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Names found in the Book of Mormon and their possible pre-1830 origins Quick Summary Of The Most Likely Name Origins Origin Unknown: 21 From the Bible: 51 From a Dictionary: 11 From an Existing Geographic Item: 8 Derivative of another Name : 126 A Common Name or Phrase : 7 Probably Created By Joseph Smith : 5 From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: 19 From the 1808 Book "Key To Pronunciation of Greek/Latin" : 0 From the book the "View of the Hebrews": 0 Any name that matches with a bible name goes under the "From Bible" category Last Updated On Jan/13/2020 More details under tooltips Questions? Post a comment here
Aaron: Person - From Bible Name: Aaron How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage A Jaredite king who was a descendant of Heth son of Mosiah and a Nephite missionary and a Lamanite king (caAD 330) Possible Name Origin The name Aaron exists in the old testament Genesis 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
Abinadi: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Abinadi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite prophet sent to people of Lehi-Nephi - converted Alma(ca150 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Abinadab This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Abinadom: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Abinadom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Chemish, Nephite historian, and Nephite warrior. Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Abinadab
Abish: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Abish How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite woman, servant of Lamoni's wife Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Kish
Ablom: Land - Origin Unknown Name: Ablom How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Refuge for Omer and his Family Possible Name Origin Similar to the bible name of Absalom. Some people in the United States, prior to 1830, had the last name of Ablom. If you go to ancestory.com and search for Ablom you can find immigration records of people with that last name.
Agosh: Plains - Derivative of another Name Name: Agosh How It Is Used: Plains Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite battle area Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Akish
Aha: Person - From Bible Name: Aha How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite military officer (ca80 BC) Possible Name Origin The word/name Aha exists in the old testament. Psalm 35:21 They gape at me and say, ""Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."
Ahah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Ahah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Seth, Jaredite king Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Aha
Akish: Wilderness - Derivative of another Name Name: Akish How It Is Used: Wilderness Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite Refuge and Battle Area Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Abish Similar to the bible name Alush
Alma: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Alma How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite prophet (ca173-91 BC) son of Alma, known as Alma the Younger. Nephite prophet and first chief judge (ca100-73 BC). Possible Name Origin There are various pre-1830 uses of this name or names similar to it. Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Alma (page n17). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book Geographic pre-1830 origins: Alma city in Pennsylvania Click here to view source Almais a small river in Crimea that flows into the Black Sea. Language pre-1830 origins: The name Alma, with its Latin origin, appears in various European languages, and has different meanings in each: Arabic: Woman with beautiful lips. Aramaic: World. Gothic: Working One. Italian: The Spirit. Latin: Gentle, Loving, Bounteous One and The Spiritually Supportive One. Hebrew: Young girl Soul. Spanish: The Spirit Soul. Hungarian: Apple Kyrgyz Language: Apple. Kazakh Language: Apple. Biblical Origins In the Hebrew Bible, Almah means young girl. In Christian translations of the New Testament however, Almah is controversially translated as virgin, hence the 'Mary the Young Girl' is known as the Virgin Mary.
Amaleki: Person - From Bible Name: Amaleki How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite record keeper (ca130 BC); seeker of Zeniff's people (ca121 BC) Possible Name Origin The name Amaleki exists in the Old Testament. Numbers 14:25 Now, since the Amaleki and the Kenaani are living in the valley, tomorrow turn around and get yourselves into the desert along the way to the Sea of Suf.
Amalekites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Amalekites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Group of Nephite apostates, origin unknown. Aligned with Lamanites. Aided in building city of Jerusalem inland of Nephi. Described as more hardened than Lamanites. After order of Nehor, and contend with Aaron the missionary son of Mosiah II. Stir up Lamanites against people ofAnti-Nephi-Lehi. Appointed captains in Lamanite armies due to their murderous dispositions. Described as Nephite dissenters. Usually better armed than Lamanites. Inspire Lamanites to fight. (Not a genealogical term or necessarily a religious term, rather a political term.) Mentioned only in the Book of Alma chapters 21-22, and 43 Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Amaleki
Amalickiah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amalickiah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite traitor who becomes king of the Lamanites and wars with Nephites - killed by Teancum (ca70 BC) Note: Sometimes spelled Ameleckiahin in the original book of mormon Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Amaleki
Amalickiahites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Amalickiahites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Followers of Amalickiah, dissenters from the Nephites. Refuse to covenant and are executed according to the law. Are astonished at Nephite preparation. Referenced only in Alma chapters 46 and 49. Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Amalickiah
Amaron: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amaron How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Omni, Nephite record keeper Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon/bible name Aaron Ama-Ron or Amaronis a sparsely known figure in Philippine Mythology. The story is more common in the Southern part of the island group of Luzon as a folk song. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama-ron
Amgid: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amgid How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage a Jaredite king. Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Amlici
Aminadab: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Aminadab How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite dissenter living among the Lamanites - reconverted by Nephi² and Lehi? (ca30 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Abinadab
Aminadi: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Aminadi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage descendant of Nephi Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Abinadi
Amlici: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amlici How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite dissenter (ca87 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Amlici
Amlicites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Amlicites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Nephite faction desiring a king. Followers of Amlici, they consecrate him king. Nephites prepare to war with. They join with Lamanites and are defeated. Mark heads like Lamanites and are in open rebellion against God and cursed. Referenced in Alma chapter 2-3. Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Amlici
Ammah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Ammah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite missionary, companion of Aaron Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Ammon
Ammaron: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Ammaron How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite record keeper (caAD 306) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Ammon
Ammon: Person - From Bible Name: Ammon How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage leader of expedition to land of Nephi (ca121 BC) son of Mosiah, missionary to the Lamanites, becomes chief judge in land of Jershon to Anti-Nephi-Lehites (ca100 BC) Possible Name Origin The name Ammon is found in the old testament. Genesis 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Ammonihah: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Ammonihah How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Wicked Nephite City, 'Desolation of Nehors' Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Ammoni
Ammonihahites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Ammonihahites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Inhabitants of the city of Ammonihah, after order ofNehors, Nephites by politically. The rejection of Alma and slaying of Saints are among their sins. Destruction foretold. Lamanites destroy and people scattered or slain. Referenced in Alma chapters 8-16, and 49. Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Ammonihah
Ammonites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Ammonites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage The people of Ammon. Also called Anti-Nephi-Lehies. Note:It is unclear why the term "Anti" was used since the latin meaning for anti is opposing or against. In addition, it is unclear why the term Lehi was used since the opposite of the Nephities would be the Lamanites. Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Ammon
Ammoron: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Ammoron How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite traitor, brother of Amalickiah, king of Lamanites after Amalickiah's death - killed by Teancum (ca66-61 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Ammon
Amnigaddah: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Amnigaddah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Aaron, Jaredite king Possible Name Origin Similar to the word armageddon
Amnihu: Hill - Origin Unknown Name: Amnihu How It Is Used: Hill Book of Mormon Usage Site of the Initial Amlicite Strike Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Amnigaddah. Amni-hu Amni-gaddah
Amnor: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amnor How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite spy in Amlicite campaign (ca87 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Amos
Amoron: Person - From Geography Name: Amoron How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage a Nephite officer and spy around 380 - 400 A.D. Possible Name Origin The name Amoron matches a geographical region. Amoron'i Mania is a region in central Madagascar
Amos: Person - From Bible Name: Amos How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Nephi Nephite record keeper (ca110-194) son of Amos Nephite record keeper (ca194-306) Possible Name Origin The name of Amos exists in the old testament. Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amulek: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amulek How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Giddonah, Nephite missionary, companion of Alma Possible Name Origin Similar to the word amulet
Amulon: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Amulon How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage "priest of King Noah, tributary Nephite monarch of Land of Helam" Possible Name Origin Similar to the word Amulon
Amulonites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Amulonites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers of Amulon and the priests of Noah. Called more wicked then the Lamanites. After order of Nehors, stir up Lamanites. Rebel against Lamanite king and take up arms against Ammonites. Slay believers, and in turn are slain by Nephites. Usurp leadership and persecute Lamanites. Hunted down and slain by Lamanites. Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Amulon
Angelah: City - From Geography Name: Angelah How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Retreat for Mormon's Army. Note: this city was spelled Angelah in the 1830 book of mormon but was later changed to Angola. Possible Name Origin The name Angola has various geographical matches although it is unclear which ones, if any, are prior to 1830 Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in Southern Africa(Note: Angola was official incorporated in 1855. As such its name does not appear to be used prior to that time.); Various U.S. cities have that name although it is difficult to identify which, if any, existed before the Book of Mormon translation. Those are: Angola, Indiana; Angola, New York; Angola, Delaware; Angola, Kansas
Ani-Anti: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Ani-Anti How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite village visited by Nephite Missionaries Note: Variations of this name exist in the original manuscript. Anianti, Ani Anti Possible Name Origin The Anti part is from the dictionary. The Ani part is a derivative of Anti.
Anti-Nephi-Lehies: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Anti-Nephi-Lehies How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage The people of Ammon. Also called Ammonites Possible Name Origin All of the words are either from the dictionary or from another book of mormon name. It is unclear why the term "Anti" was used since the latin meaning for anti is opposing or against. In addition, it is unclear why the term Lehi was used since the opposite of the Nephities would be the Lamanites.
Antiomno: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Antiomno How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite king of land of Middoni. Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Antipas
antion: Unit of Measurement, Currency - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: antion How It Is Used: Unit of Measurement, Currency Book of Mormon Usage an antion of gold is equal to three shiblons. Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Antion. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the dictionary
Antionah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Antionah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage a chief ruler in Ammonihah Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Antipas
Antionum: Person, Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Antionum How It Is Used: Person, Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385); Home of the Zoramites, visited by Nephite Missionaries Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Antipas Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Antium Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the dictionary
