Are you expecting a baby girl and looking for the perfect biblical name that starts with the letter H? From popular Hannah to retro Huldah to up-and-comer Hosanna, here are some ideas to get your wheels turning.
This pretty name marries a soft, gentle sound with biblical gravitas. In the Bible, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel.
The Hebrew name of Esther mentioned in the Old Testament.
Big and bold biblical possibility.
There are several men called Hanan in the Old Testament, but in modern-day America, the gender divide leans heavily toward the feminine.
A distinctive baby name possibility with biblical place name panache.
A biblical place name and an unusual but cute girl's name. Fun fact: hali means "hug" in colloquial Finnish.
This long, ornate name gets its biblical cred from being borne by the wife of King Hezekiah and the mother of King Manasseh in the Old Testament. The name also has a literary edge, having appeared in works by George Eliot and J. K. Rowling.
Hadar—which is a well-established last name and female given name in Israel, as well as a place name—appears as a male name in the Old Testament.
A name borne by a considerable number of biblical men—some good, some less so. As a modern baby name, Hananiah reads unisex.
Introduced in the Bible as one of the two wives of Ashhur, Noah's grandson.
A Finnish girl's name with an unexpected biblical connection: in the Bible, Heli crops up in the Gospel of Luke as the father of Joseph, Mary's husband.
A female Old Testament name probably best left in the Bible...
An Old Testament prophetess name lost in the sands of time.