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{{short description|Name embedding the name of a god}}
{{original research|date=December 2010}}

A '''theophoric name''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|[[wikt:θεόφορος|θεόφορος]]}}, ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god")<ref>{{cite web|title=theophoric|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theophoric|publisher=[[Merriam-Webster|Merriam-Webster online dictionary]]}}</ref><ref>{{LSJ|qeo/foros|θεόφορος|ref}}.</ref> embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or a god's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity. For example, names embedding [[Apollo]], such as ''Apollonios'' or ''Apollodorus'', existed in Greek antiquity.<ref>Shendge, Malati J. ''The Language of the Harappans: From [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] to [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]'', 1997. p 24. "It may also be interpreted as theophorous names, i.e. the name of the god forming part of the name of an individual. The usage is theophorous because besides the [[eponymous]] Asura, each individual of high or low status has a [[personal name]]."</ref>

Theophoric personal names, containing the name of a god in whose care the individual is entrusted (or a generic word for ''god''), were also exceedingly common in the [[ancient Near East]] and [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>Zadok, R. ''The Pre-[[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] [[Israelite]] [[Anthroponymy]] and [[Prosopography]]'', 1988. p 16. "The Period of the Judges (J) The theophorous names constitute a sizable minority (almost 40%). Many of the hypocoristica possibly originate from compound theophorous names (e.g., Abdon, Gerd, J21 1 1 1 1, 2141 12)."</ref><ref>Benz, Frank L. ''Personal Names in the [[Phoenicia]]n and [[Punic language|Punic]] Inscriptions''. p 233. "Any one of the three major types of elements, [[divine name]] or theophorous, nominal, or verbal can make up a Phoenician-Punic [[hypocoristic name]]. The divine name [[hypocoristic]] is the least attested. The simplest formation is that of a single ..."</ref><ref>Drijvers, H. J. W. ''Cults and Behafs at Edessa'', 1980. p 21. "The proper names, which are mainly theophorous ones, may increase our knowledge of the religious feeling of the people of [[Edessa]] and of the [[cult]]s practiced by them, insofar as their theophorous elements reflect existing beliefs."</ref>  Some names of theophoric origin remain common today, such as [[Theodore (given name)|Theodore]] (''theo-'', "god"; ''-dore'', origin of word compound in Greek: ''doron'', "gift"; hence "God's gift"; in Greek: ''Theodoros'') or, less recognisably, [[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]] (from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Yonatan/Yehonatan'', meaning "Yahweh has given").