Antiparah: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Antiparah How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City captured by the Lamanites and Regained by Helaman and Antipus Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Antipas Similar to the biblical name Parah Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Antiparos (page 63). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the dictionary
Antipas: Mount - From Bible Name: Antipas How It Is Used: Mount Book of Mormon Usage Gathering place for Lehonti and the peaceful Lamanites Possible Name Origin The name Antipas exists in the New Testament. Revelations 2:13 I know where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth. ------------ This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Antipus: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Antipus How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander in city of Judea.(ca65 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Antipas
Antum: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Antum How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Northern Land visited by Mormon and Ammoron Possible Name Origin Similar to the word "Anthem" Babylonian consort of Anu.In Akkadian myth Anu was assigned a consort, Antum (Antu), but she seems often to have been confused with Ishtar (Inanna), the celebrated goddess of love.
Archeantus: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Archeantus How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite soldier, one of three "choice men" (Moroni 9) slain in battle c. AD 375 Possible Name Origin This name is kind of a messed up. It is almost like someone took a common greek "arche" threw on some "ant" and then tossed a latin word on the end "us". There is a somewhat similar greek word caled Archeontos which means "chief being" The name Archeantus has the form of a Latinized Greek name: Greek because of the arch- prefix meaning great and Latin because of the nominative -us suffix. It does not appear to be a Hebrew-derived word. Neither Greek nor Latin would have been familiar to Jews who left Jerusalem prior to the Babylonian captivity. It is possible that this name had two separate derivations from the original Hebrew, but the most plausible explanation is that a modern author unwittingly used Greek and Latin sounding syllables to lend an air of antiquity to a fabricated name. Click here to view the source
Benjamin: Person - From Bible Name: Benjamin How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage known as King Benjamin, Nephite prophet and king (ca120 BC) Possible Name Origin The name Benjamin exists in the old testament. Genesis 35:19 It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin; Rev. Benjamin Stockton was the Presbyterian minister during the 1824-5 Palmyra revival. He had personal dealings with the Smith family including offending Joseph Smith Sr. at Alvin Smith's funeral. It is thought that his sermons were like that of the Book of Mormon's Benjamin. Source: The book inside the mind of Joseph Smith
Boaz: Place - From Bible Name: Boaz How It Is Used: Place Book of Mormon Usage Nephite retreat and battle ground Possible Name Origin The name Boaz exists in the old testament. Ruth 2:2 Now Naomi had a relative on her husbands side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz. ------------ This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Bountiful: City, Land - From Dictionary Name: Bountiful How It Is Used: City, Land Book of Mormon Usage City of Bountiful, Major Nephite city in the northeastern quadrant. Land of Bountiful, Area in southern Arabia, near sea. Land of Bountiful, Nephite territory north of Zarahemla Possible Name Origin The word Bountiful exists in the dictionary. adjective; liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, orbounties; munificent; generous.; abundant; ample: a bountiful supply.
Cezoram: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Cezoram How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage "son of Omni, Nephite record keeper (Not to be confused by the similar sounding Book of Mormon name Seezoram)" Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Cezoram
Chemish: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Chemish How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite record keeper Possible Name Origin The word Chemim exists in the book View of the Hebrews Page 90 Click here to view the book Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Chemmish. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the dictinoary
City by the Sea: City - A Common Name or Phrase Name: City by the Sea How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Nephite city on the west coast Possible Name Origin
Cohor: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Cohor How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Noah. Also an early Jaredite king, son of Corihor, son of Kib, and brother to Noah. He joined his brother Noah, with "all his brethren and many of the people" to establish a rival kingdom to Shules (Ether 7:15). There are no further references, but he seems to have been influential, for his brother Noah later names a son after him (Ether 7:20) and the name is passed down to the end of the Jaredite lineage (Ether 13:17). Also a late Jaredite Possible Name Origin The name Cohor appears in the new testament in the form of the word cohort. Mark 15:16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. The definition of cohort is as follows: Noun. an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion. a group of people banded together or treated as a group.
Com: Person - From Geography Name: Com How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king, son of Coriantum late Jaredite king Possible Name Origin Similar to the name Comoro Islands. See Cumorah, Mormon, or Moroni.
Comnor: Hill - Origin Unknown Name: Comnor How It Is Used: Hill Book of Mormon Usage Hill near Valley of Shur Possible Name Origin This name shows up in a few books but it isn't very common. Click here to view the books
Corianton: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Corianton How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Alma Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon word Coriantor
Coriantor: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Coriantor How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king, son of Emer middle Jaredite, son of Amnigaddah Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon word Coriantor
Coriantumr: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Coriantumr How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite, son of Omer Jaredite king, last Jaredite survivor Nephite apostate, commander of Lamanite forces Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon word Corianton and Coriantor Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Coriantum-br Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the dictionary
Corihor: "Person, Land and Valley" - Derivative of another Name Name: Corihor How It Is Used: "Person, Land and Valley" Book of Mormon Usage son of Kib, early Jaredite late Jaredite Land and Valley:Military Campground of the Army of Shared Note:Corihor should not be confused with Korihor Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon word Corianton and Coriantor
Corom: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Corom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage middle Jaredite king, son of Levi Possible Name Origin Similar to the name Comoro Islands. See Cumorah, Mormon, or Moroni. Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Coron (page 305). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Cumeni: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Cumeni How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Nephite city fought for by Helaman Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon word Cumorah
Cumenihah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Cumenihah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385) Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon word Cumeni
cumom: Animal - Derivative of another Name Name: cumom How It Is Used: Animal Book of Mormon Usage cumom The word cumom is used in the book of mormon for an unknown animal. Ether 9:19 - And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms. Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon name Corom mainstream paleontologists believe that mastodons and mammoths became extinct by 4000 BCE which was well before the Jaredites time period. Early Mormon apostle Orson Pratt might have identified cureloms as mammoths, though the context is unclear as to whether he is talking about Cureloms and Mammoths or Cureloms as Mammoths. If he means cureloms and mammoths separately, then he is not specifically saying that mammoths existed on the American continent at that time, seeing as all the animals are meant as hypothetical examples of what the Jaredites might have brought in their barges. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curelom_and_cumom
Cumorah: Hill - From Geography Name: Cumorah How It Is Used: Hill Book of Mormon Usage Meeting place for battle, record depository Possible Name Origin "Cumorah and Moroni are possibly from the Comoro Islands, where the capital is Moroni, off the coast of E. Africa.See any atlas A copy of the original Book of Mormon manuscript, called the printers manuscript, written in 1829-1830, reveals three different spellings for this place-name. In Mormon 6:2, Camorah appears once; In Mormon 6:5, 11, Comorah is twice seen; and in Mormon 6:2, 4, 6; 8:2, Cumorah is found six times. In the first published edition of the 1830 Book of Mormon, all nine references are spelled Camorah. Source:http://mormonthink.com/grant11.htm Captain Kidd was executed for crimes he committed in Comoro in 1701. There were dime novels written regarding his exploits and available to Joseph Smith jr. It is assumed by critics that Cumorah is a respelling of the word Comoro. Source:https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V36N04_37.pdf Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, spoke about a battle with one side having 300 soldiers were only one of those soldiers survived the battle. The battle was at a river called Cremera(page 214). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/214 Some critics believe that Joseph Smith jr. would have had access to maps with the names on it. Other critics believe that Joseph Smith would have had access to the Captain Kidd dime novels Source:http://mormonthink.com/grant11.htm Cumorah also pronounced very similar to Gomorrah for the bible.
curelom: Animal - Origin Unknown Name: curelom How It Is Used: Animal Book of Mormon Usage curelom The word curelom is used in the book of mormon for an unknown animal. Ether 9:19 - And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curelom_and_cumom Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Curium (page 219). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
David: Land - From Bible Name: David How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite land on the West Coast Possible Name Origin The name David exists in the old testament. 1 Samuel 17:17 Now Jesse said to his son David, Take this ephah[d] of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
Deseret: Honey Bee - From Dictionary Name: Deseret How It Is Used: Honey Bee Book of Mormon Usage Ether 2:3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind. The word deseret exists in the egyptian language although it is spelled dsrt and prounced "desheret". The book of mormon says the word is translated as "Honey Bee". The eqyptian translation for the word "dsrt" is "red crown". Source: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Deseret Source: http://www.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/tobeeor.htm This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are: •Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5) •Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13) •Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21) •Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38) •Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3) •Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8) Possible Name Origin The word deseret is a latin word meaning "abandon". It is found in a lot of books. Click here to view the word in the dictionary Click here to view the pre-1830 books that use this word
Desolation: City, Land - From Dictionary Name: Desolation How It Is Used: City, Land Book of Mormon Usage City of Desolation, Northern Nephite City Land of Desolation, North of the land Bountiful Possible Name Origin The word desolation can be found in the dictionary noun: a state of complete emptiness or destruction.
Emer: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Emer How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king and son of Omer. Possible Name Origin The name E'Mor is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book ------------- This name is found in lots of pre-1830 books. Click here to view the books ------------- The name Emer is a girl's name is of Irish and Gaelic origin. Anglicized form of traditional names Eimer or Émer. In Irish legend, Emer was a woman blessed with six gifts or virtues: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity. Source http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Emer#fXMlBVJzppFr6m3T.99
Emron: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Emron How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite soldier Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Esrom
Enos: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Enos How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Jacob, Nephite prophet and record keeper Possible Name Origin The name Enos can be found in the old testament Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Ænos (page 19). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Ephraim: Hill - From Bible Name: Ephraim How It Is Used: Hill Book of Mormon Usage Hill in the Northern Region Possible Name Origin The name Ephraim can be found in the old testament Genisis 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'
Esrom: Person - From Bible Name: Esrom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite and son of Omer. Possible Name Origin The name Esrom can be found in the new testament Matthew 1:3.And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; ------------ This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Ethem: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Ethem How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage later Jaredite king and son of Ahah. Possible Name Origin Similar to the bible name Ether
Ether: Person - From Bible Name: Ether How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite prophet and record keeper Possible Name Origin The word Ether can be found in the old testament Joshua 15:42 Libnah and Ether and Ashan ------------ Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Æther (page 292 ). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book ------------ This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Ezias: Person - From Bible Name: Ezias How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage prophet referenced in Helaman 8:20 Possible Name Origin 1Esdr.8 [2] The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezias, the son of Meremoth, the son of Zaraias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest. --------------- This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Gad: City - From Bible Name: Gad How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin The name Gad can be found in the old testament Genesis 30:11 Then Leah said, ""How fortunate!"" So she named him Gad
