Assyrian names, carefully explained

Historical personal name

Elisha

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

Elisho · Alisha · Elishua

Individual source check pending

Elishwa

My God is an oath.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Elisabet · Elizabeth · Elisheva · Elishba · Elishva

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

Enheduanna

High priestess, ornament of heaven.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Enheduana

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

Ereshkigal

Lady of the great earth — queen of the dead.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Irkalla

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

Esharra-hammat

Esharra is mistress — named for Ashur's temple, the House of the Universe.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Esharrahammat

Individual source check pending

Estepanos

Crown.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Stepanos · Estifan · Stephanos · Stefan

Individual source check pending

Ester

Star, from Persian — or Ishtar, from Babylon. Scholars still argue which.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Esther · Estir · Esthir

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

Febronia

From Latin februa, the rites of purification.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Febronya · Fevronia · Pebronia

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

Individual source check pending

Geshtinanna

Vine of heaven.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Geštinanna

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

Gula

The great one — goddess of healing.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Goula · Ninisina

Individual source check pending

Gurya

Lion cub.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Guria · Gouria

Individual source check pending

Habib

Beloved.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Habeeb · Hbib

Individual source check pending

Habiba

Beloved.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Habeeba · Habibe

Individual source check pending

Hadad

The thunderer — the West Semitic name of the same storm god.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Adad

Individual source check pending

Hadadezer

Hadad is help — the same prayer as Adad-nirari, in the neighbouring tongue.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Adad-idri · Hadarezer

Individual source check pending

Hagar

Traditionally the stranger, or the one who fled; the true origin is uncertain.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hajar · Agar

Individual source check pending

Hama

A queen's name whose meaning has not been worked out.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hamâ · Hamaa

Individual source check pending

Hammurabi

The kinsman is a healer.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hammurapi · Khamurabi

Individual source check pending

Hanna

Grace — the short home form of Youkhana.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Khanna · Hana · Hano · Hanno · Hanne

Individual source check pending

Hasina

Strong, mighty.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Khasina · Hassino

Individual source check pending

Hawa

Life, the living one — mother of everyone alive.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hawwa · Havva · Eve · Khawa

Individual source check pending

Hazael

God has seen.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Khazael · Hazail · Haza'el

Individual source check pending

Hdassa

Myrtle.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hadassah · Hadasa

Individual source check pending

Heleni

Torch, light — the traditional reading of Helen.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Helena · Helen · Ileni · Elena

Individual source check pending

Hiba

Gift.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ibas · Hibo · Hibah

Individual source check pending

Hormizd

From Ahura Mazda, the wise lord of the Persian faith — carried into Christianity by converts.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hormiz · Hurmiz · Hormuz · Ormuz · Hormez

Individual source check pending

Ignatius

From the Latin ignis, fire.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ignatios · Ignace · Ignatiyos

Individual source check pending

Iltani

Our goddess.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Iltanu

Individual source check pending

Inanna

Lady of heaven.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Inana · Innin