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Julianne is not in the Bible, but Julia (Romans 16:15) and Julius (Acts 27) are. Julianne comes from the Roman name Iulianus, formed from Julius.

Leo is not a name in Scripture, but the lion is — and Revelation tells John to look at a Lion and shows him a Lamb.

Ashleigh is not in the Bible; it is a spelling of Ashley, an English surname from place names meaning “ash tree clearing,” in Old English æsc and lēah.

No one named Cornelia appears in the Bible. It is the feminine form of Cornelius, the Roman centurion of Acts 10 whom Peter baptized.

Daryl is not in the Bible. It is a form of Darrell, a surname from Norman French d’Airelle, “from Airelle,” and became a first name in the 1900s.

Yes. Michael is the archangel of Daniel, Jude and Revelation and the name of nine or ten Israelites. In Hebrew it asks, “Who is like God?”

Martin is not in the Bible. It means of Mars — and its first great bearer was a soldier who refused to fight.

Eli was the priest at Shiloh who raised Samuel. His name means “ascent” or “lofty”; the “Eli, Eli” cried from the cross means “my God.”

Christina is not in the Bible, but it means “a Christian,” a word the New Testament uses three times, in Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16.

Alyson is not in the Bible, and the -son is a French diminutive rather than a patronymic. Nobody was the son of Aly.

اسم إيلين ليس في الكتاب المقدس، ومعناه غير محسوم. ما هو مؤكد هو أنه تُرجم — وهو ما فعله الله أولاً في يوم الخمسين.

Yes. Lydia, a seller of purple cloth from Thyatira, was baptized by Paul at Philippi and hosted him (Acts 16). Her Greek name means “from Lydia.”

Hildegard is not in the Bible. It is an Old German name meaning “battle enclosure,” made famous by Saint Hildegard of Bingen.