Gadiandi: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Gadiandi How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad
Gadianton: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Gadianton How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage chief of Gadianton robbers(ca50 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Gaditanum (page 305). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Gadianton robbers: Group of People - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Gadianton robbers How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage an outlaw group Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Gaditanum (page 305). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Gadiom-nah: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Gadiom-nah How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad
Gazelem: - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Book of Mormon Usage Only appears in Alma 37:23 and is in regards to a servant of God. And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light... Possible Name Origin This servant is supposed to look at a stone... you could almost say the servant was supposed to "gaze" into the stone. thus Gaze-lem. Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Gazel (page 314). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Gid: Person, City - Derivative of another Name Name: Gid How It Is Used: Person, City Book of Mormon Usage Nephite military officer (ca63 BC) City invaded by Lamanites and used as a prison camp to detain Nephites Possible Name Origin Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad
Giddianhi: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Giddianhi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage chief of Gadianton robbers (caAD 16-21) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon
Giddonah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Giddonah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Amulek's father high priest in Gideon (ca75 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon
Gideon: Person - From Bible Name: Gideon How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite patriot (ca145-91 BC) Suburb of Zarahemla, location of battle, preaching, and other events Land and Valley. East of river Sidon Possible Name Origin The name Gideon can be found in the old testament Judges 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Gidgiddonah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Gidgiddonah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage deceased Nephite commander (caAD 385) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon
Gidgiddoni: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Gidgiddoni How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 16) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon
Gilead: Person - From Bible Name: Gilead How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite military commander Possible Name Origin The name Gilead can be found in the bible Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
Gilgah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Gilgah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon and bible name Gilgal
Gilgal: Person, City, and Valley - From Bible Name: Gilgal How It Is Used: Person, City, and Valley Book of Mormon Usage Person Gilgal: deceased Nephite commander c. 385 A.D. at the battle of Cumorah. City of Gilgal: City destroyed at the crucifixion Valley of Gilgal:Jaredite battle region Possible Name Origin From the bible Joshua 4:19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.
Gimgimno: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Gimgimno How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin This is similar to the biblical name Gimzo
Hagoth: "Person, Group of People" - Derivative of another Name Name: Hagoth How It Is Used: "Person, Group of People" Book of Mormon Usage Nephite shipbuilder (ca55 BC) Hagoth's Shipbuilding Site People of Hagoth. A number of ships were said to have gone into the sea westward. This is sometimes linked in Mormon folklore with the Pacific islanders. Possible Name Origin Similar to the bible name of Haggith. ---------------- The similar name of Haggith is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Hearthom: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Hearthom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage middle Jaredite king and son of Lib. Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Helam
Helam: Person - From Bible Name: Helam How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage convert from the people of Noah (ca147 BC). First of those baptized by Alma Land inhabited by people of Alma Possible Name Origin The name Helam can be found in the old testament 2 Samuel 10:16 And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.
Helaman: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Helaman How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of King Benjamin(ca130 BC), brother of Mosiah IIand Helorum. Helaman is only mentioned in one verse. eldest son of Alma, prophet and military commander (ca74-56 BC) eldest son of Helaman - sixth Nephite chief judge Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Helam
Helem: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Helem How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage brother of Ammon Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Helam
Helorum: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Helorum How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of King Benjamin(ca130 BC), brother of Mosiah and Helaman. Helorum is mentioned in only one verse, but is addressed with his brothers by King Benjamin Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Helam Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Helorum (page 334). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Hem: Person - From Dictionary Name: Hem How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage brother of Ammon Possible Name Origin The word hem can be found in the dictionary noun: the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing that has been turned under and sewn. verb: turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth or clothing). verb: surround and restrict the space or movement of.
Hermounts: Land - Origin Unknown Name: Hermounts How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Wilderness on west and north Possible Name Origin This word could just be the combination of the word "Her" and the word "Mounts". When you do a book search for "hermounts" it brings back books that use "her mounts". Click here to view the bookks ----------------- There are various locations in the US and middle eastern places called Mount Hermon. Hermounts could be a combination of those two words.
Heshlon: Plains - Derivative of another Name Name: Heshlon How It Is Used: Plains Book of Mormon Usage Plains:Battleground of Coriantum and Shiz Possible Name Origin A derivitive of the bible name "Hethlon" -------------- The similar name of Hethlon is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Heth: Person - From Dictionary Name: Heth How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite and son of Com. middle Jaredite and son of Hearthom. Land in the Northern Region Possible Name Origin The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Himni: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Himni How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Mosiah² (ca100-74 BC) Possible Name Origin Pretty similar to the word "hymn" with a "i" stuck on the end.
Irreantum: Sea - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Irreantum How It Is Used: Sea Book of Mormon Usage This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are: •Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5) •Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13) •Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21) •Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38) •Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3) •Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8) Possible Name Origin Very similar to the name Teancum as well as to the name Ripliancum Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Erythraeum (page 284). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Isabel: Person - A Common Name or Phrase Name: Isabel How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage harlot in land of Siron (ca73 BC) Possible Name Origin A common first name. Some people assocate the biblical name jazabel with it
Isaiah: Person - From Bible Name: Isaiah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin The word Isaiah exists in the old testament Isaiah 1: 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Ishmael: Person - From Bible Name: Ishmael How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage an Ephraimite from Jerusalem (ca600 BC) grandfather of Amulek Portion of land of Nephi Possible Name Origin The word Ishmael exists in the old testament Genesis 16:11 The angel of the LORD said to her further, ""Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
Ishmaelites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Ishmaelites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage A genealogical term derived from the families of the sons of Ishmael who aligned themselves after the division in the colony of Lehi with Laman. Mark of Lamanite also upon Ishmaelites. Make up a subgroup of Lamanites in later references. Later after Christ's appearance, divide themselves from the Nephite (probably a term of belief, though perhaps a bloodline) and willfully reject gospel. (Alma 3:7, 47:35; 4 Nephi 1:38) Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Ishmael
Jacob: Person, City - From Bible Name: Jacob How It Is Used: Person, City Book of Mormon Usage son of Lehi, Nephite prophet and record keeper Nephite apostate (ca64 BC) Nephite apostate (caAD 30-33) City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin The name Jacob exists in the old testament Genesis 32:28 And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And he said: 'Jacob.'
Jacobites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Jacobites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers of Jacob(see Jacob 1:13; 4 Nephi 1:36) Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Jacob
Jacobugath: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Jacobugath How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City of followers of Jacob Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Jacob Various towns and locations are called Jacobsburg. Some were incorporated before and some after 1830.
Jacom: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Jacom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Jared, early Jaredite Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Jacob
Jared: Person - From Bible Name: Jared How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage founder of Jaredites early Jaredite king Brother of Jared.(also Mahonri Moriancumer), Jaredite prophet and most prominent person in the account given in the beginning (Chapters 1 - 6) of the Book of Ether. Possible Name Origin The name Jared exists in the old testament Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Jaredites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Jaredites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers of Jared Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Jared
Jarom: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Jarom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Enos, Nephite record keeper Possible Name Origin Similar to the word Jacob
Jashon: City, Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Jashon How It Is Used: City, Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite retreat near Ammoron's record burial site Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical word Jason
Jeneum: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Jeneum How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385) Possible Name Origin
Jeremiah: Person - From Bible Name: Jeremiah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin The name Jeremiah exists in the old testament Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Jershon: Land - From Bible Name: Jershon How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Land on east by sea, south of land Bountiful Possible Name Origin The name Gershon exists in the Old Testament. Jershon and Gershon would be pronounced the same way. Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Jerusalem: City, Land - From Geography Name: Jerusalem How It Is Used: City, Land Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite city and land in land of Nephi Possible Name Origin The name Jerusalem exists in the new and old testament Luke 2:22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
Jonas: Person - From Bible Name: Jonas How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Nephi, one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin The name Jonas exists in the new testament Matthew 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: The PNJONAS may be the Greek form of the OT name Jonah, from the HEBREW yonah, "dove." Source:https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/onoma/index.php/JONAS Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Jordan: Land - From Bible Name: Jordan How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite retreat maintained by Mormon Possible Name Origin The name Jordan exists in the new testament Luke 3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Joseph: Person - From Bible Name: Joseph How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Lehi (ca595 BC) Possible Name Origin The name Joseph exists in the old testament Genesis 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Josephites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Josephites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers ofJoseph(see Jacob 1:13; 4 Nephi 1:36) Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Joseph
Josh: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Josh How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385) City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin A shortened form of Joshua
Joshua: Land - From Bible Name: Joshua How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Land in borders west, by seashore Possible Name Origin The word Joshua exists in the old testament Joshua 24:29 After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.
Judea: City - From Bible Name: Judea How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Nephite city Possible Name Origin The name Judea exists in the bible Matthew 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magifrom the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,