== Classical Greek and Roman theophoric names ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Greek and Roman theophoric names
! scope="col" style="width: 90pt;" | Deity
! scope="col" style="width: 90pt;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 120pt;" | Meaning
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Aphrodite]]
| Aphrodisius, -a
|
|-
| [[Hermaphroditus]]
| "Hermes and Aphrodite"
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Apollo]]
| [[Apollodorus]], -a
| "gift of Apollo"
|-
| [[Apollonides (disambiguation)|Apollonides]]
| "son of Apollo"
|-
| [[Apollonius]]
|
|-
| [[Ares]]
| [[Arius]]
| "war-like"
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Artemis]]
| [[Artemiche]]
|
|-
| [[Artemidorus]]
| "gift of Artemis"
|-
| Artemisius, -ia
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Athena]]
| [[Athenaeus]]
|
|-
| [[Athenais]]
|
|-
| [[Athenagoras (disambiguation)|Athenagoras]]
| "man in Athena's market"
|-
| [[Athenodorus (disambiguation)|Athenodorus]], -a
| "gift of Athena"
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Cephissus (mythology)|Cephissus]]
| [[Cephisodorus]]
| "gift of Cephissus"
|-
| [[Cephisodotus (disambiguation)|Cephisodotus]]
| "given by Cephissus"
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Demeter]]
| [[Demetrius]], -ia
|
|-
| Demetrodorus
| "gift of Demeter"
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Dionysus]]
| [[Dionysius]], -a, [[Dennis]]
| 
|-
| Dionysodorus, -a
| "gift of Dionysus"
|-
| Dionysicles
| "glory of Dionysus"
|-
| [[Fortuna]]
| [[Fortunatus]]
| "fortunate, lucky"
|-
| [[Hecate]]
| [[Hecataeus (disambiguation)|Hecataeus]]
|
|-
| [[Helios]]
| [[Heliodorus]]
| "gift of the Sun"
|-
| [[Hephaestus]]
| [[Hephaestion]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hera]]
| [[Heracles]]
| rowspan="2"| "glory of Hera"
|-
| [[Heraclitus (disambiguation)|Heraclitus]]
|-
| [[Herodotus]]
| "given by Hera"
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Hermes]]
| Hermaphroditus
| "Hermes and Aphrodite"
|-
| [[Hermesianax (disambiguation)|Hermesianax]]
| "king Hermes"
|-
| [[Hermione (given name)|Hermione]], Hermion
|
|-
| [[Hermippus]]
| "horse of Hermes"
|-
| [[Hermocrates]]
| "strength of Hermes"
|-
| [[Hermogenes]]
| "born of Hermes"
|-
| [[Hermolaus of Macedon|Hermolaus]]
| "people of Hermes"
|-
| [[Isis]]
| [[Isidorus]], -a
| "gift of Isis"
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]
| [[Marcus (name)|Marcus]]
|
|-
| [[Martialis]]
| "Mars-like"
|-
| [[Martin (name)|Martinus]]
|
|-
| [[Mene (goddess)|Mene]] ([[Selene]])
| [[Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora|Menodora]]
| "gift of the Moon"
|-
| [[Minerva]]
| [[Minervina]]
| "little Minerva"
|-
| [[Nymph]]s
| [[Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora|Nymphodora]]
| "gift of the nymphs"
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Poseidon]]
| [[Poseidippus]]
| "horse of Poseidon"
|-
| Poseidorus, -a
| "gift of Poseidon"
|-
| Poseidonius
|
|-
| [[Serapis]]
| [[Serapion (disambiguation)|Serapion]]
|
|-
| [[Themis]]
| [[Themistocles]]
| "glory of Themis"
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[Zeus]]
| [[Dio (disambiguation)|Dio]]
| of Zeus (gen. ''Dios'')
|-
| [[Diocles (disambiguation)|Diocles]], [[Diocletian]]
| "glory of Zeus"
|-
| [[Diodorus]]
| "gift of Zeus"
|-
| [[Zeno (disambiguation)|Zeno]]
| of Zeus (gen. ''Zenos'')
|-
| [[Zenobius]], -ia
| "might of Zeus"
|-
| [[Zenodotus]]
| "given by Zeus"
|}

Certain names of classical gods are sometimes given as personal names. The most common is [[Diana (given name)|Diana]] and its variants, such as [[Diane (given name)|Diane]]; others include [[Minerva (mythology)|Minerva]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], [[Isis]], or [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]. The first [[pope]] to take a [[regnal name]], [[Pope John II]], had the given name [[Mercury (god)|Mercurius]] and changed his name as he considered it inappropriate for the pope to have a pagan deity's name.

