Name Book, The: Over 10,000 Names--Their Meanings, Origins, and Spiritual Significance (19 page)

Inherent Meaning:
Burning

Spiritual Connotation:
Flame of God

Scripture:
Hebrews 12:29
NKJV

Our God is a consuming fire.

BAASHA, Basha

Language/Cultural Origin:
Hebrew

Inherent Meaning:
Boldness

Spiritual Connotation:
Empowered

Scripture:
Acts 4:29
NCV

And now, Lord, listen to their threats.
Lord, help us, your servants, to speak
your word without fear.

BABBIE, Bab, Babb, Babs

Language/Cultural Origin:
American

Inherent Meaning:
Stranger

Spiritual Connotation:
Foreigner

Scripture:
Philippians 3:20
TLB

But our homeland is in heaven, where
our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, is;
and we are looking forward to his return
from there.

BADEN, Bayden, Baydon, Beyden,
Beydon (see also
Bedan
)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Old English

Inherent Meaning:
Bather

Spiritual Connotation:
Cleansed

Scripture:
Psalm 51:2
NKJV

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.

BAILEY, Bailee, Bailey, Bailie, Bali,
Baylee, Bayley, Baylie

Language/Cultural Origin:
Old French

Inherent Meaning:
Stewardship

Spiritual Connotation:
Protector

Scripture:
1 Peter 4:10
NASB

As each one has received a special gift,
employ it in serving one another, as good
stewards of the manifold grace of God.

BAIN, Baine (see also
Bane
)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Gaelic

Inherent Meaning:
Fair

Spiritual Connotation:
Cleansed

Scripture:
1 Corinthians 6:11
TLB

Now your sins are washed away, and
you are set apart for God; and he has
accepted you because of what the Lord
Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God
have done for you.

BAIRD, Bairde, Bard

Language/Cultural Origin:
Irish

Inherent Meaning:
Traveling Singer of
Ballads

Spiritual Connotation:
Song of Harmony

Scripture:
Psalm 81:1
NLT

Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to
the God of Israel.

BAKER, see
Baxter

BALAAM, Balam, Balám

Language/Cultural Origin:
Hebrew

Inherent Meaning:
Lord of the People

Spiritual Connotation:
Vessel of God

Scripture:
Numbers 23:8
NASB

How shall I curse whom God has not
cursed? And how can I denounce whom
the
L
ORD
has not denounced?

BALDWIN, Baldwyn

Language/Cultural Origin:
Old German

Inherent Meaning:
Bold Friend

Spiritual Connotation:
Courageous

Scripture:
1 Chronicles 28:20
NASB

Be strong and courageous, and act; do
not fear nor be dismayed, for the
L
ORD
God, my God, is with you. He will not
fail you nor forsake you.

BALIN, Baylin (see also
Valin
)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Indo-Pakistani

Inherent Meaning:
Mighty Warrior

Spiritual Connotation:
Successful

Scripture:
Jeremiah 50:9
NKJV

And they shall array themselves against
her; from there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of an
expert warrior; none shall return in vain.

BAMBI, Bambee, Bambie

Language/Cultural Origin:
Italian

Inherent Meaning:
Child

Spiritual Connotation:
Innocent

Scripture:
Mark 9:37
NKJV

Whoever receives one of these little
children in My name receives Me; and
whoever receives Me, receives not Me
but Him who sent Me.

BANE, Bayne (see also
Bain
)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Hawaiian

Inherent Meaning:
Child of Exhortation

Spiritual Connotation:
Heir

Scripture:
Hebrews 12:5
NRSV

My child, do not regard lightly the discipline
of the Lord, or lose heart when you
are punished by him.

BANI, Baani, Banni, Bannie

Language/Cultural Origin:
Hebrew

Inherent Meaning:
Built

Spiritual Connotation:
Honorable

Scripture:
Psalms 127:1
NKJV

Unless the
L
ORD
builds the house, they
labor in vain who build it.

BANNER, Bannor

Language/Cultural Origin:
Scottish

Inherent Meaning:
Flag Follower

Spiritual Connotation:
God’s Soldier

Scripture:
Isaiah 31:9
NCV

They will panic, and their protection will
be destroyed. Their commanders will be
terrified when they see God’s battle flag.

BANNING, Baning

Language/Cultural Origin:
Irish

Inherent Meaning:
Small and Fair

Spiritual Connotation:
Cleansed of God

Scripture:
John 17:19
KJV

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that
they also might be sanctified through the
truth.

BARBARA, Barb, Barbe, Barbie,
Barbora, Barbra, Barby

Language/Cultural Origin:
Greek

Inherent Meaning:
Stranger

Spiritual Connotation:
Purchased

Scripture:
Ephesians 2:19
NKJV

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers
and foreigners, but fellow citizens
with the saints and members of the
household of God.

BARCLAY, Barkley, Berkeley,
Berkley

Language/Cultural Origin:
Scottish

Inherent Meaning:
From the Meadow of
the Birch Trees