Names that mean god
64 first names whose etymology includes “god” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Tiffany, Meredith, Joyce, Annette. For boys: Samuel, Joshua, Oscar, Theodore.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel | boys | Hebrew | “'god has set'”, “'god has placed'” | #66 (2025) |
| Joshua | boys | Hebrew | “yahweh”, “yahweh is salvation” | #53 (2025) |
| Oscar | boys | Irish | “deer”, “friend” | #8 (2025) |
| Theodore | boys | Latin | “god”, “gift” | #9 (2025) |
| Matthew | boys | Hebrew | “gift of the lord” | #153 (2025) |
| Elijah | boys | Hebrew | “yahweh is my god” | #23 (2025) |
| Gabriel | boys | Latin | “[strong] man”, “strength” | #80 (2025) |
| Dominic | boys | Latin | “lord” | #205 (2025) |
| Joel | boys | Hebrew | “yahweh (is) god” | #223 (2025) |
| Elliott | boys | Hebrew | “my god is yahweh” | #121 (2025) |
| Timothy | boys | Greek | “to honour”, “god” | #418 (2025) |
| Axel | boys | Norse | “god”, “cauldron” | #147 (2025) |
| Micah | either | Hebrew | “who is like yahweh” | #189 (2025) |
| Abdullah | boys | Arabic | “servant”, “god” | #162 (2025) |
| Ariel | either | Hebrew | “lion”, “god” | #951 (2025) |
| Israel | boys | Hebrew | “israel”, “kingdom/land of israel” | #822 (2025) |
| Geoffrey | boys | “peace”, “sanctuary” | #2,440 (2025) | |
| Adriel | boys | Hebrew | “flock of god” | #324 (2025) |
| Tiffany | girls | Latin | “epiphany”, “god” | #845 (2025) |
| Cyril | boys | Greek | “lord”, “master” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Cyrus | boys | “lord” | #432 (2025) | |
| Meredith | girls | Welsh | “great lord” | #763 (2025) |
| Joyce | girls | “lord” | #1,407 (2025) | |
| Gottfried | boys | “god”, “peace” | ||
| Annette | girls | French | “grace”, “gracious” | #3,035 (2025) |
| Nehemiah | boys | Hebrew | “consolation of yahweh” | #1,066 (2025) |
| Ariah | girls | Hebrew | “god has promised. also”, “lion of god” | #733 (2025) |
| Osman | boys | Norse | “a god”, “protection” | #474 (2025) |
| Ambrose | boys | Greek | “immortal”, “divine” | #873 (2025) |
| Jedidiah | boys | Hebrew | “beloved of yahweh” | #1,124 (2025) |
| Bogdan | boys | “theodore”, “gift of god” | #2,133 (2025) | |
| Eliel | boys | Hebrew | “el is my lord” | #1,897 (2025) |
| Abdiel | boys | Hebrew | “servant of god” | #3,523 (2023) |
| Godfrey | boys | German | “peace of god” | #4,749 (2018) |
| Amadeus | boys | Latin | “love”, “god” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Saxon | boys | “saxon”, “a saxon” | #1,124 (2025) | |
| Bohuslav | boys | “to god”, “glory” | ||
| Theophilus | boys | Latin | “love of god”, “friend of god” | #2,664 (2025) |
| Anselm | boys | “god”, “helmet” | #5,119 (2024) | |
| Lemuel | boys | Hebrew | “devoted to god” | #1,093 (2025) |
| Maritza | girls | “rebellion”, “lady” | ||
| Othniel | boys | Hebrew | “god” | #1,538 (2025) |
| Obadiah | boys | Hebrew | “servant of yahweh”, “servant of god” | #2,269 (2025) |
| Reuel | boys | Hebrew | “friend of god” | #1,406 (2025) |
| Surya | either | Sanskrit | “the sun”, “its deity” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Divya | girls | Sanskrit | “divine”, “charming” | #4,201 (2025) |
| Tiernan | boys | “lord” | #2,952 (2025) | |
| Osborne | boys | English | “god”, “bear” | #4,023 (2016) |
| Devi | girls | Sanskrit | “goddess”, “female deity” | #2,788 (2025) |
| Tierney | girls | Irish | “descendant of tiarnach”, “lord” | #5,581 (2021) |
| Jewell | either | “lord”, “generous.” | #5,785 (2016) | |
| Sayyid | boys | Arabic | “master”, “lord” | #2,440 (2025) |
| Ingram | boys | “a germanic god”, “raven” | ||
| Osmond | boys | English | “a god”, “protection” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Thecla | girls | Greek | “god”, “god's” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Goddard | boys | German | “god”, “hard” | |
| Dorotheus | boys | Greek | “gift”, “god” | |
| Jehoshaphat | boys | Hebrew | “yahweh”, “to judge” | #4,991 (2023) |
| Marcion | boys | Greek | “marky”, “little mark” | |
| Cyriac | boys | Greek | “related to the lord”, “belonging to the lord” | |
| Shenoute | boys | “son of god”, “boy” | ||
| Theoderic | boys | “people”, “king” | ||
| Yazdegerd | boys | “made by god” | ||
| Vortigern | boys | “over”, “lord” |