==Christian theophoric names==
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* [[Abdul Masih (disambiguation)|Abdelmasih]]: (Arabic) "servant of the Messiah"
* [[Abdisho (disambiguation)|Abdisho]]: (Syriac) "servant of Jesus"
* [[Ahadabui]], also ''Ahidabu'': (Syriac) "brother to the Father"
* [[List of bishops of Edessa#Jacobite|Ahischema]]: (Syriac) "brother of the [[Schema (Orthodoxy)#Great Schema|schema]]"
* [[Aitillaha of Bet-Nuhadra#Life|Aitillaha]]: (Syriac) "God exists"
* [[Amadeus (name)|Amadeus]]: (Latin) "lover of God"
* [[Ataullah|Attallah]]: (Arabic) "gift of God"
* [[Bakhtīshū‘|Bakhtishu]]: (Syriac) "redeemed by Jesus"
* [[Bogdan]], [[Bohdan (name)|Bohdan]]/a (Slavic) "God given"
* [[Bogomil (name)|Bogomil]], [[Bohumil]]/a (Slavic) "dear to God"
* [[Bozhidar]], Božidar/a (Slavic) "gift of God"
* [[Christian (given name)|Christian]]: (Greek) "believer in Christ"
* [[Christodoulos]]: (Greek) "servant of Christ"
* [[Christopher (name)|Christopher]]: (Greek) "Christ-bearer".
* [[Deusdedit (disambiguation)|Deodatus/Deusdedit]]: (Latin) "God-given"
* Dorotheus/[[Dorothea]]: (Greek) "gift to God"
* [[Furchgott|Fürchtgott]]: (Germanic) "God-fearing"
* Gebreamlak: (Ge'ez) "servant of God"
* [[Geoffrey (given name)|Geoffrey]]/[[Gottfried]]: (Germanic) "God's peace"
* [[Gottlieb (name)|Gottlieb]]: (Germanic) "God's love"
* [[Ishodad of Merv|Ishodad]]: (Syriac) "given by Jesus"
* [[Ishoʿsabran|Ishosabran]] or ''Sabrisho:'' (Syriac) "patient for Jesus"
* [[Isho'yahb (disambiguation)|Ishoyahb]] or ''Yahbisho'': (Syriac) "Jesus has given"
* [[Adiabene (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)|Marnazka]]: (Syriac) "the Lord has conquered"
* Philothea/[[Philothei]]/[[Philotheos (disambiguation)|Philotheos]]: (Greek) "lover of God"
* [[Ramel (disambiguation)|Ramel]]: (Syriac) "God is exalted"
* [[Sabrisho I|Sabrisho]] or ''Ishosabran:'' (Syriac) "patient for Jesus"
* [[Shubhalishoʿ|Shubhalisho]], also ''Shubhisho'': (Syriac) "praise to Jesus"
* [[Shenouda (disambiguation)|Shenouda]]: (Coptic) "son of God"
* [[Sliba-zkha|Slibazka]]: (Syriac) "the Cross has conquered"
* [[Theodore (name)|Theodore]]/[[Theodora (given name)|Theodora]]: (Greek) "gift of God"
* [[Theodosius (disambiguation)|Theodosius]]/[[Theodosia (disambiguation)|Theodosia]], Theodotos/Theodotē and [[Dositheus (disambiguation)|Dositheus]]/Dosithea: (Greek) "God-given"
* Theodotus: (Greek): "given by God"
* [[Theodulus]]: (Greek) "servant of God"
* [[Theophilus (disambiguation)|Theophilus]]: (Greek) "one who loves God"
* [[Theognis]]: (Greek) "God-knowing"
* [[Theophanes (disambiguation)|Theophanes/Theophania]], [[Tiffany (given name)|Tiffany]]: (Greek) "manifestation of God"
* [[Theophobos|Theophobus]]: (Greek) "one who fears God"
* [[Theophrastus]]: (Greek) "godly speech"
* [[Theaetetus (disambiguation)|Theaetetus]]: (Greek) "one who pleads to God"
* Timothy/[[Timotheus (disambiguation)|Timotheus]]: (Greek) "one who honors God"
* [[Yahballaha]]: (Syriac) "God has given"

Some Christian saints have polytheistic theophoric names (such as [[Saint Dionysius]], [[Saint Mercurius]], [[Saint Saturninus (disambiguation)|Saint Saturninus]], [[Saint Hermes]], [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin of Tours]], [[Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki]]).

==Germanic theophoric names==
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* [[Aesir|Os]], meaning "god"
** [[Oscar (given name)|Oscar]]
** [[Oslac (name)|Oslac]]
** [[Oswald (given name)|Oswald]]
** [[Oswine (disambiguation)|Oswin]]
* [[Thor]], the god of thunder
** [[Torsten|Thorstein]] means "Thor's stone"
** [[Thorkel]] means "Thor's craft"
** [[Thorulf]] means "Thor's wolf"
** [[Thordis]]
** [[Thora (given name)|Thora]]
* [[Yngvi|Ing]], an old name for [[Freyr]] (an epithet meaning "lord")
** [[Ingrid (given name)|Ingrid]]
** [[Ingeborg]]
** [[Inger (given name)|Inger]]
** [[Ingunn]]

Rarely, Germanic names contain the element ''[[odhr|Wod]]'' (such as ''Woðu-riðe''), potentially pointing to an association with the god [[Odin]]. In connection, numerous names containing ''wulf'' "wolf" have been taken as totemistic, expressing association with Odin in the earliest period, although ''-ulf'' degenerated into a mere suffix from an early time (Förstemann 1856).