Kib: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Kib How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Kish
Kim: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Kim How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite king and son of Morianton. Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Kish
Kimnor: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Kimnor How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Kish
King-men: Group of People - A Common Name or Phrase Name: King-men How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Opponents of Captain Moroni. Possible Name Origin Click here to view pre-book of mormon books that used this term
Kish: Person - From Bible Name: Kish How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite king and son of Corom. Possible Name Origin The name Kish can be found in the old testament 1 Chronicles 12:1 Now These are they 'll That came to David to Ziklag, while he was yet shut up Because of Saul the son of Kish, and they' ll were the mighty men Among the his helpers in war. The name Kish can be found in the book "View of the Hebrews" on page pg 90 Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a
Kishkumen: "Person, City" - Derivative of another Name Name: Kishkumen How It Is Used: "Person, City" Book of Mormon Usage leader of robbers Wicked city destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Kish The Kiskiminetas River is a tributary of the Allegheny River, approximately 27 miles long, in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. There is a town called Kiskiminetas Township located in Armstrong County in Pennsylvania. It was settled in 1773 and incorporated in 1831. Source:Kiskiminetas Township
Korihor: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Korihor How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage an antichrist (ca74 BC) Note:Not to be confused with Corihor Possible Name Origin The is a somewhat similar name called Korah in the View of the hebrews on page 90. Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a
Kumen: Person - From Geography Name: Kumen How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin Kumen is the name of a river in russia. Click here to view the book on this river Kumen is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju in northeastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava statistical region. Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Kumenonhi: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Kumenonhi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Kumen Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Laban: Person - From Bible Name: Laban How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Book of Mormon Usage custodian of the brass plates (ca600 BC) Possible Name Origin The name Laban exists in the old testament Genesis 24:29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring. Possible Name Origin
Lachoneus: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Lachoneus How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage eleventh known Nephite chief judge (caAD 1) son of Lachoneus, twelfth known (and last) Nephite chief judge (caAD 29-30) Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Laconia (page 377). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book LACHONEUS is the masculine form of the hypothetical Greek word *lakonios, ""Spartan, Laconian""; cf. the attested formslakonion(neuter) andlakonia(feminie). Further, the ""ch"" suggests that the ""k/c"" stop sound has undergone intervocalic spirantization (see Gesenius/Kautsch/Cowley,Grammar of the Biblical Hebrew). Source:https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/onoma/index.php/LACHONEUS
Lamah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Lamah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385) Possible Name Origin This name is similar to Laman. Lamah is a Muslim name for girls meaning Brilliancy. This name is used all over the place. Click here to view books that use this name
Laman: Person - A Common Name or Phrase Name: Laman How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage eldest son of Lehi (ca600 BC) Lamanite king (ca200 BC) son of Laman (ca178 BC) Nephite soldier City destroyed at the crucifixion River emptying into Red Sea Possible Name Origin Luman Walters (also went by the name of Laman Walter) worked with Joseph Smith. Click here to view the source The name also exists in various books prior to the book of mormon as well. Click here to view a list of books
Lamanites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Lamanites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers of Laman Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Laman
Lamoni: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Lamoni How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite king converted by Ammon Possible Name Origin Perhaps it is a deriviate of the name Laman
Land of First Inheritance: Land - A Common Name or Phrase Name: Land of First Inheritance How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Near the Lehites' original landing point Possible Name Origin Not really a name but more of a description.
Lehi: Person - From Bible Name: Lehi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Hebrew prophet who led his followers to promised land in western hemisphere (c. 600 B.C.), father of Laman, Lemuel, Nephi, and Sam. son of Zoram, possibly same as Lehi Nephite military commander son of Helaman, Nephite missionary Land adjoining land of Morianton and containing city of Lehi The entire land south Possible Name Origin Judges 15:9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi. Judges 15:14 As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. Judges 15:19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi. Lehigh, Pa Settled In 1730 and was formed in 1812. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania
Lehi-Nephi: City, Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Lehi-Nephi How It Is Used: City, Land Book of Mormon Usage City of and Land: Also called land of Nephi, of which it is a part Possible Name Origin A combination of the biblical names Nephi and Lehi
Lehites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Lehites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants of Lehi, including both the Lamanites and Nephites. Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Lehi
Lehonti: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Lehonti How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite officer (ca72 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Lehi
Lemuel: Person, City, Valley - From Bible Name: Lemuel How It Is Used: Person, City, Valley Book of Mormon Usage second son of Lehi City:Lamanite city Valley:Lehite campsite near borders of Red Sea Possible Name Origin The name Lemuel exists in the old testament Proverbs 31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. Lemuel Durfee, Sr.was the owner of the Smith farm where they lived as tenant farmers after 1825. Source: The book inside the mind of joseph smith Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_in_the_19th_century Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Family_Farm Source: https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,610984
Lemuelites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Lemuelites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers ofLemuel Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Lemuel
Levi: Person - From Bible Name: Levi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage middle Jaredite king and son of Kim. Possible Name Origin The name Levi exists in the old testament Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Liahona: Item (Compass) - Origin Unknown Name: Liahona How It Is Used: Item (Compass) Book of Mormon Usage Compass used by Lehi's family to find the way to the America's. The word Liahona is only used once in the Book of Mormon. Directional device given to Lehi by the Lord, ca. 600 BC. It is described as a ball (1 Nephi 16:10), called a director (Mosiah 1:16) and a compass (1 Nephi 18:12), and only later in Alma 37:38 is the transliteration LIAHONA given. This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are: •Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5) •Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13) •Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21) •Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38) •Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3) •Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8) Possible Name Origin In the book View of the Hebrews on page 90 there are two names listed next to each which are: Liani and Lihene. The name Liahona could be a combination of those two names put together. Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a
Lib: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Lib How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage middle Jaredite king and son of Kish. late Jaredite king Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Kib and Kim
Limhah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Limhah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Limhi
Limher: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Limher How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite soldier (ca87 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Limhi
Limhi: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Limhi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Noah, third Nephite king in land of Lehi-Nephi (ca121 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Lehi
Luram: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Luram How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite soldier, one of three "choice men" (Moroni 9) slain in battle c. 375 A.D. Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Huram
Mahah: Person - A Common Name or Phrase Name: Mahah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Jared Possible Name Origin This name is found in lots of books. Click here to view the books
Manti: "Person, City, Hill, Land" - Origin Unknown Name: Manti How It Is Used: "Person, City, Hill, Land" Book of Mormon Usage Person:Nephite soldier (ca87 BC) City:Chief city in land of Manti Hill:Near city of Zarahemla Land:Most southerly land of Nephites Possible Name Origin Manti (dumpling), dumplings in Turkish or Central Asian cuisine In italian this word means coat or mantles Click here to view different books that use this word
Mathoni: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Mathoni How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Mattan Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Mathonihah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Mathonihah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin This is similar to the book of mormon name Mathoni Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Melek: Land - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Melek How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite land west of Sidon Possible Name Origin This is similar to the biblical name Melech. Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Melek. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ
Middoni: "Land, Prison" - Derivative of another Name Name: Middoni How It Is Used: "Land, Prison" Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite land location of Lamanite prison Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Midian
Midian: Land - From Bible Name: Midian How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Land:Lamanite land east of Lehi-Nephi Possible Name Origin The name Midian exists in the old testament. Genesis 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Land of Midian is a place in Pennsylvania Click here to view source
Minon: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Minon How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite land on west bank of river Sidon Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Midian
Mocum: City - Origin Unknown Name: Mocum How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin The name is found in a few books. One book says that this is another name for Mokeem. Click here to view the books
Morianton: Person, City, Land - Origin Unknown Name: Morianton How It Is Used: Person, City, Land Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite king and son of Riplakish. founder of the Nephite city of Morianton, Nephite traitor and ruler of the people of Morianton, instigator of the Lehi-Morianton border dispute. City and Land:Area settled by Morianton Land:Nephite Area Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Marmarion (page 460 ). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Mormon: Person, Forest, Land, Waters - Origin Unknown Name: Mormon How It Is Used: Person, Forest, Land, Waters Book of Mormon Usage father of Moroni abridger of the Nephite record, military commander, historian, record keeper. Forest: Near waters of Mormon Place: Region near city of Lehi-Nephi Waters: Baptismal waters for over 200 Nephites Possible Name Origin Click here to view a book on Simia Mormon. Also called a Tufted Ape Click here to view another book about the Tufted Ape/Baboon. Also called a Simia Mormon Mormon is also a last name. Click here to view the last names There is a hill in scotland called "Mormond hill" that has a famous while horse on the side of it. In the 1821 farmer's magazine they refer to the hill as "Mormon" hill. Click here to view hill Click here to view the book Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Memnon (page 63). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book The words""mormo""and""Mormon"" are found in Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1974, p. 1169: mormo, n. a bugbear; false terror. [Obs.] The plural version is Mormones Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormo Mormon, n. [Gr. mormon, a bugbear.] 1. the puffins, a genus of sea birds characterized by a short, thick beak. 2. [m-] the mandrill The designation of ""Mormon"" for the puffin and mandrill seems to stem from their markings that give the appearance of having on a mask (white circles around the eyes). References have the name being used as early as 1815. Perhaps earlier. https://books.google.com/books?id=tok-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=Mormon+Fratercula&source=bl&ots=4j2qZR2OgF&sig=tqA9PDgsCVMDSqHWTGz81B1bPt8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKh8zV17_bAhXPFTQIHSFrB84Q6AEIZDAP#v=onepage&q=Mormon%20Fratercula&f=false See National Audubon Society,Mormon Puffin Sources: http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F44_G1c.html http://www.audubon.org/bird/boa/F44_G1a.html http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F44_G1b.html See Natural History Museum,Simia Mormon The word Mormo is a greek word that means bearbug. It comes from some famous greek texts. originally people said the word mormon was a variation of that. Similar to a vampire in concept. http://lifeafter.org/meaning-word-mormon/ Joseph Smith said the word mormon was a combination of the english word "More" with the egyptian word "Mon" which he said meant good. It doesn't mean good. The egyptian arabic word for good is jayyid. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF https://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/the-etymology-of-the-word-mormon/
