Girl · Greek
Feminine of Anastasius, from Greek anastasis 'resurrection' Well attested
US 2025: #163 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #212
Also spelled: Anastacia
Baby names about God and faith
English baby names grouped by what they mean, as name dictionaries and word-origin sources give it. Bazi8 is a site about BaZi, the Chinese reading of a birth date, and Chinese names; where a Chinese character shares a name's meaning, the card shows it. This meaning isn't tied to one of the five elements, so nothing here depends on a baby's chart.
Girls' names
Girl · Hebrew
Feminine of Ariel, Hebrew 'lion of God' Likely
US 2025: #174 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #163
Also spelled: Ariela
Girl · Greek, through French
From Greek for 'good news'; made known by Longfellow's 1847 poem Well attested
US 2025: #147 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #346
Girl · English word
The English word faith: belief and trust; a virtue name from the 1500s Well attested
US 2025: #254 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #281
Girl · Italian, from Hebrew
Italian feminine form of Gabriel, Hebrew 'man of God' Well attested
US 2025: #105 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #181
Also spelled: Gabriela
Girl · Italian and Latinate, from Hebrew
Latinate and Italian form of Isabel, from Elizabeth, Hebrew 'my God is an oath' Well attested
US 2025: #7 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #10
Related names: Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elsie, Isabel, Isabelle
Girl · French, from Hebrew
French feminine form of Joseph, Hebrew 'God adds' Well attested
US 2025: #53 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #256
Related names: Josie
Girl · English surname, from Old French
Surname for a pilgrim back from the Holy Land, who carried a palm branch Well attested
US 2025: #232 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #1512
Girl · Russian
Russian for 'faith'; in English use since the 1800s Well attested
Often explained as Latin vera, 'true'; one dictionary calls that folk etymology for this name, though a medieval Latin Vera did exist.
US 2025: #205 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #719
Boys' names
Boy · Greek, via Latin
Greek angelos 'messenger', the word for an angel Well attested
US 2025: #67 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1307
Also spelled: Ángel
Boy · English surname, from Latin
Medieval form of Benedict, from Latin benedictus, 'blessed' Well attested
US 2025: #40 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1466
Also spelled: Bennet, Benett
Boy · Latin, from Greek
Latin Christianus, 'a follower of Christ' Well attested
US 2025: #96 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #393
Boy · Greek, through Latin
Greek Khristophoros, 'bearing Christ' Well attested
The legend of a saint carrying the Christ child grew out of the name, one dictionary says.
US 2025: #68 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #203
Also spelled: Kristopher
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew kohen, 'priest': a Jewish surname for the hereditary priestly line Well attested
As a surname it often marks descent from the priests of the Jerusalem Temple.
US 2025: #225 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #404
Also spelled: Kohen, Coen, Cohn
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew: 'God is my judge' Well attested
US 2025: #22 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #62
Boy · Latin
Latin Dominicus, 'of the Lord' Well attested
US 2025: #106 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #205
Also spelled: Dominick, Domenic
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Eliyahu: 'my God is Yahweh' Well attested
US 2025: #7 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #23
Related names: Elias
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew: 'God is with us' Well attested
US 2025: #179 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #279
Also spelled: Emanuel, Immanuel
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew 'help'; probably short for Azariah, 'God has helped' Well attested
US 2025: #20 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #38
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew 'man of God', from words for 'strong man' and 'God' Well attested
Often given as 'God is my strength'; two dictionaries give 'man of God', and one reference also links the first part to 'strength'.
US 2025: #37 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #80
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Yeshayahu, 'Yahweh is salvation' Well attested
US 2025: #57 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #156
Boy · Hebrew, via Latin and Spanish
Spanish form of Ishmael, Hebrew 'God hears' Well attested
US 2025: #263 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #845
Also spelled: Ishmael
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Yoel, 'Yahweh is God' Well attested
US 2025: #219 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #223
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Yonatan, 'God has given' Well attested
US 2025: #89 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #296
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Yosef, 'God adds' or 'God increases' Well attested
US 2025: #29 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #59
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Yehoshua, 'Yahweh is salvation' Well attested
US 2025: #66 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #53
Related names: Jesus
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew Yoshiyahu, 'God has mended' or 'supported by God' Likely
US 2025: #54 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #226
Boy · Greek
Greek kyrie, 'O Lord', as in the Christian prayer Kyrie eleison Likely
US 2025: #244 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #412
Boy · Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic Mael Coluim, 'devotee of Saint Columba' Well attested
US 2025: #272 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1307
Also spelled: Malcom
Boy · Spanish, from Hebrew
Spanish form of Matthew, Hebrew 'gift of the Lord' Well attested
US 2025: #8 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #160
Boy · English word, from Hebrew
Title of a promised deliverer, from Hebrew mashiach, 'anointed one' Likely
US 2025: #207 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #2014
Boy · Hebrew
Short form of Hebrew Mikhayahu, 'who is like Yahweh?' Well attested
US 2025: #90 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #189
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew for 'who is like God?' Well attested
US 2025: #21 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #85
Related names: Miguel
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew 'he has given', with God understood as the giver Well attested
Often given as 'gift of God'; the Hebrew is a verb, 'he gave'.
US 2025: #63 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #99
Related names: Nathaniel
Boy · Hebrew, via Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Raphael: Hebrew 'God has mended' Well attested
US 2025: #218 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #189
Also spelled: Raphael
Boy · English word
The English word saint, a holy person, from Latin sanctus, 'holy' Likely
US 2025: #267 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #412
Boy · Spanish
Spanish for Saint James: sant, 'saint', + Iago, a form of Jacob Well attested
US 2025: #26 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #296
Boy · Greek
Greek theos 'god' + doron 'gift': 'gift of God' Well attested
US 2025: #4 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #9
Related names: Theo
Boy · Greek
Greek 'honor' + 'god': 'one who honors God' Well attested
US 2025: #203 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #418
Boy · Hebrew, via English
The Middle English form of Tobias, from Hebrew for 'God is good' Likely
US 2025: #979 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #89
Also spelled: Tobey
Related names: Tobias
Boy · Hebrew, via Greek and Latin
From Hebrew Zekharyah, 'God has remembered' Well attested
US 2025: #216 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #75
Also spelled: Zachery, Zackary
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.