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For us, it seemed to be easier to be creative with girl names (6 of 8 not in top 1K) than with boy names (2 of 14 not in top 1K). Both kinds had to sound gender-appropriate against the existing roster of culturally accepted baby names (including pronunciations to facilitate the American tongue), but we wanted a less-common Biblical feel, too.

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GIRLS

• JoHannah was uncommon (and related to my wife's middle name).
• Jubilee was one of my wife's nicknames.
• Maranatha sounded like Miranda + Samantha .
• Nissiah sounded similar to Nissa .
• Shiloh sounded like Sheila + Marlo .
• Joshana sounded like a more exotic version of Hosanna without the cliché.

BOYS

• BenJudah was a rare compound name (for gentile Americans) that was related to my name.
• Jordan wasn't in our baby name book, but sounded like George + Gordon .
• Uriah was rare (and a Biblical hero).
• Jeshua was a rare variant of Joshua .
• Hezekiah was rare (and a Biblical hero).
• Zephaniah was rare.

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"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4

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JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph

This message was edited 9/16/2016, 12:12 AM