"Source of joy"; popularly "father's joy"
Christian girl names
Christian girl names with meanings checked against the source, in their own script.
176 names: 168 for girls and 8 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Strong's Concordance, Lewis & Short and Online Etymology Dictionary. One is a modern name that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Diana ("divine"), Jerusha ("possessed; inheritance") and Rosa ("rose").
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110 of 176 names
"Ornament", from Hebrew Adah; also a short form of names meaning "noble"
"Good", from Greek agathos
"Pure, chaste", from Greek hagnos
"Noble and ready", from the Gothic roots of Alphonsus
A Kerala Christian name, probably a pet form of Ann
"Messenger"; Greek angelos, a messenger of God
"Angel" or "messenger", from Greek angelos
"Angel, messenger", from Greek angelos
"Grace" in popular use; Hebrew Channah, "favoured"
"Ash-tree meadow", from Old English æsc and leah
"Noble strength", from Old English Æthelthryth
"Bringer of happiness" in popular use; probably Latin Viatrix, "traveller"
"Bold as a bear", the feminine of Bernard
"House of figs" in popular use; Strong's gives "date-house"
"Married", from Isaiah 62:4
A modern Kerala Christian name with no recorded meaning
A modern Kerala name; families use it to mean "blessed"
"Garden, orchard", from Hebrew karmel
"Pure" in popular use; the Spanish form of Catherine
"Pure" in popular use; the Greek name's origin is uncertain
From the Roman clan Caecilius; "blind" in popular use
"Heavenly", from Latin caelum via Caelina
"Young green shoot", from Greek chloe
"Follower of Christ", from Greek Christianos
Pet form of Christina or Christopher; Greek Christos, "anointed"
"Bright, clear"; also "famous", from Latin clarus
"Crystal", from Greek krustallos, "ice"
"Of Mount Cynthus", an epithet of the moon goddess Artemis
"Laurel, bay tree", from Greek daphne
"Bee", from Hebrew devorah
"Delicate" in popular use; Hebrew Delilah, "languishing"
"Divine"; the Roman moon goddess Diana
"Justice", from Hebrew din, "to judge"
"Lady", from Portuguese dona and Latin domina
"Gazelle", from Greek dorkas
"Gift of God", from Greek doron and theos
"Delight"; the garden of Eden
"Pleasure, delight", from Hebrew 'ednah
"Bright one", a form of Greek Helen
"My God has answered", from Hebrew
"Pledged to God" in popular use; from Elizabeth, "God of the oath"
"God of the oath", usually given as "God is my oath"
"Foreign riches" in popular use; the French form of Alodia
"God is my oath"; a Scottish pet form of Elizabeth
"Rival" or "emulating"; from the Roman clan name Aemilius
"Star" in popular use; a Persian name of uncertain meaning
"Victorious", from Greek eu and nike
"Good cheer, joy", from Greek euphrasia
"Life", from Hebrew Chavvah, Eve
"Good news", from Greek euangelion, the gospel
"Life"; a pet form of Eve and Evelyn
"Faith, trust", the Christian virtue
"Happy, fortunate", from Latin felix
"Golden", from Latin flavus
"Flower"; the Roman goddess of flowers
"God is my strength" in popular use; Hebrew "man of God"
"Jewel", from Latin gemma
"Beginning, origin", from Greek genesis
Name of the patron saint of Paris; its meaning is uncertain
"Farmer, worker of the earth"; the feminine of George
"God is gracious"; an Italian form of Joanna
"Glory", from Latin gloria
"God's favour"; also elegance
"Grace"; a pet form of Grace, from Latin gratia
"Favoured"; often given as "grace"
"Hazel tree"; also the light brown colour of its nut
"The bright one"; Greek Helenē
"My delight is in her"; Hebrew Chephtsi-bah
"Cheerful"; Latin hilaris
"Battle"; Old English and Germanic hild
"Hope"; English, from Old English hopa
"Oh save!", a cry of praise; Greek hōsanna
"Immense battle"; Germanic Irmhild
"Peace", from Greek eirene
"Pledged to God"; a Spanish and Italian form of Elizabeth
"God is gracious"; feminine of Ivan (John)
"Hyacinth"; Latin hyacinthus, the flower and gem
"Supplanter"; French feminine of Jacques (Jacob)
"God is gracious"; the feminine of John
"God is gracious"; a diminutive of Jane
The jasmine flower; from Persian yāsaman
"Dove"; Hebrew Yemimah, Job's eldest daughter
"Fair and smooth"; Welsh Gwenhwyvar (Guinevere)
"Possessed"; popularly "inheritance"; Hebrew Yerusha
"God beholds" in popular use; probably from Iscah, "observant"
"Precious gem"; English jewel, Old French jouel
"God is gracious"; the feminine of John
"Merry, cheerful"; English jolly, Old French jolif
"God will add"; the feminine of Joseph
"God will add"; a pet form of Josephine
"Joyful" in popular use; name of the martyr Saint Jovita
"Joy, happiness"; English, from Latin gaudium
"Joyful" in popular use; from Josse, a Breton saint's name
"Woman of Judea"; Hebrew Yehudith, from Judah, "praised"
"Youthful" in popular use; Latin Iulia, of the Julian family
"Youthful" in popular use; Latin, "of Julius"
"Cassia"; Hebrew Qetsiah, Job's second daughter
"Laurel"; Italian, from Laurentia and Latin laurus
"Woman of Rome" in popular use; from Lavinia, wife of Aeneas
"Delicate" in popular use; Hebrew Le'ah, "weary"
"Lioness"; feminine of Leo and Leon
"God is my oath"; short form of Elisabeth
"Better, desirable" in popular use; Greek Lōis, origin uncertain
Pet form of Dolores, "sorrows", from Mary of the Sorrows
"From Lorraine"; Medieval Latin Lotharingia, Lothar's realm
Named for Lourdes, the French shrine of Our Lady
"Light"; Latin Lucia, from lux
"Light"; from Latin Lucia, from lux
"Woman from Lydia", the ancient kingdom in Asia Minor
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