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=== 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.