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== Religious names ==
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{{See also|Religious name}}
[[Image:secret of secrets a.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Two charts from an Arabic copy of the ''Secretum Secretorum'' for determining whether a person will live or die based on the numerical value of the patient's name.]]
In the ancient world, particularly in the ancient near-east ([[Israel]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Egypt]], [[Persia]]) names were thought to be extremely powerful and act, in some ways, as a separate manifestation of a person or deity.<ref>"Egyptian Religion", E. A. Wallis Budge", Arkana 1987 edition, {{ISBN|0-14-019017-1}}</ref> This viewpoint is responsible both for the [[Names of God in Judaism|reluctance to use]] the [[YHWH|proper name]] of [[God]] in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] writing or speech, as well as the common understanding in ancient [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]] that magical rituals had to be carried out "in [someone's] name". By invoking a [[deity|god]] or spirit by name, one was thought to be able to summon that spirit's power for some kind of miracle or magic (see [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 9:49, in which the disciples claim to have seen a man driving out [[demons]] using the name of [[Jesus]]). This understanding passed into later religious tradition, for example the stipulation in [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[exorcism]] that the demon cannot be expelled until the exorcist has forced it to give up its name, at which point the name may be used in a stern command which will drive the demon away.

=== Biblical names ===
{{Main|List of biblical names}}
In the [[Old Testament]], the names of individuals are meaningful, and a change of name indicates a change of status. For example, the patriarch [[Abram]] and his wife Sarai were renamed "[[Abraham]]" and "[[Sarah]]" at the institution of the [[Abrahamic covenant]] ([[Genesis 17]]:4, 17:15). Simon was renamed Peter when he was given the [[Keys to Heaven]]. This is recounted in the [[Gospel of Matthew]] chapter 16, which according to Roman Catholic teaching<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p4.htm Catechism of the Catholic Church, para 881: "The episcopal college and its head, the Pope"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906142233/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p4.htm |date=2010-09-06 }}</ref> was when [[Jesus]] promised to [[Saint Peter]] the power to take binding actions.<ref>''The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church'' by Gerard Mannion and Lewis S. Mudge (Jan 30, 2008) {{ISBN|0415374200}} page 235</ref> Proper names are "saturated with meaning".<ref>Baruch Hochman, ''Character in Literature'' (Cornell University Press, 1985), 37.</ref>

Throughout the [[Bible]], characters are given names at birth that reflect something of significance or describe the course of their lives. For example: [[Solomon]] meant [[peace]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/solomon|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Solomon|last=Campbell|first=Mike|website=Behind the Name|access-date=2018-12-27|archive-date=2018-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227230628/https://www.behindthename.com/name/solomon|url-status=live}}</ref> and the king with that name was the first whose reign was without [[war]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawnbible.com/1962/6206tbs1.htm|title=Solomon, the King|website=www.dawnbible.com|access-date=2018-12-27|archive-date=2019-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031092230/http://www.dawnbible.com/1962/6206tbs1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Likewise, [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]] named his firstborn son [[Manasseh (tribal patriarch)|Manasseh]] (Hebrew: "causing to forget")(Genesis 41:51); when Joseph also said, "God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father's family." Biblical Jewish people did not have surnames which were passed from generation to generation. However, they were typically known as the child of their father. For example: דוד בן ישי (David ben Yishay) meaning, [[David]], son of [[Jesse (biblical figure)|Jesse]] (1 Samuel 17:12,58). Today, this style of name is still used in [[Jewish]] [[religious]] rites.

===Indian name===
{{Main|Indian name}}
Indian names are based on a variety of systems and [[naming conventions]], which vary from region to region. Names are also influenced by religion and [[caste]] and may come from [[Indian epic poetry|epics]]. [[India]]'s population speaks a [[Languages of India|wide variety]] of languages and nearly every major [[Religions of the world|religion]] in the world has a following in India. This variety makes for subtle, often confusing, differences in names and naming styles. Due to [[Greater India|historical Indian cultural influences]], several names across [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]] are influenced by or adapted from Indian names or words.

For some Indians, their [[birth name]] is different from their official name; the birth name starts with a randomly selected name from the [[Hindu astrology|person's horoscope]] (based on the ''[[nakshatra]]'' or lunar mansion corresponding to the person's birth).

Many children are given three names, sometimes as a part of religious teaching.

=== Quranic names (Arabic names) ===
{{See|List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran}}
We can see many Arabic names in the Quran and in Muslim people, such as Allah, Muhammad, Khwaja, Ismail, Mehboob, Suhelahmed, Shoheb Ameena, Aaisha, Sameena, Rumana, Swaleha, etc. 

The names Mohammed and Ahmed are the same, for example Suhel Ahmad or Mohammad Suhel are the same. There are many similar names in Islam and Christianity, such as Yosef (Islamic)/Joseph (Christian), Adam/Adam, Dawood/David, Rumana/Romana, Maryam/Mary, Nuh/Noah, etc.