基督教教育

Yes. John is the Hebrew Yohanan, “Yahweh is gracious.” Five New Testament men bear it, among them John the Baptist and the apostle John.

Geraldine is not in the Bible. A poet coined it in 1537, from a Germanic root meaning spear-ruler — and Isaiah beats spears into pruning hooks.

No one named Hazel appears in the Bible. The King James Version has the hazel tree once, in Genesis 30:37, where modern Bibles read “almond.”

Yes. Four or five New Testament men are named Alexander, among them a son of Simon of Cyrene (Mark 15:21). The Greek name means “defending men.”

No one named Jessica appears in the Bible. Shakespeare probably formed the name from Iscah, Abraham’s niece in Genesis 11:29, for The Merchant of Venice.

No one named Bradley appears in the Bible. It is an English surname from places called Bradley, meaning “broad clearing” in Old English.

Evelyn is not in the Bible. It is a surname that became a first name — and Scripture has a great deal to say about names we did not choose.

Jaden is not in the Bible. Jadon is, in Nehemiah 3, repairing his section of the wall of Jerusalem.

Eloise is not in the Bible, and it does not mean “sun.” It is Germanic for whole — which is what the Hebrew shalom means too.

Adrienne 是一个地名的阳性形式的阴性形式——而“基督徒”是安提阿的外人创造的标签。两者都是被赋予的名字，而非选择的名字。

Edward is not in the Bible. It is Old English for a guardian of wealth — and Jesus said the treasure pulls the heart after it.