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Biblical names survey: Which of these old-fashioned names are in the Bible?

Hello! Would you like to help me out by taking this biblical name survey? Please look at the list of old-fashioned names below. Copy and paste the list into the response box. If you recognize it as being in the Bible, please write "yes" next to it. If you do not think it is in the Bible, then write "no" next to it.

I have grouped the names by initial sound or letter. Some of the groups may have ALL biblical names, some may have NO biblical names, and some may have a mix -- try not to let the groups influence you. Just write "yes" next to the names you think are in the Bible and "no" next to the ones that aren't. Do not look any of these up. I am interested in your first impressions.

Levi

Luke

Linus

Leah

Lucretia

Lucinda

Jude

James

Joshua

Jonathan

Gaspar

George

Giles

Anastasia

Abigail

Abel

Abraham

Drusilla

Deborah

Daniel

Felix

Francis

Philip

Paul

Rex

Reuben

Rufus

Clarissa

Claudia

Cleo

Carolus

Cain

Clarence

Clement

Charles

Benedict

Benjamin

Mark

Matthias

Matthew

Micah

One final question: If you feel comfortable sharing, what is your religious background?

Thanks!

Update:

Thanks for the answers so far. One more request: If you found this question interesting, would you "star" it for your contacts? I'd love to get more responses, and the questions in this section tend to move pretty fast. Thanks!

Update 2:

Here are the answers:

Levi -- yes

Luke -- yes

Linus -- yes

Leah -- yes

Lucretia -- no

Lucinda -- no

Jude -- yes

James -- yes

Joshua -- yes

Jonathan -- yes

Gaspar -- no

George -- no

Giles -- no

Anastasia -- no

Abigail -- yes

Abel -- yes

Abraham -- yes

Drusilla -- yes

Deborah -- yes

Daniel -- yes

Felix -- yes

Francis -- no

Philip -- yes

Paul -- yes

Rex -- no

Reuben -- yes

Rufus -- yes

Clarissa -- no

Claudia -- yes

Cleo -- no

Carolus -- no

Cain -- yes

Clarence -- no

Clement -- yes

Charles -- no

Benedict -- no

Benjamin -- yes

Mark -- yes

Matthias -- yes

Matthew -- yes

Micah -- yes

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yay! I love these! :) As for my religious background, I'm a Christian... nondenominational if that's important.

    Levi -- Definitely, yes.

    Luke -- Definitely yes, since it is one of the gospels..

    Linus -- No?

    Leah -- Definitely, yes

    Lucretia -- No?

    Lucinda -- No...

    Jude -- Definitely, yes. Another book of the Bible...right before Revelations.

    James -- Definitely, yes...another book.

    Joshua -- Definitely, yes.

    Jonathan -- Yes, he was Saul's son, right? David's best friend.

    Gaspar -- No

    George -- No

    Giles -- No?

    Anastasia -- No

    Abigail -- Yes

    Abel -- Yes, like Cain and Abel

    Abraham -- Definitely yes. He was the father of all nations...

    Drusilla -- No

    Deborah -- Definitely, yes. As in the story of Deborah.

    Daniel -- Definitely, yes. As in Daniel in the Lion's den.

    Felix -- No...Felix that cat...the wonderful, wonderful cat ;)

    Francis -- No

    Philip -- Definitely, yes.

    Paul -- Definitely yes.

    Rex -- No?

    Reuben -- Definitely yes. He was a son of....David?

    Rufus -- No

    Clarissa -- No?

    Claudia -- No

    Cleo -- No?

    Carolus -- No?

    Cain -- Yes, as in Cain and Abel.

    Clarence -- No

    Clement -- No

    Charles -- No

    Benedict -- Haha, um...no?

    Benjamin -- Yes

    Mark -- Yes...another gospel

    Matthias -- Yes

    Matthew -- Yes, gospel

    Micah -- Yes, book in the old testament...

    I love these... I suppose I try to give reasons to make sure that I know they're in there... to try to convince myself. SoI'm probably wrong on some of them (by means of where they're at in the bible...who's son they are, etc).

    But I love these. They test my knowledge, which isn't very good anyway... but they're fun and educational. :)

    -- Amy

  • 1 decade ago

    Levi - Yes

    Luke - Yes

    Linus - Yes

    Leah - Yes

    Lucretia - No

    Lucinda - No

    Jude - Yes

    James - Yes

    Joshua - Yes

    Jonathan - Yes

    Gaspar - No

    George - No

    Giles - No

    Anastasia - No

    Abigail - Yes

    Abel - Yes

    Abraham - Yes

    Drusilla - Yes

    Deborah - Yes

    Daniel - Yes

    Felix - Yes

    Francis - No

    Philip - Yes

    Paul - Yes

    Rex - No

    Reuben - Yes

    Rufus - Yes

    Clarissa - No

    Claudia - Yes

    Cleo - No

    Carolus - No

    Cain - Yes

    Clarence - No

    Clement - Yes

    Charles - No

    Benedict - No

    Benjamin - Yes

    Mark - Yes

    Matthias - Yes

    Matthew - Yes

    Micah - Yes

    Source(s): LDS
  • Levi ~ YES

    Luke ~ YES

    Linus ~ NO

    Leah ~ YES

    Lucretia ~ NO

    Lucinda ~ NO

    Jude ~ YES

    James ~ YES

    Joshua ~ YES

    Jonathan ~ YES

    Gaspar ~ NO

    George ~ NO

    Giles ~ NO

    Anastasia ~ NO

    Abigail ~ NO

    Abel ~ YES

    Abraham ~ YES

    Drusilla ~ NO

    Deborah ~ YES

    Daniel ~ YES

    Felix ~ NO

    Francis ~ NO

    Philip ~ YES

    Paul ~ YES

    Rex ~ NO

    Reuben ~ YES

    Rufus ~ NO

    Clarissa ~ NO

    Claudia ~ NO

    Cleo ~ NO

    Carolus ~ NO

    Cain ~ YES

    Clarence ~ NO

    Clement ~ NO

    Charles ~ NO

    Benedict ~ NO

    Benjamin ~ YES

    Mark ~ YES

    Matthias ~ YES

    Matthew ~ YES

    Micah ~ YES

    Ones I was absolutley sure of ~ Levi, Luke, James, Joshua, Abel, Abraham, Daniel, Philip, Paul, Reuben, Cain, Mark, Matthew, Micah.