==Hinduism==
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The personal names of almost all gods and goddesses of various deities from the polytheistic Hindu pantheon are considered common and traditional names for people from the Indian subcontinent. Many traditional Hindu names are in fact from various names or epithets of Hindu gods or goddesses. This is in addition to compound theophoric names using the name of a deity in addition to possessive qualifiers.

* Names of gods that are also used as personal names include
** [[Vishnu]]
** [[Shiva]]
** [[Lakshmi]]
** [[Parvati]]
** [[Indra]]
* Personal names using a deity's name as the base
** Vaishnavi, meaning "a worshipper of Vishnu"
** Shivansh, meaning "a part of Shiva"

[[Brahma]], the Hindu creator god, is one of the only deities of the pantheon whose name is rarely if ever used as a personal name or a base for theophoric personal names.

Some seemingly theophoric names may in fact be more related to the original etymology of the deity's name itself. For example, both [[Lakshmi]] (fortune, success, prosperity) and [[Lakshmana|Lakshman]] (prosperous, principal, marked) are names of a deity and an avatar respectively, which are related to ''lakṣ'' meaning "to mark or see".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madhuri Agrawal |url=http://archive.org/details/dictionarysanskritenglishdictionarywilson_83_U |title=Dictionary, Sanskrit English Dictionary Wilson}}</ref>

==Islam==
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{{Further|List of Arabic theophoric names}}
{{See also|Allah}}
* [[Abdullah (name)|Abdullah]]: "servant of God"

==Judaism==
{{Main|Theophory in the Bible}}
{{Contains special characters|Hebrew}}
Much [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] theophory occurs in the [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish Bible]]. The most prominent theophoric names are:
* names containing [[El (god)|El]], a word meaning ''might'', ''power'' and (a) ''god'' in general, and hence in Judaism, ''God'' and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of Baal.
* names containing [[Names of God in Judaism#Yah|Yah]], a shortened form of [[Yahweh]].
* names referring to Levantine deities (especially the storm god, [[Hadad]]) by the [[epithet]] ''[[Baal]]'', meaning ''lord''.

In later times, as the conflict between [[Yahweh#Origins and adoption as "God of Israel"|Yahwism]] and the more popular pagan practices became increasingly intense, these names were censored and ''Baal'' was replaced with ''Bosheth'', meaning ''shameful one''. But abbreviations of the name Yahweh do not appear in theophoric names until the time of Joshua, and for the most part is very rare until the time of King Saul, when it began to be very popular.<ref>[http://markhaughwout.com/Bible/Prefixes_suffixes_divine_names_Genesis.htm Mark Haughwout, "Personal Names Before Exodus 6:2-3"]</ref>

===El===
{{See also|El (deity)}}
* [[Abdiel]]: "Servant of God"
* [[Ariel (given name)|Ariel]]: "lion of God"
* [[Bezalel]]: "in the shadow / under the protection of God"
* [[Danel]]: "El is judge" or "justice from El"
* [[Daniel (given name)|Daniel]]: "God is my judge" or "justice from God"
* [[Elijah]]: "my God is YHWH"
* [[Elihu (Job)|Elihu]]: "He is my God"
* [[Elisha (given name)|Elisha]]: "my God is salvation"
* [[Elisheba]] ([[Elizabeth (given name)|Elizabeth]]): "my God is an oath" or "my God is abundance"
* [[Immanuel]]: "God is with us"
* [[Yehezkel]] ([[Ezekiel (name)|Ezekiel]]): "God will strengthen"
* [[Gabriel]]: "man of God" or "power of God"
* [[Ishmael]]: "God listens"
* [[Israel (name)|Israel]]: "who struggles with God"
* [[Lemuel]]: "Dedicated/Devoted to God"
* [[Mahalalel]]: "shining one of God"
* [[Mehujael]]: "God enlivens"
* [[Methusael]]: "Man of God"
* [[Michael (given name)|Michael]]: "Who is like God?"
* [[Nathaniel]]: "God-given" or "gift of God"
* [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]]: "God heals/God is great"
* [[Samuel]]: "God heard"
* [[Uriel]]: "God is my light"
* [[Uzziel]]: "God is my strength"