Moron: Person, Land - From Dictionary Name: Moron How It Is Used: Person, Land Book of Mormon Usage late Jaredite king who reigned during a time of great wickedness and turmoil, and was himself wicked. He lost half his kingdom for many years in a rebellion and, after regaining his kingdom, was completely overthrown and lived out his life in captivity. He was the grandfather of the prophet Ether. Land:North of the great land of Desolation Possible Name Origin Moron (psychology), disused term for a person with a mental age between 8 and 12, and a common insult for a person considered stupid (or just a generic insult) Moron (ancient city), mentioned by the Greek geographer Strabo Morón, Buenos Aires, a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón, Argentina Morón Partido, a district in Buenos Aires Province Morón, Cuba, a city in the middle of Cuba Moron, Grand'Anse, a municipality of Haiti Mörön (city), a town in Mongolia Mörön, Khentii, a district of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia Morong, Bataan, a municipality in the Philippines formerly known as Moron Morón, Venezuela, a town in northern Venezuela Moron, later renamed Taft, California, a city Moron (mountain), in the Jura Mountains Lac de Moron, a lake on the border between France and Switzerland
Moroni: Person, Camp, City, Land - From Geography Name: Moroni How It Is Used: Person, Camp, City, Land Book of Mormon Usage known as Captain Moroni, Nephite military commander (ca 99-56 BC) son of Mormon, Nephite prophet Moroni's Camp, Nephite Military Post City of and Land of Moroni, In southeast of Nephite lands Possible Name Origin Cumorah and Moroni both exist in Comoro Islands, where the capital is Moroni, off the coast of E. Africa.See any atlas There is also a fascinating write up on the Captain Kidd and the word Mormon/Moroni. Some sources in the article below claim that Joseph Smith Sr. and Joseph Smith Jr. were involved in digging for Captain Kidds Treasures. Source: https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V36N04_37.pdf Some critics believe that Joseph Smith jr. would have had access to maps with the names on it. Source: http://mormonthink.com/grant11.htm Apologists argue that according to their research most maps in that time period didn't have those names on them. Source:http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Plagiarism_accusations/Comoros_Islands_and_Moroni There is a famous italian painter who lived in 1579 who had the last name of Moroni. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Moroni Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Morini (page 313,503). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Moronihah: Person, City - Derivative of another Name Name: Moronihah How It Is Used: Person, City Book of Mormon Usage son of Moroni, Nephite general (ca60 BC) Nephite general who perished at the battle of Cumorah, along with his ten-thousand (ca385 AD) Iniquitous Nephite city Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Moroni
Mosiah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Mosiah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite prophet and king, father of King Benjamin son of King Benjamin, Nephite prophet and king (ca154-91 BC) Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name "Messiah" --------------- Mosiah as a boy's name is a variant of Moses(Hebrew), and the meaning of Mosiah is "saviour". Source http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Mosiah#BKKp9H5RjRXDHjJY.99 -------------- Often times Mosiah is pronounced with a 'z' rather then with a 's'. For example, it would be pronounced as Moziah. If it was pronounced as it is spelled it would be pronounced very similar to the word Messiah. ------------------ Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Mosa (page 504). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Mulek: Person, City - From Bible Name: Mulek How It Is Used: Person, City Book of Mormon Usage son of Jewish king Zedekiah Nephite city south of Bountiful Possible Name Origin The name Mulek exists in the old testament 2 Kings 23:11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
Mulekites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Mulekites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Not referenced directly in the Book of Mormon, but a widely used term in LDS theology as a reference to the descendants of Mulek(see Mosiah 25:2; Helaman 6:10) Possible Name Origin A derivative of the word Mulek
Muloki: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Muloki How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite missionary Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Mulek
neas: Plant - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Book of Mormon Usage ... with seeds of corn, and of wheat, and of barley, and with neas, and with sheum, and with seeds of all manner of fruits; and we did begin to multiply and prosper in the land. Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Nea (page 516). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Nehor: Person, Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Nehor How It Is Used: Person, Land Book of Mormon Usage "Nephite apostate, religious theorist (ca91 BC) Battleground for Corihor and Shiz" Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name of Nahor
Nephi: Person, City, Land - From Bible Name: Nephi How It Is Used: Person, City, Land Book of Mormon Usage son of Lehi son of Helaman - seventh Nephite chief judge son of Nephi, known as Nephi the Disciple son of Nephi City established by Nephi, later occupied by Lamanites, Zeniffites Land established by Nephi, later occupied by Lamanites, Zeniffites Possible Name Origin The name Nephi exists in the Old Testament. It is found in 2 Maccabess which was written in 124 BC which was 500 years after Lehi left Jerusalem 2 Maccabees 1:36 And Neemias called this thing Naphthar, which is as much as to say, a cleansing: but many men call it Nephi.
Nephihah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Nephihah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Second Nephite chief judge (ca83-67 BC). He succeeded Alma the Younger when Alma had surrendered the judgment seat to him to devote more time to missionary work. His son Pahoran inherited the judgment seat from him after his death City:Nephite refuge captured and lost by the Lamanites Plains:Near the city of Nephihah Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Nephi
Nephite Refuge: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Nephite Refuge How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Location for Nephite centralization Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Nephi
Nephites: Group of People - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Nephites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants and followers of Nephi Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Nepherites. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3
Neum: Person - From Dictionary Name: Neum How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Hebrew prophet quoted by Nephi Possible Name Origin A music notation found in the dictionary from the 14th centruy. Click here to view the dictionary ------------ Quite a few books contain this word. Click here to view the books ------------- Neumis the only coastal town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
Nimrah: Person - From Bible Name: Nimrah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Akish, Jaredite Possible Name Origin The name Nimrah exists in the old testament Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Noah: Person, City, Land - From Bible Name: Noah How It Is Used: Person, City, Land Book of Mormon Usage son of Corhihor, early Jaredite king son of Zeniff, Nephite king City and Land:In land of Zarahemla, near Ammonihah. It was here, in 72 BC by the Nephite calendar, that the Lamanites, under the command of Lamanite king Amalickiah, attacked the Nephites. No Nephites died, but over a thousand Lamanites died, including all their chief captains. Possible Name Origin The name Noah exists in the old testament Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.'
Ogath: Place - Name: Ogath How It Is Used: Place Book of Mormon Usage Place near hill Ramah Possible Name Origin This name is basic enough that it may have just been created by joseph smith. This name is found in a few books in different languages. Click here to view those books
Omer: Person - From Bible Name: Omer How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king and son of Shule. Possible Name Origin This name exists in the old testament Exodus 16:36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
Omner: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Omner How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Mosiah Nephite city by seashore on east borders Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon names Omer and Omni
Omni: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Omni How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Jarom, Nephite record keeper Possible Name Origin omni all : in all ways, places, etc. : without limits Latin, from omnis Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Omnis (page 557). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Onidah: Land, Hill - Name: Onidah How It Is Used: Land, Hill Book of Mormon Usage Gathering place for dissatisfied Lamanites Hill:In land of Antionum Possible Name Origin Onidah, Onihah, and Orihah are all pretty much the same name with minor differences. Oneida Indians of Ontario (name means "people of the stone")
Onihah: City - Name: Onihah How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City destroyed at the crucifixion Possible Name Origin Onidah, Onihah, and Orihah are all pretty much the same name with minor differences.
Orihah: Person - Name: Orihah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage first Jaredite king Possible Name Origin Onidah, Onihah, and Orihah are all pretty much the same name with minor differences.
Paanchi: Person - From Geography Name: Paanchi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage "son of Pahoran¹, Nephite rebel (ca52 BC)" Possible Name Origin Paanchi (meaning "the Living One"), also given as Piankhi, Piankhy, and Piyi, (r. 747 BC-716 BC) was an ancient ruler of the kingdom of Nubia. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia
Pachus: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Pachus How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Pahoran fifth Nephite chief judge (ca52 BC), brother of Pahoran, the son of Pahoran, and a contender for the judgement-seat over the people of Nephi. After the death of his brother Pahoran, Pacumeni acquired the judgement-seat, but he didn't keep it long; for the land was being invaded by Lamanites, and Coriantumr, a large and mighty man and descendant of Zarahemla and dissenter from the Nephites, caught Pacumeni in his attempt to run away, and killed him at the city walls. Helaman, son of Helaman, succeeded him as chief judge. Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Paphus, Paphos, Paphis. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ
Pagag: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Pagag How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of brother of Jared Possible Name Origin Similar to the english word pagan
Pahoran: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Pahoran How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Nephihah, third Nephite chief judge (ca68 BC) son of Pahoran, fourth Nephite chief judge, killed by Kishkumen (ca52 BC) Possible Name Origin This name is found in a few non-english books. Click here to view those books --------------- Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Pavorane (page 220). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Ramah: City, Hill - From Bible Name: Ramah How It Is Used: City, Hill Book of Mormon Usage Hill: Jaredite name for Hill Cumorah City:Assyriancity destroyed by divine decree Possible Name Origin The name Ramah exists in the old testament 2 Chronicles 22:6 So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Rameumptom: Tower - Origin Unknown Name: Rameumptom How It Is Used: Tower Book of Mormon Usage a high tower or stand from which the Zoramites gave a pre-determined prayer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameumptom This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are: •Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5) •Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13) •Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21) •Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38) •Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3) •Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8) Possible Name Origin
Riplah: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Riplah How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage East of river Sidon, near land of Manti Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Rizpah
Riplakish: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Riplakish How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite king and son of Shez Possible Name Origin Similar to a combination of the book of mormon names Riplah and Kish
Ripliancum: Waters - Derivative of another Name Name: Ripliancum How It Is Used: Waters Book of Mormon Usage Waters: Aquatic Region in the Land Northward This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are: Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5) Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13) Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21) Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38) Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3) Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8) Possible Name Origin Similar to a combination of the Book of Mormon name Riplah and Teancum
Sam: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Sam How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage third son of Lehi (ca600 BC) Possible Name Origin A shortened version of the biblical name Samuel
Samuel: Person - From Bible Name: Samuel How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite prophet (ca6 BC) Possible Name Origin The name Samuel exists in the old testament 1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
Sariah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Sariah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage wife of Lehi (ca600 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Sarah
Seantum: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Seantum How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage member of Gadianton band (ca23 BC) Possible Name Origin
Sebus: Waters - Origin Unknown Name: Sebus How It Is Used: Waters Book of Mormon Usage Waters:Watering place in land of Ishmael Possible Name Origin
