Bible Verses About Family Naming

One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

And Simon he surnamed Peter;

Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,