===Yahweh===
{{See also|Yahweh|YHWH}}
Abbreviations of the name of the Israelite deity YHWH (usually shortened to Yah or Yahu, and Yeho or Yo) appear as a prefix or suffix in many theophoric names of the [[First Temple Period]]. For example, ''Yirme-yahu'' ([[Jeremiah]]), ''Yesha-yahu'' ([[Isaiah]]), ''Netan-yah'', ''Yedid-yah'', ''Adoni-yah'', ''Nekhem-yah'', ''Yeho-natan'' ([[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]]), ''Yeho-chanan'' ([[John (given name)|John]]), ''Yeho-shua'' ([[Joshua]]), ''Yeho-tzedek'', ''Zekharya'' ([[Zechariah (given name)|Zechariah]]).

"Yahū" or "Yah" is the abbreviation of YHWH when used as a suffix in Hebrew names; as a prefix it appears as "Y<sup>e</sup>hō-", or "Yo". It was formerly thought to be abbreviated from the [[Masoretes|Masoretic]] pronunciation "[[Yehovah]]". There is an opinion<ref>Anson F. Rainey, [http://members.fortunecity.com/yahuwthah/Resource-577/AnsonLetter.htm How Yahweh Was Pronounced] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202034811/http://members.fortunecity.com/yahuwthah/Resource-577/AnsonLetter.htm |date=December 2, 2011 }}, QUERIES & COMMENTS.</ref> that, as Yahweh is likely an [[imperfective]] verb form, "Yahu" is its corresponding [[preterite]] or [[jussive]] short form: compare ''yiŝt<sup>a</sup>hawe<sup>h</sup>'' (imperfective), ''yiŝtáhû'' (preterit or jussive short form) = "do obeisance".

* [[Abijah]]: "my father is YHWH"
* Adonijah: "YHWH is the Lord"
* [[Hezekiah]]: "YHWH strengthens"
* [[Isaiah]]: "YHWH is salvation"
* [[Jedediah]]: "friend of YHWH"
* [[Jehu]]: "YHWH is He"
* [[Jeremiah (given name)|Jeremiah]] ([[Jeremy (given name)|Jeremy]]): "YHWH will raise"
* [[Joel (given name)|Joel]]: "YHWH is God"
* [[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]]: "YHWH has given"
* [[Joseph]]: "YHWH shall increase"
* [[Josiah (given name)|Josiah]]: "YHWH saves"
* Matityahu ([[Matthew (given name)|Matthew]]): "gift of YHWH"
* [[Micah]]/[[Micaiah]]: "who is like YHWH?"
* [[Nehemiah]]: "YHWH comforts"
* [[Obadiah]]: "servant of YHWH"
* Toviyahu ([[Tobias]]): "the goodness of YHWH"
* [[Uriah (disambiguation)|Uriah]]: "YHWH is my light"
* [[Uzziah]]: "YHWH is my strength"
* [[Yeho'ezer_ben_hosh'ayahu_seal|Yeho'ezer]] (Yoʼezer): "YHWH is my help"
* Yehoshua ([[Joshua]])/[[Yeshua]] ([[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]): "YHWH will save"
* [[Yohanan]] ([[John (given name)|John]]): "graced by YHWH" or "YHWH is gracious"
* [[Zechariah (given name)|Zechariah]] ([[Zachary]]): "YHWH has remembered"
* [[Zephaniah]]: "hidden by YHWH"