Seezoram: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Seezoram How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage member of Gadianton band, tenth known Nephite chief judge (ca26 BC), eventually succeeded by Lachoneus. How and when he began his reign as chief judge is not known; his first appearance in the Book of Mormonis when Nephi, son of Helaman, prophesied his murder by the hand of his brother, Seantum. To give the wicked Nephites a sign that he, Nephi, was a prophet, he prophesied this murder to his people. Note: Seezoram should not be confused with Cezoram, another Nephite chief judge who was assassinated earlier. Possible Name Origin Similar to a combination of the book of mormon names Seth and Zoram
Seth: Person - From Bible Name: Seth How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Shiblon, Jaredite Possible Name Origin The name Seth exists in the old testament Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.'
Shared: Person - From Dictionary Name: Shared How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite military leader Possible Name Origin The word shared exists in the dictionary verb: have a portion of (something) with another or others.
Shazer: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Shazer How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Lehite rest stop in Arabia Possible Name Origin Similar to the word razer
Shem: Person, City, Land - From Bible Name: Shem How It Is Used: Person, City, Land Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 385) City of and Land: Nephite land north of Antum and Jashon Possible Name Origin The name Shem exists in the old testament Genesis 10:21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born
Shemlon: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Shemlon How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Land:Region bordering on land of Lehi-Nephi Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shem
Shemnon: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Shemnon How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shem Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Sherem: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Sherem How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage an antichrist (cafifth century BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shem
Sherrizah: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Sherrizah How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Nephite stronghold conquered by Lamanites Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Sherezer
Shez: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Shez How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king and son of Heth. son of Shez Possible Name Origin This is such a basic name it could even be just made up. It could even be just adding a z on the word "she's" ---------- This name is found in a ton of pre 1830 books with a lot of those books being in other languages. Click here to view all the books ---------- The similar name of Che'zib is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book. Click here to view the book Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book
Shiblom: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Shiblom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage late Jaredite king and son of Com. Nephite commander (caAD 385) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shilom
Shiblon: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Shiblon How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage son of Alma, Nephite missionary & record-keeper Shiblonis also the name of a silver Nephite weight, equal to half a senine of gold, or senum of silver. It, therefore, bought half a measure of barley in the Nephite world Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shilom
Shilom: City, Land - A Common Name or Phrase Name: Shilom How It Is Used: City, Land Book of Mormon Usage City and Land: Small region next to land of Lehi-Nephi Possible Name Origin The name Shilom can be found in the book view of the hebrews on page 90. Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a sh(i)-lom\ as a girl's name is a variant ofShalom(Hebrew), and the meaning of Shilom is "peace". Source:http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Shilom#ZQcpSQdtZSrdkBsY.99 Shiloh, New Jersey. Founded in 1705,incorporatedin 1929. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh,_New_Jersey Shiloh Valley Township, St. Clair County, Illinois. Is is unknown when this town was established. It may have been after the book of Mormon was translated. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_Valley_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois
Shim: Hill - From Dictionary Name: Shim How It Is Used: Hill Book of Mormon Usage Hill in the land Northward Possible Name Origin the word shim is found in the dictionary A shim is a thin and often tapered or wedged piece of material, used to fill small gaps or spaces between objects.
Shimnilom: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Shimnilom How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City in the Land of Nephi Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shim
Shiz: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Shiz How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Jaredite military leader Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shim
Shublons: Unit of Measurement - Derivative of another Name Name: Shublons How It Is Used: Unit of Measurement Book of Mormon Usage Eighth An Antion of gold was equal to three Shublons Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Shilom
Shule: Person - From Dictionary Name: Shule How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage early Jaredite king Possible Name Origin This is a british word for shovel. Click here to view the word in the dictionary Click here to view books before the book of mormon that used the word -------- Shule County, county in Xinjiang China source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shule_County
Shurr: Valley - From Bible Name: Shurr How It Is Used: Valley Book of Mormon Usage Valley of:Coriantumr's base camp Possible Name Origin The word Shur exists in the Bible. Note: the bible spelling does not have the additional r that the book of mormon spellin has. Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Sidom: Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Sidom How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Land of:City near Ammonihah where Zeezrom, Alma and Amulek retreat Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical word Sodom Sidon or Saïda is the third-largest city in Lebanon.
Sidon: Land - From Bible Name: Sidon How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Major river, called the Sidon river, flowing through the land of Zarahemla. Possible Name Origin Gen.10 [15] And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, ----------- Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Sidon. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Sinim: Land - From Bible Name: Sinim How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Distant land, possibly China Possible Name Origin The name Sinim exists in the old testament Isaiah 49:12: "Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim."
Siron: City - Derivative of another Name Name: Siron How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage City near Antionum where Corianton meets Isabel Possible Name Origin The name Siron is very similar to the dictionary word siren. The definition of the word siren is "A woman regarded as seductive and beautiful" which is how Isabel is described in the Book of Mormon. Siron is also a french last name. The immigration records show that people with that last name came to New York in 1764. Source: http://www.houseofnames.com/siron-family-crest
Stripling Warriors: Group of People - From Dictionary Name: Stripling Warriors How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage They are portrayed in the book of mormon as extremely valiant and loyal young warriors; reportedly, all were wounded in battle yet survived. Possible Name Origin The word stripling can be found in the dictionary Stripling: An adolescent youth.
Tarshish: City - From Bible Name: Tarshish How It Is Used: City Book of Mormon Usage Possibly the city Tarsus Possible Name Origin The name Tarshish exists in the old testament Genesis 10:4 The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim Tartessos or Tartessus was a harbor city and surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula(in modern Andalusia,Spain)
Teancum: "Person, City" - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Teancum How It Is Used: "Person, City" Book of Mormon Usage Nephite military leader (ca 67-60 BC) City: By seashore near city of Desolation Possible Name Origin Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Teanum. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh Tecumseh, Michigan (Founded sometime between 1824 to 1826) Tecumseh, Ontario (Named in 1912 after the Native American) In the book The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain published in 1812 it describes a cheif warrior called Tecumseh in chapter 27 and 28. Source: http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/
Teomner: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Teomner How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite military officer (ca63 BC) Possible Name Origin
Timothy: Person - From Bible Name: Timothy How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage brother of Nephi, one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Possible Name Origin The name Timothy exists in the new testament 1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: The PNTIMOTHY derives from the Greek timotheos, "honoring God" or "honored by God." Source: https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/onoma/index.php/TIMOTHY Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Tubaloth: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Tubaloth How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite king (ca51 BC), son of Ammoron, the previous king. He appointed Coriantumr, a mighty man and Nephite dissenter, to lead his armies. Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical names Tubal and Tubal-cain
Zarahemla: Person, City, Land - Derivative of another Name Name: Zarahemla How It Is Used: Person, City, Land Book of Mormon Usage descendant of Mulek, leader of Mulek's colony City:Major capital of Nephites from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 200 Land:A general reference to the area near the city of Zarahemla Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical names Zorobabel and Zerubbabel Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name zamora (page 883). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. Click here to view the book
Zebulun: Land - From Bible Name: Zebulun How It Is Used: Land Book of Mormon Usage Israelite Territory Possible Name Origin The name Zebulun exists in the old testament Joshua 19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid.
Zedekiah: Person - From Bible Name: Zedekiah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34) Note: This name had various spellings in the original manuscript. Zedeciah and Zedekeah Possible Name Origin The name Zedekiah exists in the old testament 2 Kings 25:2 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. Quote from Dan Vogel "On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor. Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked." From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20
Zeezrom: Person - Name: Zeezrom How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite lawyer, Converted by Alma and Amulek, later Nephite missionary (ca82 BC) Nephite city on southwest frontier Note: This name had various spellings in the original manuscript. Zeezrum, Zeezru, Z Possible Name Origin There are not any books prior to 1830 showing this name. In addition, this name does not have a fixed spelling implying that it was a name verbally created by Joseph Smith that the scribes didn't know how to spell.
Zelph: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zelph How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage a Lamanite soldier at the Battle of Cumorah Note: This name does not appear in the book of mormon but comes from a recorded statement made by Joseph Smith. Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Zenephi
Zemnarihah: Person - Origin Unknown Name: Zemnarihah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage leader of Gadianton band (caAD 21) Possible Name Origin
Zenephi: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zenephi How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite commander (caAD 375) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon word Nephi
Zeniff: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zeniff How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite king (ca200 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Zenock
Zenock: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zenock How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage prophet of Israel Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Zadok
Zenos: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary: Name: Zenos How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage prophet of Israel Possible Name Origin New Testament Name The name Zenos exists in the new testament Titus 3:13 Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them. Common Name Name Common 18 century name - Zenos Riggs is listed in the 1873 Hanover, New Jersey census. Zenos Gurley, Sr., was born in 1801 at Bridgewater, New York, and later joined Mormonism. Charles Anthon Dictionary Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Zeno. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon. https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ
Zerahemnah: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zerahemnah How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Lamanite commander at Sidon battle (ca74 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Zerahiah
Zeram: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zeram How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage Nephite military officer (ca87 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the biblical name Zereth, Zeruiah, Zeri
Zoram: Person - Derivative of another Name Name: Zoram How It Is Used: Person Book of Mormon Usage servant of Laban (ca600 BC) Nephite chief captain (ca81 BC) Nephite apostate (ca74 BC) Possible Name Origin Similar to the book of mormon name Zeram Similar to the biblical word Zorah
Zoramites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name Name: Zoramites How It Is Used: Group of People Book of Mormon Usage Descendants of Zoram. Though of Israel, their tribe distinction is not mentioned as it is with the descendants of Lehi. Counted among the Nephites, and the true believers after the religious/political division after Christ's appearance. (see Jacob 1:13; 4 Nephi 1:36) Followers of the Apostate Zoram and of a different political group not to be confused with the previously mentioned Zoramites. (Alma chapters 30-31, 35, and 43; 3 Nephi 1:29) Possible Name Origin A derivative of the name Zoram

