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Abdi
Abdi is an Arabic male name.
==Arabic name==
While Arabic speakers commonly use Abdu (‎ / '') rather than Abdi, both are nicknames for Abdul. It originates from the Arabic word / / ''. The name translates as "servant of God" in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is often used by Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the names of God in Islam, but also sometimes on its own.
Denis
male given name
Oswald
male given name
Zenobia
female given name
Matthew
male given name
Abdiel
Abdiel ( "Servant of El") is a biblical name which has been used as the name for a number of notable people. The name has the same meaning as Obadiah and is cognate with the Arabic name Abdullah. Abdiel is mentioned a single time in the Bible, in 1 Chronicles 5:15: "Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers."
Obadiah
male given name
Zenobios
Zenobios () is a Greek masculine given name. Feminine form: Zenobia. Zenobius in Latin, Zanobi in Italian, Zinobi/Zinobiy (Зенобий) in Bulgarian, Zinovi/Zinoviy in Russian (as well as the surname Zinovyev), and Zenob in Armenian, derive from it.
Nathanael
Nathanael (, ) is an English name of Hebrew origin. It is of Biblical origin and holds significance for Jews and Christians. Several figures in both the Old and New Testament bear the name. Figures in the Old Testament, which is transliterated from Hebrew, have their names rendered as Nethanel in English whereas those in the New Testament, which is translated from Greek, have theirs rendered as Nathanael. Since the early 20th century, the most common English spelling is Nathaniel, a change likely influenced by the popularity of other Biblical names ending in -iel (e.g. Daniel, Gabriel, Uriel).
Bogusław
male given name
Khnumhotep
Khnumhotep (alt. Khnumhotpe, Khnemhotpe) is an ancient Egyptian personal theophoric name which may refer to:
Khnumhotep, an Overseer of the Manicurists under pharaoh Nyuserre (5th Dynasty), famous for his tomb shared with Niankhkhnum
Khnumhotep I, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat I (12th Dynasty)
Khnumhotep II, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat II and Senusret II (12th Dynasty), and grandson of Khnumhotep I
Khnumhotep III, a vizier under pharaohs Senusret II and Senusret III (12th Dynasty), and son of Khnumhotep II
Khnumhotep IV, a nomarch, son and successor of Khnumhotep II and brother of Kh

Emmanuel
male given name
Amedeo
Amedeo is an Italian theophoric given name meaning "lover of God", "loves God", or more correctly "for the love of God" and cognate to the Latin name Amadeus, the Spanish Amadeo, the Catalan and Portuguese Amadeu and the French Amédée.
Allahverdiyev
Allahverdiyev (masculine, ) or Allahverdiyeva (feminine, ) is a Russian language-influenced partonymic surname dereved from the given name Allahverdi with the Russian patronymic suffix '-ev'. Notable people with the surname include:
Isidore
Isidore ( ; also spelled Isador, Isadore and Isidor) is a masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek name Isídōros (Ἰσίδωρος, latinized Isidorus) and can literally be translated to 'gift of Isis'. The name has survived in various forms throughout the centuries. Although it has never been a common name, it has historically been popular due to its association with Catholic figures and among the Jewish diaspora. Isidora is the feminine form of the name.
Božić
Božić is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The spelling Božič is found in Slovenia.
Deusdedit
Deusdedit or Deodatus (literally "God has given" and "Given by God" respectively) is the name of several ecclesiastical figures of the Middle Ages:
Ahhotep
The names Ahhotep may refer to:
Ansgar
male given name
Harsiese
Harsiese (also Horsiese or Harsiesis, plus other variants) was an ancient Egyptian theophoric name, literally meaning "Horus, son of Isis". A related name is Siese. Some people by this name include:
Harsiese A, an independent king in Upper Egypt during the Twenty-second Dynasty
Harsiese B, a High Priest of Amun from the end of Osorkon II's reign to Year 19 of Pedubast I
Harsiese (C), a Second Prophet of Amun
Harsiese (High Priest of Ptah), served as High Priest of Ptah during the reign of Psusennes I
Harsiesi, native rebel against Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Amenemope
Amenemope, also Amenemopet, Amenemipet or Amunemopet (ỉmn-m-ỉp3.t, Greek: αμενωφις; “Amun in Luxor”) is an Ancient Egyptian name. Its notable bearers were:
Isidora
Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, Isídōros (a compound of Ἶσις, Ísis, and δῶρον, dōron: "gift of [the goddess] Isis").
