The meanings of the below Biblical names comes from either Strong's Concordance, Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Definitions, or Thayer's Greek Definitions. The list also includes the verses where each of the unusual names can be found.
Ahasuerus
I will be silent and poor
Strong's #H325
Also known as Xerxes, Ahasuerus was the son of Persian King Darius I. Ahasuerus was anything but silent or poor during his life, as he ruled over the ancient world's most powerful and largest empire for twenty years!
Ezra 4:6, Esther 1 - 3, 6 - 10, Daniel 9:1
Baasha
Wicked, to stink
Strong's #H1201
Baasha was the Kingdom of Israel's third ruler. He ascended to the throne by murdering the second monarch named Nadab. His bloody reign of 22 years, during which he killed all those of the royal household (1Kings 15:27 - 29), required God's intervention to stop.
References
1Kings 15 - 16, 21:22, 2Kings 9:9, 2Chronicles 16, Jeremiah 41:9
Bebai
My cavities
Strong's #H893
Ezra 2:11, 8:11, 10:28, Nehemiah 7:16, 10:15
Bildad
Confusing love
Strong's #H1085
Bildad was one of Job's three "friends" who consistently criticized him after he experienced unparalleled calamities brought to him by Satan the devil!
Job 2:11, 8:1, 18:1, 25:1, 42:9
Chushanrishathaim
Twice-wicked Cushan or
Cushan double wickedness
Strong's #H3573
At seventeen letters this is the second longest personal name in Scripture.
Chushanrishathaim was a Mesopotamia king whom God allowed, for eight years, to harass and dominate Israel as correction for their sins (Judges 3:8).
References
Judges 3:8, 10
Dekar
Son of stabbing
Strong's #H1128
Dekar's son was one of King Solomon's twelve provincial officers.
1Kings 4:9
Gareb
Scabby
Strong's #H1619
Gareb was the name of one of King David's thirty-seven mighty men who were extraordinary warriors.
References
2Samuel 23:38, 1Chronicles 11:40
Goliath
Splendor
Strong's #H1555
Goliath was a gigantic man who, from his youth, was trained in the art of killing. Raised in a pagan culture that lived for battle, he became the greatest warrior of the Philistines. He was the man who challenged the young King David to a fight to the death. Splendor is hardly the word to describe a killing machine like Goliath!
1Samuel 17, 21:9, 22:10, 21:19, 1Chronicles 20:5
Hazarmaveth
Village of death
Strong's #H2700
Hazarmaveth, a son of Jokthan, was a descendant of Shem who survived the great flood.
References
Genesis 10:26, 1Chronicles 1:20
Jambres
Foamy healer
Strong's #H2387
Jambres was one of the two Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses and Aaron's efforts to free the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.
2Timothy 3:8
Mahershalalhashbaz
Swift is booty, speedy is prey
Strong's #H4122
Mahershalalhashbaz is the longest personal name in the Bible at eighteen characters! It was a name God himself gave to a prophetess' son.
Isaiah 8:1, 3
Nabal
Fool, dolt
Strong's #H5037
Abigail, Nabal's wife, was well aware she married a man who was a fool (1Samuel 25:25)! His foolish treatment of King's David's messengers almost got him and his family killed and all he owned destroyed. It was Abigail who saved the day by stepping in and pleading mercy in spite of her husband's foolishness.
References
1Samuel 25:3 - 39, 27:3, 30:5, 2Samuel 2:2, 3:3
Narcissus
Stupidity
Strong's #G3488
Narcissus, in the first century A.D., was a Christian living in Rome.
References
Romans 16:11
Nereus
Lump
Strong's #G3517
Nereus and his sister, who lived in Rome, hosted a group of Christians in the city who met for Sabbath services.
References
Romans 16:15
Zaccheus
Pure
Strong's #G2195
Zaccheus, for much of his life, was anything but pure! As a tax collector in Jericho he grew quite wealthy through theft, extortion and other means of dishonest gain (Luke 3:12 - 13, 19:7 - 8). It was only when Jesus met him that he repented and pledged to turn his life around.
References
Luke 19:2 - 8