Names found in the Book of Mormon and their possible pre-1830 origins

Quick Summary Of The Most Likely Name Origins

Origin Unknown: 21
From the Bible: 51
From a Dictionary: 11
From an Existing Geographic Item: 8
Derivative of another Name : 126
A Common Name or Phrase : 7
Probably Created By Joseph Smith : 5
From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary*: 19
From the 1808 Book "Key To Pronunciation of Greek/Latin"* : 0
From the book the "View of the Hebrews"*: 0

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Aaron: Person - From Bible

Name: Aaron
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

A Jaredite king who was a descendant of Heth

son of Mosiah and a Nephite missionary

and a Lamanite king (caAD 330)

Possible Name Origin

The name Aaron exists in the old testament

Genesis 6:20

And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

Abinadi: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Abinadi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite prophet sent to people of Lehi-Nephi - converted Alma(ca150 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Abinadab

This name is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book.

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Abinadom: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Abinadom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Chemish, Nephite historian, and Nephite warrior.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Abinadab

Abish: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Abish
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite woman, servant of Lamoni's wife

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Kish

Ablom: Land - Origin Unknown

Name: Ablom
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Refuge for Omer and his Family

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the bible name of Absalom.

Some people in the United States, prior to 1830, had the last name of Ablom. If you go to ancestory.com and search for Ablom you can find immigration records of people with that last name.

Agosh: Plains - Derivative of another Name

Name: Agosh
How It Is Used: Plains
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite battle area

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Akish

Aha: Person - From Bible

Name: Aha
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite military officer (ca80 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The word/name Aha exists in the old testament.

Psalm 35:21 They gape at me and say, ""Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."

Ahah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ahah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Seth, Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Aha

Akish: Wilderness - Derivative of another Name

Name: Akish
How It Is Used: Wilderness
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite Refuge and Battle Area

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Abish

Similar to the bible name Alush

Alma: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Alma
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite prophet (ca173-91 BC)
son of Alma, known as Alma the Younger.
Nephite prophet and first chief judge (ca100-73 BC).

Possible Name Origin

There are various pre-1830 uses of this name or names similar to it.

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Alma (page n17). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Alma city in Pennsylvania
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Almais a small river in Crimea that flows into the Black Sea.

