Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Ibhar | God chooses | 2 Samuel 5:15 |
| Ibleam | devouring the people | Joshua 17:11 |
| Ibneiah | the building of God | 1 Chronicles 9:8 |
| Ibnijah | whom God will build up | 1 Chronicles 9:8 |
| Ibri | Hebrew, one from beyond | 1 Chronicles 24:27 |
| Ibzan | their tin, i.e. their whiteness | Judges 12:8 |
| Ichabod | no glory | 1 Samuel 4:21 |
| Iconium | little image | Acts 13:51 |
| Idalah | memorial of God | Joshua 19:15 |
| Idbash | stout | 1 Chronicles 4:3 |
| Iddo | his witness | 1 Kings 4:14 |
| Idumaea | red, same as Idumea | Mark 3:8 |
| Idumea | red, same as Edom | Isaiah 34:5 |
| Igal | redeemed | Numbers 13:7 |
| Igdaliah | the greatness of God | Jeremiah 35:4 |
| Igeal | redeemed, same as Igal | 1 Chronicles 3:22 |
| Iim | heaps, ruins | Numbers 33:45 |
| Ijeabarim | heaps of Abarim, | Numbers 21:11 |
| Ijon | ruin | 1 Kings 15:20 |
| Ikkesh | twisted | 2 Samuel 23:26 |
| Illyricum | the lyric band, an area of Europe | Romans 15:19 |
| Imla | whom God will fill up | 2 Chronicles 18:7 |
| Imlah | whom God will fill up | 1 Kings 22:8 |
| Immanuel | God with us | Isaiah 7:14 |
| Immer | talking, he has said | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Imna | he will restrain | 1 Chronicles 7:35 |
| Imnah | prosperity, right hand, same as Jimnah | 1 Chronicles 7:30 |
| Imrah | stubborn | 1 Chronicles 7:36 |
| Imri | speaking, eloquent | 1 Chronicles 9:4 |
| India | praise, give thanks, name of a country | Esther 1:1 |
| Iphdeiah | ASV, RSV, JPS, etc. for Iphedeiah | 1 Chronicles 8:25 |
| Iphedeiah | redemption of God | 1 Chronicles 8:25 |
| Ir | city | 1 Chronicles 7:12 |
| Ira | watchman , watchful of a city | 2 Samuel 20:26 |
| Irad | fleet | Genesis 4:18 |
| Iram | belonging to a city | Genesis 36:43 |
| Iri | belonging to a city | 1 Chronicles 7:7 |
| Irijah | God sees me | Jeremiah 37:13 |
| Iron | timid, pious, fearing | Joshua 19:38 |
| Irpeel | God will heal | Joshua 18:27 |
| Irshemesh | city of the sun | Joshua 19:41 |
| Isaac | laughter | Genesis 17:19 |
| Isaiah | God has saved | 2 Kings 19:2 |
| Iscah | one who looks out | Genesis 11:29 |
| Iscariot | man of Kerioth, a town is southern Judah | Matthew 10:4 |
| Ishbah | he will praise | 1 Chronicles 4:17 |
| Ishbak | leaving behind | Genesis 25:2 |
| Ishbibenob | his dwelling is in Nob | 2 Samuel 21:16 |
| Ishbosheth | a man of shame | 2 Samuel 2:8 |
| Ishi | he saves me, salutary | 1 Chronicles 2:31 |
| Ishiah | whom God lends | 1 Chronicles 7:3 |
| Ishijah | whom God lends, same as Ishiah | Ezra 10:31 |
| Ishma | wasteness, desolation | 1 Chronicles 4:3 |
| Ishmael | God will hear | Genesis 16:11 |
| Ishmaelite | descendant of Ishmael | 1 Chronicles 27:30 |
| Ishmaiah | whom God hears | 1 Chronicles 27:19 |
| Ishmeelite | descendant of Ishmael | Genesis 37:25 |
| Ishmerai | whom God keeps | 1 Chronicles 8:18 |
| Ishod | a comely man, man of majesty | 1 Chronicles 7:18 |
| Ishpan | hidden | 1 Chronicles 8:22 |
| Ishtob | man of Tob, good man | 2 Samuel 10:6 |
| Ishuah | he will resemble | Genesis 46:17 |
| Ishuai | he resembles me | 1 Chronicles 7:30 |
| Ishui | he resembles me, same as Ishuai | 1 Samuel 14:49 |
| Ismachiah | whom God props up or sustains | 2 Chronicles 31:13 |
| Ismaiah | whom God hears, same as Ishmaiah | 1 Chronicles 12:4 |
| Ispah | bald, he is bare | 1 Chronicles 8:16 |
| Israel | to have power with God as a ruler | Genesis 32:28 |
| Israelites | descendants of Israel | Exodus 9:7 |
| Issachar | reward, recompense | Genesis 30:18 |
| Isshiah | whom God lends, same as Ishiah | 1 Chronicles 24:21 |
| Isuah | he will resemble, same as Ishuah | 1 Chronicles 7:30 |
| Isui | he resembles me, same as Ishuai | Genesis 46:17 |
| Italian | from Italy | Acts 10:1 |
| Italy | abounding with calves, calf-like | Acts 18:2 |
| Ithai | with me | 1 Chronicles 11:31 |
| Ithamar | coast of palm trees | Exodus 6:23 |
| Ithiel | God is with me | Nehemiah 11:7 |
| Ithmah | an orphan | 1 Chronicles 11:46 |
| Ithnan | given, hire | Joshua 15:23 |
| Ithra | abundance | 2 Samuel 17:25 |
| Ithran | advantage | Genesis 36:26 |
| Ithream | abundance of people | 2 Samuel 3:5 |
| Ithrite | descendant of Jether | 2 Samuel 23:38 |
| Ittahkazin | time of the judge | Joshua 19:13 |
| Ittai | with me, same as Ithai | 2 Samuel 15:19 |
| Ituraea | past the limits, a mountainous area | Luke 3:1 |
| Ivah | overturning, ruin | 2 Kings 18:34 |
| Izehar | shining oil, same as Izhar | Numbers 3:19 |
| Izeharites | descendants of Izhar | Numbers 3:27 |
| Izhar | shining oil, same as Izehar | Exodus 6:18 |
| Izharites | descendants of Izhar | 1 Chronicles 24:22 |
| Izrahiah | God will shine | 1 Chronicles 7:3 |
| Izrahite | descendant of Zerah | 1 Chronicles 27:8 |
| Izri | my fashioner | 1 Chronicles 25:11 |