 11•Old Testament
Thaddeus
BoyAramaicRare
Meaning: Courageous heart
Matthew 10•New Testament
Thomas
BoyAramaicCommon
Meaning: Twin
Matthew 10•New Testament
Timothy
BoyGreekCommon
Meaning: Honoring God
Acts 16•New Testament
Titus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Title of honor
Galatians 2•New Testament
Tobias
BoyHebrewCommon
Meaning: God is good
Nehemiah 2•Old Testament
Tubalcain
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Forger of metal
Genesis 4•Old Testament
Tychicus
BoyGreekRare
Meaning: Fortunate
Ephesians 6•New Testament
Uri
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: My light, flame
Exodus 31•Old Testament
Uriah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God is my light
2 Samuel 11•Old Testament
Uzziah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is my strength
2 Kings 15•Old Testament
Zacchaeus
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Pure, innocent
Luke 19•New Testament
Zebulun
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Honor, dwelling
Genesis 30•Old Testament
Zechariah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: God remembers
Zechariah 1•Old Testament
Zedekiah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is righteous
2 Kings 24•Old Testament
Zephaniah
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: Hidden by God
Zephaniah 1•Old Testament
Zuriel
BoyHebrewRare
Meaning: The Lord is my rock
Numbers 3•Old Testament
Finding the Perfect Biblical Name for Your Baby Boy
Biblical boy names have been cherished by families for millennia. These names carry powerful meanings rooted in faith, strength, and divine purpose. Whether you're drawn to popular choices like David and Noah or seeking something more unique like Boaz or Ezra, our collection offers meaningful options for every family.
Popular Biblical Boy Names
Some biblical names have remained popular throughout generations. Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh," consistently ranks among the top baby names. Noah, meaning "rest" or "comfort," recalls the faithful patriarch who built the ark. David, meaning "beloved," honors Israel's greatest king and ancestor of Jesus.
Unique Biblical Boy Names
For parents seeking distinctive options, the Bible offers treasures like Asher("happy" or "blessed"), Silas ("of the forest"), and Ezekiel("God strengthens"). These names stand out while maintaining deep spiritual significance.
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