240+ Unusual Biblical Baby Names

Peninah, also found as Penina and Peninnah, was one of the two wives of Elkanah in the Bible. Peninah, who had children, upset her sister wife Hannah, who did not, and in response God blessed Hannah with a baby, Samuel.

This obscure biblical name is only mentioned twice in the Bible — first as a divorced Israelite and then as a priest.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.

Tammuz is the Semitic variation of Dumuzid, a name from Sumerian mythology. Tammuz is the name of fourth month on the Hebrew calendar, corresponding with June and July on the Gregorian calendar.

Variation of Timaeus.

A Roman forename, and later family name, used for both sexes in ancient times (but more commonly men).

Derivative of Shalom and one of the unique baby names featured in the Old Testament.

Feminine form of Herod.

Old Testament name of the daughter-in-law of Naomi, now eclipsed by the originally misspelled Oprah.

Greek variation of Candace used in the Bible.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.

Talmai is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Maacah, the wife of King David, and one of Anak’s three giant sons.

Obscure name from the New Testament.

Compelling Z name mentioned in the Old Testament and one of the unique baby names still undiscovered from the Bible.

Place name and feminine given name in the Old Testament.

A masculine name in the Old Testament, but used contemporarily as a feminine name.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.

One of the wives of King David in the Old Testament.

Biblical name from the Old Testament.