In the table below, 13 theophoric names with "Yeho" have corresponding forms where the letters ''eh'' have been omitted. There is a theory by [[Christian Ginsburg]] that this is because Hebrew scribes omitted the "h", changing Jeho ({{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹ}}) into Jo ({{Script/Hebrew|יוֹ}}), to make the start of "Y<sup>e</sup>ho-" names not sound like an attempt to pronounce the Divine Name.<ref>[[Christian Ginsburg]], Introduction To the Massoretico-Critical Edition Of The Hebrew Bible, p 369</ref><ref>Scott Jones, [http://www.lamblion.net/Articles/ScottJones/jehovah1.htm Jehovah] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215095417/http://www.lamblion.net/Articles/ScottJones/jehovah1.htm |date=December 15, 2005 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Strong's #
! colspan="4" | the name
! rowspan="2" | other element
! colspan="2" | English conventional form
|-
! long form !! short form
! colspan="2" | long form
! colspan="2" | short form
! long form !! short form
|-
| 3059 || 3099 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹאָחָז}} || Yᵉho'achaz || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹאָחָז}} || Yo'achaz || achaz [# 270] || Jehoahaz || Joahaz
|-
| 3060 || 3101 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹאָש}} || Yᵉho'ash || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹאָש}} || Yo'ash || 'esh [# 784] || Jehoash || Joash
|-
| 3075 || 3107 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹזָבָד}} || Yᵉhozabad || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹזָבָד}} || Yozabad || zabad [# 2064]  || Jehozabad || Jozabad
|-
| 3076 || 3110 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹחָנָן}} || Yᵉhowchanan || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹחָנָן}} || Yochanan || chanan [# 2603] || Yehochanan || Jochanan
|-
| 3077 || 3111 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹיָדָע}} || Yᵉhoyada || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹיָדָע}} || Yoyada || yada [# 3045] || Jehoiada || Joiada
|-
| 3078 || 3112 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹיָכִין}} || Yᵉhoyakin || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹיָכִין}} || Yoyakin || kun [# 3559]  || Yehoyakin || Joiakin
|-
| 3079 || 3113 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹיָקִים}} || Yᵉhoyaqim || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹיָקִים}} || Yoyaqim ||  qum [# 3965] || Yehoyakim || Joakim
|-
| 3080 || 3114 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹיָרִיב}} || Yᵉhoyarib || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹיָרִיב}} || Yoyarib ||  rib [# 7378]  || Jehoiarib || Joiarib
|-
| 3082 || 3122 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹנָדָב}} || Yᵉhonadab || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹנָדָב}} || Yonadab || nadab [# 5068] || Jehonadab || Jonadab
|-
| 3083 || 3129 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹנָתָן}} || Yᵉhonathan || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹנָתָן}} || Yonathan || nathan [# 5414] || Yehonathan || Jonathan
|-
| 3085 || — || {{Script/Hebrew|י&#1456;הוֹע&#1463;ד&#1468;&#1464;ה}} || Yᵉho'addah || — || — || 'adah [# 5710] || Jehoaddah || —
|-
| 3087 || 3136 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹצָדָק}} || Yᵉhotsadaq || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹצָדָק}} || Yotsadaq || tsadaq [# 6663] || Jehozadak || Jozadak
|-
| 3088 || 3141 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹרָם}} || Yᵉhoram || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹרָם}} || Yoram || rum [# 7311] || Jehoram || Joram
|-
| 3092 || 3146 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹשָפָט}} || Yᵉhoshaphat || {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹשָפָט}} || Yoshaphat || shaphat [# 8199] || Jehoshaphat || Joshaphat
|-
| colspan="9" |
|-
| 3470a || 3470 || {{Script/Hebrew|יְשַׁעְיָהוּ}} || Yᵉsha'yahu || {{Script/Hebrew|יְשַׁעְיָה}} || Yᵉsha'yah || yasha [# 3467] || Yeshayahu || Isaiah
|-
| 5418a || 5418 || {{Script/Hebrew|נְתַנְיָהוּ}} || Nᵉthanyahu || {{Script/Hebrew|נְתַנְיָה}} || Nᵉthanyah || nathan [# 5414] || Netanyahu || Netaniah
|-
| 138a || 138 || {{Script/Hebrew|אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ}} || 'Adoniyahu || {{Script/Hebrew|אֲדֹנִיָּה}} || 'Adoniyah || 'adown [# 113] || Adoniyahu || Adonijah
|-
| 452a || 452 || {{Script/Hebrew|אֵלִיָּהוּ}} || 'Eliyahu || {{Script/Hebrew|אֵלִיָּה}} || 'Eliyah || 'el [# 410] || Eliyahu || Elijah
|-
| 3414a || 3414 || {{Script/Hebrew|יִרְמְיָהוּ}} || Yirmᵉyahu|| {{Script/Hebrew|יִרְמְיָה}} || Yirmᵉyah || rum [# 7311] || Yirmeyahu || Jeremiah
|-
| — || 5166 || — || — || {{Script/Hebrew|נְחֶמְיָה}} || Nᵉchemyah || nacham [# 5162] || — || Nechemiah
|}