    The rest I was either not completely sure of, or thought it was not biblical.

    I am a Christian, and am familiar with the Bible.

    Sure, Emmy Jo. I'd love to star this. I truely find it interesting and would love for my contacts to answer it as well.

    :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Levi- YES

    Luke- YES

    Linus- no

    Leah- YES

    Lucretia- no

    Lucinda- no

    Jude- YES

    James-YES

    Joshua- YES

    Jonathan- YES

    Gaspar-no

    George-no

    Giles-no

    Anastasia-no

    Abigail- YES

    Abel- YES

    Abraham- YES

    Drusilla-no

    Deborah- YES

    Daniel- YES

    Felix- YES

    Francis- no

    Philip- YES

    Paul- YES

    Rex- no

    Reuben- YES

    Rufus- no

    Clarissa- no

    Claudia- no

    Cleo- no

    Carolus- no

    Cain- YES

    Clarence- no

    Clement- no

    Charles- no

    Benedict- no

    Benjamin- YES

    Mark- YES

    Matthias- YES

    Matthew- YES

    Micah- YES

    The yes ones I'm 100% sure about...the no ones I'm relatively sure about, but there are a couple that I wouldn't be too shocked to hear I was wrong about.

    My religious background: Christian.

    *ETA* gah, I'm thinking now I remember a Drusilla. Can I change my vote? haha

    You have my second guessing my memory of the Bible with these surveys.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Levi yes

    Luke yes

    Linus no

    Leah yes

    Lucretia no

    Lucinda no

    Jude yes

    James yes

    Joshua yes

    Jonathan yes

    Gaspar no

    George no

    Giles no

    Anastasia no

    Abigail yes

    Abel yes

    Abraham yes

    Drusilla no

    Deborah yes

    Daniel yes

    Felix yes??

    Francis yes

    Philip yes

    Paul yes

    Rex no

    Reuben yes I think

    Rufus no

    Clarissa no

    Claudia no

    Cleo no

    Carolus no

    Cain yes

    Clarence no

    Clement no

    Charles no

    Benedict no

    Benjamin yes

    Mark yes

    Matthias yes

    Matthew yes

    Micah yes

    Christian!

  • 1 decade ago

    Levi - yes

    Luke- yes

    Linus- no

    Leah- yes

    Lucretia- no

    Lucinda- no

    Jude- yes

    James- yes

    Joshua- yes

    Jonathan- yes

    Gaspar- no

    George- no

    Giles- no

    Anastasia- no

    Abigail - yes

    Abel- yes

    Abraham- yes

    Drusilla - yes

    Deborah - yes

    Daniel - yes

    Felix - yes

    Francis- no

    Philip- yes

    Paul- yes

    Rex - no

    Reuben- yes

    Rufus - yes

    Clarissa- no

    Claudia- no

    Cleo- no

    Carolus- no

    Cain- yes

    Clarence - no

    Clement- no

    Charles- no

    Benedict- no

    Benjamin- yes

    Mark- yes

    Matthias- yes

    Matthew- yes

    Micah- yes

    Source(s): I am Protestant- raised in reading the Bible. Also taught Sunday school when I was a bit younger. Bible believer.
  • 1 decade ago

    Hope you don't mind I just typed in the names that I knew were in the Bible.

    Micah

    Matthew

    Matthias

    Mark

    Benjamin

    Levi

    Luke

    Leah

    Jude

    James

    Joshua

    Jonathan

    Abigail

    Abel

    Abraham

    Drusilla

    Deborah

    Daniel

    Felix

    Philip

    Paul

    Reuben

    Claudia

    Cain

    Non-Denominational

  • 1 decade ago

    I will list those that aren't -

    Lucretia

    Lucinda

    Gaspar

    George

    Giles

    Anastasia

    Francis

    Rex

    Clarissa

    Carolus

    Clarence

    Charles

    Benedict

    Cleo - unless this was to be a shortened form of Cleopus

    Source(s): One of Jehovah's Witnesses
  • 1 decade ago

    Levi-yes

    Luke-yes

    Linus-no

    Leah-yes

    Lucretia-no

    Lucinda-no

    Jude -yes

    James-yes

    Joshua-yes

    Jonathan-yes

    Gaspar-no

    George-no

    Giles-no

    Anastasia-no

    Abigail-yes

    Abel-yes

    Abraham-yes

    Drusilla-no

    Deborah-yes

    Daniel-yes

    Felix-no

    Francis-no

    Philip-yes

    Paul-yes

    Rex-no

    Reuben-no

    Rufus-no

    Clarissa-no

    Claudia-no

    Cleo-no

    Carolus-no

    Cain-yes

    Clarence-no

    Clement-no

    Charles-no

    Benedict-no

    Benjamin-yes

    Mark-yes

    Matthias-no

    Matthew-yes

    Micah-yes

    I'm Baptsit

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Allison B is a baptist and is wrong on the name Rueben. That was one of Joseph's brothers names

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