Assyrian boys’ name collection

Individual source check pending

Bahra

Radiance, brightness — the light a lamp throws, rather than the light itself.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Bahro · Bahrah

Individual source check pending

Bakos

The companion martyr of Sergius, named for the Greek god of the vine.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Bacchus · Bakkos · Bacos

Individual source check pending

Bar-Hadad

Son of Hadad.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ben-Hadad · Barhadad · Benhadad

Individual source check pending

Bar-Rakib

Son of Rakib — the chariot-god of his dynasty.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Barrakib · Bar-Rekub

Individual source check pending

Bar-Tulmai

Son of Tulmai — the furrowed one.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Bartholomew · Bartulmai

Historical personal name

Bardaisan

A name derived from the river Daiṣan at Edessa; the scholarly source verifies the river association.

Bardesanes · Bar Daisan

Historical personal name

Barhadbeshaba

Related to the attested name Barḥadbshabba; the exact catalogue form and literal translation are not independently verified here.

Bar Hadbshabba

Individual source check pending

Barnaba

Son of consolation.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Barnabas · Barnaby · Barnawa

Individual source check pending

Barqa

Lightning.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Barqo · Baraq · Barak

Individual source check pending

Barsoum

Son of the fast — a child born in Lent, or vowed to it.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Barsauma · Barsawmo · Bar Sauma · Barsom

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Basilios

Kingly.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Basil · Basilius · Baselios

Historical personal name

Behnam

Behnam is directly documented as a historical personal name; its literal Persian etymology is not established by this biography check.

Behnan · Benham · Bahnam · Behnem

Individual source check pending

Bel

Lord — the title that became a name for Marduk himself.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Baal · Belu

Individual source check pending

Belshazzar

Bel, guard the king.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Balthasar · Baltazar · Belsassar

Individual source check pending

Benyamin

Son of the right hand — the favoured son, the lucky one.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Binyamin · Benjamin · Beniamin

Individual source check pending

Berossus

Bel is his shepherd.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Berosus · Bel-reushu

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Brikha

Blessed.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Brikho · Breekha · Barikh

Individual source check pending

Bukhtishu

Jesus has saved — Persian bukht with Syriac Ishoʿ.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Bokhtisho · Bakhtishu · Bukht-Isho

Historical personal name

Dadisho

Dadishoʿ is a historical personal name; the catalogue's proposed compound meaning is not independently established here.

Dadishu · Dadyeshu

Individual source check pending

Dagan

Grain — the god of the cereal on which the whole river valley ran.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Dagon

Historical personal name

Danyel

Related to the attested name Daniel; the literal etymology and exact Danyel romanization are not verified here.

Daniel · Danial · Daniyel

Historical personal name

Dawid

Dawid/David, attested in Syriac; a literal translation is not verified here.

Dawood · Davud · David · Dawud · Daoud

Historical personal name

Denha

Denḥa is attested as an author-name; the literal meaning and liturgical word require a separate lexical check.

Dinkha · Dincha · Denho · Dinha

Individual source check pending

Dionysios

Of Dionysus — a Greek name long since emptied of its god.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Dionysius · Diyonosyos · Denys

Individual source check pending

Diqlat

The Tigris — the fast river, the one Nineveh and Ashur were both built on.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Diglath · Deqlat · Diqlath

Historical personal name

Elia

Eliya/Elijah, attested in Syriac; literal etymology is not established by this check.

Eliya · Ilya · Elias · Iliya · Elijah · Iliyo

Historical personal name

Elisha

Elishaʿ is a historical personal name in Syriac sources; a literal translation is not verified here.

Elisho · Alisha · Elishua

Historical personal name

Emmanuel

Emmanuel is documented as a historical personal name; its biblical literal etymology is not independently checked here.

Emanuel · Imanuel · Emmanouil · Manuel

Individual source check pending

Enki

Lord of the earth — god of fresh water, craft and cunning.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ea · Enkig

Individual source check pending

Enkidu

Lord of the good place — the wild man who becomes Gilgamesh's brother.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Enkido

Individual source check pending

Enlil

Lord Wind — the god whose word sets things moving.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ellil

Individual source check pending

Enmerkar

A legendary king of Uruk; the meaning of the name is not agreed.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Enmerkarr

Individual source check pending

Enosh

Man, mortal — the human being as a creature that dies.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Enos · Anosh

Individual source check pending

Eramya

The Lord raises up.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yirmiya · Jeremiah · Ermia

Individual source check pending

Eriba-Adad

Adad has replaced — a son given after a child was lost.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Eribadad

Individual source check pending

Erishum

From erēšu, to desire or to cultivate — the wanted one.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Erishu · Irishum

Individual source check pending

Esarhaddon

Ashur has given a brother.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Asarhaddon · Assarhaddon · Asarhadon

Individual source check pending

Estepanos

Crown.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Stepanos · Estifan · Stephanos · Stefan

Individual source check pending

Etana

The shepherd who rose to heaven on the back of an eagle, looking for the plant of birth.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Etanna

Individual source check pending

Ezra

Help.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Azra · Esdras · Ezraa

Individual source check pending

Freydun

From the Persian Fereydun, the third-born hero who overthrows the tyrant.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Fraidon · Faridon · Fereydoun

Individual source check pending

Gabbara

Mighty man, hero, giant.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Gabbar · Ganbara · Jabbar

Historical personal name

Gawriel

Related to the documented name Gabriel; the exact Gawriel form and literal etymology remain unverified here.

Gabriel · Gibrail · Gewriel · Jibrail · Gavriel · Gabro · Gabriyel

Historical personal name

Giwargis

A Syriac form of Greek George; the Greek formation refers to a farmer.

Gewargis · Gorgis · Jarjis · George · Gewergis

Individual source check pending

Gilgamesh

The ancestor is a hero — king of Uruk, two-thirds god and one-third man.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Gilgamish · Bilgames

Historical personal name

Grigorios

Grigorios is directly documented in Syriac scholarly history; its Greek literal etymology is not checked here.

Gregorios · Grigor · Gregory · Gorgis

Individual source check pending

Gudea

The one called — named by the gods to his task.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Gudeya

Individual source check pending

Gurya

Lion cub.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Guria · Gouria