Jacob
Supplanter — he who grasps the heel
Genesis 25:26From the well-loved to the rare — every name here is drawn from Scripture, with its meaning and the verse where it first lives. Tap a name to open the passage in the reader.
The most enduring names given to sons, each rooted in a passage of Scripture.
Supplanter — he who grasps the heel
Genesis 25:26Who is like God?
Daniel 12:1Beloved
1 Samuel 16:13He will add — may God increase
Genesis 30:24God is my judge
Daniel 1:6The Lord is salvation
Joshua 1:1Gift of God
Matthew 9:9God is gracious
Luke 1:13Supplanter — may God protect
Matthew 4:21Son of the right hand
Genesis 35:18Heard by God
1 Samuel 1:20He gave — gift of God
2 Samuel 5:14Manly, courageous
Matthew 4:18Small, humble
Acts 13:9Rock, stone
Matthew 16:18Exalted, mountain of strength
Exodus 4:14Man — formed of the earth
Genesis 2:20He laughs
Genesis 17:19Peaceable, peace
2 Samuel 12:24Faithful, devoted (whole-hearted)
Numbers 13:6Names carried by the women of Scripture, from the matriarchs to the first witnesses of the Resurrection.
Bitter, beloved — wished-for child
Luke 1:27Princess
Genesis 17:15Captivating — to bind
Genesis 24:15Ewe — a female sheep
Genesis 29:6Weary, delicate
Genesis 29:16Friend, companion
Ruth 1:4Star
Esther 2:7Grace, favor
1 Samuel 1:2God is my oath
Luke 1:5Grace
Luke 2:36Lady, mistress of the house
Luke 10:38Bitter, rebellious — wished-for child
Exodus 15:20My father’s joy
1 Samuel 25:3Pleasantness
Ruth 1:2Bee
Judges 4:4Living — mother of all life
Genesis 3:20Woman of Lydia — a seller of purple
Acts 16:14Ancient, venerable
Acts 18:2Judged, vindicated
Genesis 30:21God is gracious
Luke 8:3Distinctive names drawn from every corner of the canon — a few rare, many simply overlooked — each one a real name carried in Scripture.
Healer, physician
1 Kings 15:9In him is strength
Ruth 2:1Dove
Job 42:14Sweet-scented spice (cassia)
Job 42:14Ray of light, horn
Job 42:14Bird
Exodus 2:21He causes sorrow
1 Chronicles 4:9Of the forest, wood
Acts 15:22Radiant, bright
Romans 16:1Youthful
Romans 16:7Eagle
Acts 18:2Son of encouragement
Acts 4:36Title of honor
2 Corinthians 2:13Affectionate, loving
Philemon 1:1More desirable, better
2 Timothy 1:5Good victory
2 Timothy 1:5Fruitful, increasing
Philemon 1:2Rose
Acts 12:13Gazelle
Acts 9:36Gazelle
Acts 9:36Enclosure, lame
2 Timothy 4:21Flaxen, net
2 Timothy 4:21Useful, profitable
Philemon 1:10Belonging to Demeter (the earth)
3 John 1:12Rejoicer, glad
3 John 1:1Red-haired
Romans 16:13Youthful, downy-bearded
Romans 16:15He has heard
Luke 2:25Ascension, uplifted
1 Samuel 1:3Appointed, placed
Genesis 4:25Dedicated, trained up
Genesis 5:21Myrtle tree (Esther’s Hebrew name)
Esther 2:7Mountain goat
Judges 4:17Tranquil — he whose it is
Genesis 49:10Rock — a pause of praise
Psalm 3:2Chosen by the Lord
Genesis 22:2Heap of witness, rocky region
Genesis 31:48Favorable, pleasant
Numbers 26:33Shade, shadow
Genesis 4:22Ornament, adornment
Genesis 4:19Pleasant, beautiful
Genesis 4:22Possession, smith
Genesis 5:9Descent — he who descends
Genesis 5:15God is my help
John 11:1Pure, clean
Luke 19:2My messenger
Malachi 1:1Comforted by the Lord
Nehemiah 1:1Servant of the Lord
1 Kings 18:3Possession, inheritance
2 Kings 15:33The Lord will provide
Genesis 22:14