Given name & surname

Bible

Bible is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bible comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Bible as a surname developed from Isabel.

Bible’s family of names

In English usage, Bible as a surname developed from Isabel.

Walk Bible’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Bible, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Middle English · Biblical

Postle

Postle is a surname from Middle English.

No U.S. birth series

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English · Biblical

Loka

Loka is a unisex given name from Bible. It is used in Hawaiian.

No U.S. birth series

38% boys · 62% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Bilhah

“trouble” · “calamity”

No U.S. birth series

43% boys · 57% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Bildad

“beloved Lord” · “Bel has loved”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Biblical

Boase

“swiftness” · “one who is swift”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Barnabee

“son of consolation” · “the son of the prophet; the son of encouragement”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Ili

“Jehovah is my God”

No U.S. birth series

31% boys · 69% girls

Biblical

Barnea

Barnea is a variant of Barney. In English use, Barney carries the interpretation “the son of the prophet; the son of encouragement.”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Bible’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Bible

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