11 Bible Verses about People Naming People

And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.

And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.

And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

They are numbered among the Rephaim, like the Anakim; but are named Emim by the Moabites.

(That land is said to have been a land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim had been living there in earlier times, but they were named Zamzummim by the Ammonites;

And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.