===Referring to other gods===
* [[Jerubbaal]], the alternate name of [[Gideon]], variously translated as "[[Baal]] will contend" 
* [[Jezebel]]: "glory to Baal"
* [[Ishbaal]]: "man of Baal"
* [[Balthazar (magus)|Balthazar]] and [[Belshazzar]] ([[Akkadian language|Babylonian]]): "Baal, protect the king" 
* [[Abijam]]: "my father is [[Yam (god)|Yam]]"
* [[Shalmaneser V|Shalmaneser]] ([[Akkadian language|Assyrian]]): "[[Shulmanu]] is foremost"
* [[Sennacherib]] (Assyrian): "[[Sîn]] has replaced the brothers"
* [[Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]] (Phoenician via Greek): "[[Pummay]] has given"
* [[Nebuchadnezzar]] (in Babylonian: ''[[Nabu]]-kudurri-usur''): "Nabu, watch over my heir"
* [[Mordecai]]: "from [[Marduk]]"
* Ben-Hadad: in Hebrew means "son of [[Hadad]]", but his original [[Aramaic]] name is [[Hadadezer]]: "Hadad is help"
* [[Daniel (biblical figure)|Belteshazzar]] (in Babylonian: ''Beltu-šar-uṣur''): "[[Marduk|Bel]], protect the king's life"
* [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Shadrach]] (in Babylonian: possibly ''Šudur-Aku''): "command of Aku"
* [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Meshach]] (in Babylonian: possibly ''Mi-ša-Aku''): "who is what Aku is?"
* [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Abednego]] (in Babylonian: possibly ''Abed-Nabu''): "servant of Nabu"
* [[Sanballat the Horonite|Sanballat]] (possibly in Akkadian: ''Sîn-uballit''): "Sîn has kept alive," or (possibly in Arabic: ''Sanbat al-Lāt''): "space of [[Al-Lat|al-Lāt]]"

Theophoric names containing "[[Baal]]" were sometimes "censored" as ''-bosheth'' = "shameful one", whence [[Ishbosheth]] etc.

==References==
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==External links==
* Gonzalo Rubio, [https://pennstate.academia.edu/GRubio/Papers/911426/Gods_and_Scholars_Mapping_the_Pantheon_in_Early_Mesopotamia_in_Reconsidering_the_Concept_of_Revolutionary_Monotheism_2011_ ''Gods and Scholars: Mapping the Pantheon in Early Mesopotamia''] in Beate Pongratz-Leisten (ed.), ''Reconsidering the Concept of Revolutionary Monotheism'', Eisenbrauns 2011
* [http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/names/developments.html Lexicon of Greek Personal Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322084702/http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/names/developments.html |date=2020-03-22 }}
* [http://www.edofolks.com/html/pub119.htm Ogden Goelet, "Moses' Egyptian Name"]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2179082/ When Can Muslims Use the Name Mohammed?: Plus, why don't English speakers name their children Jesus?] by Michelle Tsai

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