Language, people & evidence

Assyrian names, carefully explained

383 catalogue records. 53 have an individual reference check. The original catalogue is preserved, while unsupported popularity rankings have been removed.

383 of 383 catalogue records. Collection labels are inherited groupings, not verified gender-frequency claims.

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Ishara

Goddess of oaths and of love.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Eshara

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Ishaya

The Lord is salvation.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Eshaya · Ashaya · Isaiah · Shaya · Eshai

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Ishme-Dagan

Dagan has heard.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ishmedagan

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Isho

The Lord saves — the name of Christ in the language he spoke.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Eshu · Eesho · Isha · Yeshua

Historical personal name

Ishodad

Related to the attested name Ishoʿdad; the catalogue's compound meaning is not established by this check.

Isho'dad · Ishodadh

Historical personal name

Ishoyahb

Related to Ishoʿyahb, an attested historical name; its literal compound meaning is not verified here.

Ishoyab · Isho'yahb · Ishuyab

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Ishtar

The goddess — of love, of war, and of the morning and evening star.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ishtaar · Eshtar · Astarte

Historical personal name

Iskhaq

Related to the historical name Isḥaq/Isaac; the exact Iskhaq spelling and literal etymology are not independently checked here.

Ishaq · Isaac · Iskhak · Sahak

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Ismail

God hears.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ishmael · Ishmaʿil · Ismayel

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Keepa

Rock, stone.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Kepha · Kipa · Cephas

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Khaila

Strength, force.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Haila · Khailo · Heyla

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Khakima

Wise.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hakima · Hakimo · Hakim

Historical personal name

Khamis

Khamis is directly attested as a poet's personal name; the catalogue's weekday interpretation requires a separate lexical check.

Khamees · Hamis

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Khanna

Grace, favour.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hannah · Anna · Hane

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Khaya

Living, alive.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Haya · Khayo · Haye

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Khizqiel

God strengthens.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hezekiel · Khazqiel · Ezekiel

Historical personal name

Khnanisho

Related to the attested name Ḥenanishoʿ; the precise Khnanisho form and literal compound meaning remain unverified.

Hnanisho · Khananisho · Hananisho

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Khnanya

The Lord has been gracious.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hananiah · Khnania · Hnanya · Hananyo

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Khnok

Dedicated, initiated.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Enoch · Hanokh · Khanokh

Historical personal name

Khoshaba

ܚܕܒܫܒܐ

Sunday; related to the Aramaic/Syriac formation ḥad bšabbā.

Khoshebba · Hoshaba · Khushaba · Hoshabba · Hadbshabo

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Khuba

Love.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hubba · Khoubba · Khubo

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Khubba

Love.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Hubba · Khuba · Khubo

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Kidinnu

Divine protection — the sheltered status of a sacred city.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Kidenas · Kidin

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Kishar

The whole earth.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Kišar

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Kokhwa

Star.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Kawkhwa · Kokhvo · Kokab

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Kubaba

A name of uncertain meaning, carried by a tavern-keeper who became a ruler.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ku-Baba · Kug-Bau

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Laila

Night — Arabic and Persian, with Syriac lelya as its cousin.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Leila · Layla · Lila

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Lamassi

My guardian spirit.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Lamasi · Lamassī

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Lamassu

The winged bull with a man's face who stands at the palace gate and turns back what should not enter.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Lamasu · Lamassoo

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Layya

Weary, by one reading; wild cow, by another drawn from Akkadian.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Leah · Leya · Lea

Historical personal name

Lazar

Related to Loʿozar/Lazarus, a documented personal name; the exact short form Lazar and literal meaning are not independently verified here.

Lazarus · Elazar · Lazaros · Laazar · Lozor

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Libbali-sharrat

The Inner City is queen — the Inner City being Ashur itself.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Libbalisharrat

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Lugalbanda

Young king, or fierce king.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Lugal-Banda

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Luqa

Light-bringing, or of Lucania.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Louqa · Loqa · Luke · Lucas

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Magdalena

Of Magdala — from migdala, a tower.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Magdalene · Madlena · Magda

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Mahdukht

Daughter of the moon.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mahdokht

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Makkikha

The humble, the meek one.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Makkika · Makikha · Mekhikha

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Malka

King.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Malko · Malek · Malik

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Malke

Kingly — a diminutive of malka, king.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Malki · Malko · Malkeh

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Malkizdaq

King of righteousness.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Melchizedek · Malkisedeq

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Malkta

Queen.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Malktha · Malkeh

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Mami

Mother — the goddess who mixed clay to make the first people.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mama · Mammi

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Mardokhai

Of Marduk — a Hebrew name built, unmistakably, on a Babylonian god.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mordecai · Mardochai · Murdukhai

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Marduk

Bull-calf of the sun — the god who cut the sea-dragon in half and made the world from her.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Merodach · Marduch

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Marganita

Pearl.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Marganitha · Margaret · Margarita

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Mari

My lord.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Maris · Marie · Maree

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Marina

Of the sea.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Marinah · Mareena

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Marqos

Of Mars — a Roman name the Gospel carried east.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Markos · Marcos · Marqus