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To: NYer

Biblical girl’s names are harder to come by, but some nice ones include:

Abigail
Anna/Anne/Hannah (biblical, but also the mother of the mother of our lord)
Adina
Ariel*
Bethenny
Bernice
Beulah
Candice
Carmella
Claudia/Claudine (the biblical name is Claudia, but this means “lame.” Claudine means “related to [St.] Claudia.)
Diana
Deborah
Dinah
Eden/Edna
Elizabeth
Esther
Eunice
Eva/Eve
Joanna
Judith
Julia
Leah*
Lydia*
Lois
Mary/Mara/Maura/Moira/Marie/Miriam
Martha
Naomi
Olive/Olivia
Pheolbe
Priscilla
Rachel
Rebecca
Rhoda
Ruth
Sharon*
Seraphina
Sarah
Susana/ Susanna
Tabitha
Talitha
Tamara
Terah*
Zina

Related to English words from the bible used as names:
Angela
Faith
Hope
Charity
Grace
Rose
Victoria
Olive
Chastity
Jewel/Jewell
Evangelina

Watch out for:
Drusilla (Now famous as a slutty groupie Vampire from Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Elisha (actually a man’s name)
Prisca (contrary to legend, a man’s name)
Saphirra (Somehow, this is related to Lesbians?)
Hagar (as in Hagar, the Horrible)
Ezra (a man’s name)
Dorcas (if I have to say why this is a bad name, ...)

* also, technically, a man’s name, but by now it’s common as a woman’s name.


107 posted on 01/09/2014 10:53:41 AM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

“Watch out for:
Drusilla (Now famous as a slutty groupie Vampire from Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Elisha (actually a man’s name)
Prisca (contrary to legend, a man’s name)
Saphirra (Somehow, this is related to Lesbians?)
Hagar (as in Hagar, the Horrible)
Ezra (a man’s name)
Dorcas (if I have to say why this is a bad name, ...)

* also, technically, a man’s name, but by now it’s common as a woman’s name.


I had friends named Dorcas and Drusilla. Nice people.

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109 posted on 01/09/2014 1:22:48 PM PST by Mears
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