Theophilus
Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (theós, "God") and φιλία (philía, "love or affection") can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theophoric name, synonymous with the name Amadeus which originates from Latin, Gottlieb in German and Bogomil or Bogumił in Slavic.
Theophilus may refer to:
Demetrius
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter".
Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, Dimitrije and Zmicier, in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitry) descended from it. Nicknames include Demmie, Dimmie, Demi, Jim, Jimmy, Jimmie, Metry, Metrie, Mimmie, Demetri, Dmitri, Mitică, Mitya and Dima.
Osred
Osred is an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name, from ós "god" and ræd "counsel", that may refer to:
Zenaida
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Zenaida, Zenaide (Italian), Zénaïde (French), or Zinaida (), from meaning "dedicated to Zeus".
Sobekemsaf
Sobekemsaf (sbk-m-z3=f; “Sobek is his protection”) is an ancient Egyptian theophoric name, popular during the Second Intermediate Period (mainly in the 17th Dynasty). Although it is grammatically masculine, it was also used for women; it was common during this era that the gender of a name did not correspond to that of its bearer.
Tanrıkulu
Tanrıkulu is a Turkish surname. Its meaning in the Turkish language is "Servant of God".
Janus
male given name
Márton
male given name
Eliana
Eliana, Elianna, אֱלִיעָנָה (Hebrew), Ηλιάνα (Greek), إليانا (Arabic), is a feminine given name found with that spelling in Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Ramose
thumb|Lamenting Women, from the tomb (TT55) of Ramose, c. 1411–1375 BCE
Athenais
Athenais is an ancient Greek feminine given name which refers to the Greek goddess Athena. Athénaïs is a more recent French variant.
Smendes
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Eleazar
male given name
Feodora
Feodora is a feminine given name. It is the feminine counterpart of the masculine given names Feodor and Theodore.
Theophania
Theophania (Greek for "Manifestation of God" or "Epiphany") may refer to:
Raphaël
male given name
Balthazar
male given name
Nathaniel
Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Hebrew name Nathanael. It can be a given or surname.
Martinus
Martinus is a given name or surname. It comes from the Latin name Martinus, which is a late derived form of the name of the Roman god Mars, protective godhead of the Latins and, therefore, god of war.
Ameny
Ameny may refer to:
Yohanan
Yohanan ('), sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious".
Emmanuelle
female given name
Doreen
female given name
Bagdonas
Bagdonas is a Lithuanian language family name. The word is the Lithuanized form of the Slavic name Bogdan, meaning 'God Given'.
Eliel
Eliel is a Hebrew name. It can be translated to English as "My God is God".
theophoric names in the Bible
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Tentamun
Tentamun or Tentamen (t3-n.t-ỉmn; "she of Amun") is an ancient Egyptian feminine name. Its notable bearers are:
Fedir
thumb|Pronunciation of Fedir in Ukrainian
Fedir (Ukrainian: Федір FEHD-ihr) is a masculine Ukrainian name meaning "gift of God" or "God-given" derived from the Ancient Greek name Theodoros.
Elijah
male given name
Jedediah
Jedediah, or Jedidiah () is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidia, meaning "beloved of Jah". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah (Jeddedi in Brenton's Septuagint Translation) was the second or blessing name given by God through the prophet Nathan in infancy to Solomon, second son of King David and Bathsheba.
Khabibullin
Khabibulin or Khabibullin ( or Хабибулин), feminine: Khabibulina or Khabibullina is a Russian-language masculine patronymic surname derived from the given name Habibullah with the Russian patronymic suffix -in; also Habibullin / Habibullina. It may refer to:
Mentuherkhepeshef
Mentuherkhepeshef (mnṯ-ḥr-ḫpš=f; „Montu is with his strong arm”) is an ancient Egyptian name. It may refer to:
Bohuslav
male given name
Neferneferuaten
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Isaiah
male given name
Hermes
male given name