Unexpectedly "Cool" Girl Names

Now for my list of girl names... If you want a biblical girls name you are stuck in two extremes... redundantly common or so out there you can't pronounce it. Some of these are biblical or variants of biblical names, saint names and hebrew words... some aren't for the faint of heart, I fear.

Adah – Adorned

Adalia – God is just

Adela – Nobel (a saint)

Acacia – A graceful looking tree… (what the ark of the covenent is made of and overlaid with gold)

Anais – Grace (pron. Anna-ees)

Charis – Grace (greek)

Colette – People of victory (a saint)

Cora – Heart or maiden

Dorothy – Gift of God

Eden – Paradise

Evangelina or Evangeline – Messenger of good news

Faith - Faithful

Gail – Exaltation or joy of (from Abigail)

Haddassah – Myrtle tree (Esther’s Hebrew name)

Havilah – To circle or dance

Jovia - A form of "Joy."

Kezia – From a spice tree (one of Job’s daughter)

Laurel– Victorious

Louisa - Making the name of Christ famous (my interpretation)

Meryn – Wished for child, like Mary (an English saint)

Miriam– Wished for child or bitter… cool nick names “Molly” or “Mary”

Micaiah – Who is like God?

Moriah – Seen by God

Naomi – Pleasantness

Noa – Motion or movement (Hebrew) or My love (Japanese)… very unknown as a girls name, but it was the daughter of a man listed in Numbers. She asked Moses for her father's inheritance because he had no sons and succeeded.

Ruth – Friend or devoted

Selah– To meditate on or a musical notation (pron. “Say-lah”)

Shiloh – Peace

Shoshanna – Lily

Sophia - Wisdom

Susannah - Lily... notable nick names... Sanna, Suzy, Sukie (Puritan nick name, feature in rhyme "Polly put the kettle on, Sukie take it off again"

Talitha – Little girl (When Jesus raised Jarius’ daughter he said “Talitha, cumi”… “Little girl, get up”)

Theadora– God’s gift (Almost Dorothy backwards)

Verity – Truth (latin)

Zipporah – Little bird (Zippra)