Boys
Aaron: uncertain [Strong's OT175]; alternatively, Yah-Ark
or Spirit-filled [OT3050 + OT727]
BenJudah: Ben- Son (of) +
Judah [
lit. handed], celebrated, praise [OT1121 + OT3063]
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Ben, Judah
Daniel: Judge from God [OT1840]
David: Loving [OT1732]
Elijah: My God is Yah [OT452]; alternatively, Elevated by Yah [OT5941 + OT3050]
Gabriel: He-man of God [OT1403]
Hezekiah: Tenacious from Yah [OT2396]
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Hez, Hezzy
Jeshua: Yah saves/delivers/frees [OT3442]
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Jesse
Jordan: Descender [OT3383]
Joseph: Yah will increase [OT3130]
Josiah: Founded of Yah [OT2977]
Nathaniel: Given of God [OT5417]
Uriah: Flame of Yah [OT223]
Zephaniah: Safely hidden in Yah [OT6846]
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Zeph, Zeffy, Zephyr
Girls
Anastasia: [
Gr.] of the Resurrection [NT386]
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Stasia
JoHannah: Yah-favored, -graced
or -inclined [OT3050 + OT2584, the Hebrew form of Joanna, NT2489]
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Jo, Hannah
Joshana: Yasha na, Do save/deliver/free [us]! [OT3467 + OT4994, the Hebrew form of
Hosanna!, NT5614]. (It turns out that
Hosha na is a little more accurate.)
Jubilee: trumpet-blast, especially as it marks a Year of Redemption [OT3104]
Maranatha: Mara n'atha, Lord, do come! [OT4756 + OT4994 + OT858
from NT3134]
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Mara, Maranie, Notha
Nike: [
Gr.] victory [NT3529]
Nissiah: Banner
or Standard of Yah [OT5251 + OT3050]
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Nissie
Shiloh: Peaceful [OT7886]
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Shi