Language pre-1830 origins:

The name Alma, with its Latin origin, appears in various European languages, and has different meanings in each:

Arabic: Woman with beautiful lips.
Aramaic: World.
Gothic: Working One.
Italian: The Spirit.
Latin: Gentle, Loving, Bounteous One and The Spiritually Supportive One.
Hebrew: Young girl Soul.
Spanish: The Spirit Soul.
Hungarian: Apple
Kyrgyz Language: Apple.
Kazakh Language: Apple.

Biblical Origins

In the Hebrew Bible, Almah means young girl.
In Christian translations of the New Testament however, Almah is controversially translated as virgin, hence the 'Mary the Young Girl' is known as the Virgin Mary.

Amaleki: Person - From Bible

Name: Amaleki
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite record keeper (ca130 BC);
seeker of Zeniff's people (ca121 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The name Amaleki exists in the Old Testament.

Numbers 14:25 Now, since the Amaleki and the Kenaani are living in the valley, tomorrow turn around and get yourselves into the desert along the way to the Sea of Suf.

Amalekites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amalekites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Group of Nephite apostates, origin unknown. Aligned with Lamanites. Aided in building city of Jerusalem inland of Nephi. Described as more hardened than Lamanites. After order of Nehor, and contend with Aaron the missionary son of Mosiah II. Stir up Lamanites against people ofAnti-Nephi-Lehi. Appointed captains in Lamanite armies due to their murderous dispositions. Described as Nephite dissenters. Usually better armed than Lamanites. Inspire Lamanites to fight. (Not a genealogical term or necessarily a religious term, rather a political term.) Mentioned only in the Book of Alma chapters 21-22, and 43

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Amaleki

Amalickiah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amalickiah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite traitor who becomes king of the Lamanites and wars with Nephites - killed by Teancum (ca70 BC)

Note: Sometimes spelled Ameleckiahin in the original book of mormon

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Amaleki

Amalickiahites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amalickiahites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Followers of Amalickiah, dissenters from the Nephites. Refuse to covenant and are executed according to the law. Are astonished at Nephite preparation. Referenced only in Alma chapters 46 and 49.

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Amalickiah

Amaron: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amaron
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Omni, Nephite record keeper

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon/bible name Aaron

Ama-Ron or Amaronis a sparsely known figure in Philippine Mythology. The story is more common in the Southern part of the island group of Luzon as a folk song. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama-ron

Amgid: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amgid
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

a Jaredite king.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Amlici

Aminadab: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Aminadab
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite dissenter living among the Lamanites - reconverted by Nephi² and Lehi? (ca30 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Abinadab

Aminadi: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Aminadi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

descendant of Nephi

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Abinadi

Amlici: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amlici
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite dissenter (ca87 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Amlici

Amlicites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amlicites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite faction desiring a king. Followers of Amlici, they consecrate him king. Nephites prepare to war with. They join with Lamanites and are defeated. Mark heads like Lamanites and are in open rebellion against God and cursed. Referenced in Alma chapter 2-3.

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Amlici

Ammah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ammah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite missionary, companion of Aaron

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Ammon

Ammaron: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ammaron
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite record keeper (caAD 306)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Ammon

Ammon: Person - From Bible

Name: Ammon
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

leader of expedition to land of Nephi (ca121 BC)
son of Mosiah, missionary to the Lamanites, becomes chief judge in land of Jershon to Anti-Nephi-Lehites (ca100 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The name Ammon is found in the old testament.

Genesis 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Ammonihah: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ammonihah
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Wicked Nephite City, 'Desolation of Nehors'

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Ammoni

Ammonihahites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ammonihahites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Inhabitants of the city of Ammonihah, after order ofNehors, Nephites by politically. The rejection of Alma and slaying of Saints are among their sins. Destruction foretold. Lamanites destroy and people scattered or slain. Referenced in Alma chapters 8-16, and 49.

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Ammonihah

Ammonites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ammonites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

The people of Ammon. Also called Anti-Nephi-Lehies.

Note:It is unclear why the term "Anti" was used since the latin meaning for anti is opposing or against. In addition, it is unclear why the term Lehi was used since the opposite of the Nephities would be the Lamanites.

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Ammon

Ammoron: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ammoron
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite traitor, brother of Amalickiah, king of Lamanites after Amalickiah's death - killed by Teancum (ca66-61 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Ammon

Amnigaddah: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Amnigaddah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Aaron, Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the word armageddon

Amnihu: Hill - Origin Unknown

Name: Amnihu
How It Is Used: Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Site of the Initial Amlicite Strike

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Amnigaddah.

Amni-hu
Amni-gaddah

Amnor: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amnor
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite spy in Amlicite campaign (ca87 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Amos

Amoron: Person - From Geography

Name: Amoron
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

a Nephite officer and spy around 380 - 400 A.D.

Possible Name Origin

The name Amoron matches a geographical region. Amoron'i Mania is a region in central Madagascar

Amos: Person - From Bible

Name: Amos
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Nephi
Nephite record keeper (ca110-194)
son of Amos
Nephite record keeper (ca194-306)

Possible Name Origin

The name of Amos exists in the old testament.

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amulek: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amulek
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Giddonah, Nephite missionary, companion of Alma

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the word amulet

Amulon: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amulon
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

"priest of King Noah, tributary Nephite monarch of Land of Helam"

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the word Amulon

Amulonites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Amulonites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers of Amulon and the priests of Noah. Called more wicked then the Lamanites. After order of Nehors, stir up Lamanites. Rebel against Lamanite king and take up arms against Ammonites. Slay believers, and in turn are slain by Nephites. Usurp leadership and persecute Lamanites. Hunted down and slain by Lamanites.

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Amulon

Angelah: City - From Geography

Name: Angelah
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Retreat for Mormon's Army.

Note: this city was spelled Angelah in the 1830 book of mormon but was later changed to Angola.

Possible Name Origin

The name Angola has various geographical matches although it is unclear which ones, if any, are prior to 1830

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in Southern Africa(Note: Angola was official incorporated in 1855. As such its name does not appear to be used prior to that time.); Various U.S. cities have that name although it is difficult to identify which, if any, existed before the Book of Mormon translation. Those are:

Angola, Indiana; Angola, New York; Angola, Delaware; Angola, Kansas

Ani-Anti: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ani-Anti
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite village visited by Nephite Missionaries

Note: Variations of this name exist in the original manuscript. Anianti, Ani Anti

Possible Name Origin

The Anti part is from the dictionary. The Ani part is a derivative of Anti.

Anti-Nephi-Lehies: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Anti-Nephi-Lehies
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

The people of Ammon. Also called Ammonites

Possible Name Origin

All of the words are either from the dictionary or from another book of mormon name.

It is unclear why the term "Anti" was used since the latin meaning for anti is opposing or against.

In addition, it is unclear why the term Lehi was used since the opposite of the Nephities would be the Lamanites.

Antiomno: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Antiomno
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite king of land of Middoni.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Antipas

antion: Unit of Measurement, Currency - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: antion
How It Is Used: Unit of Measurement, Currency
Book of Mormon Usage

an antion of gold is equal to three shiblons.

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Antion. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Antionah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Antionah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

a chief ruler in Ammonihah

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Antipas

Antionum: Person, Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Antionum
How It Is Used: Person, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385);
Home of the Zoramites, visited by Nephite Missionaries

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Antipas Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Antium Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Antiparah: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Antiparah
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City captured by the Lamanites and Regained by Helaman and Antipus

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Antipas
Similar to the biblical name Parah

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Antiparos (page 63). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Antipas: Mount - From Bible

Name: Antipas
How It Is Used: Mount
Book of Mormon Usage

Gathering place for Lehonti and the peaceful Lamanites

Possible Name Origin

The name Antipas exists in the New Testament.

Revelations 2:13 I know where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

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Antipus: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Antipus
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander in city of Judea.(ca65 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Antipas

Antum: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Antum
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Northern Land visited by Mormon and Ammoron

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the word "Anthem"

Babylonian consort of Anu.In Akkadian myth Anu was assigned a consort, Antum (Antu), but she seems often to have been confused with Ishtar (Inanna), the celebrated goddess of love.

Archeantus: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Archeantus
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite soldier, one of three "choice men" (Moroni 9) slain in battle c. AD 375

Possible Name Origin

This name is kind of a messed up. It is almost like someone took a common greek "arche" threw on some "ant" and then tossed a latin word on the end "us".

There is a somewhat similar greek word caled Archeontos which means "chief being"

The name Archeantus has the form of a Latinized Greek name: Greek because of the arch- prefix meaning great and Latin because of the nominative -us suffix. It does not appear to be a Hebrew-derived word.

Neither Greek nor Latin would have been familiar to Jews who left Jerusalem prior to the Babylonian captivity. It is possible that this name had two separate derivations from the original Hebrew, but the most plausible explanation is that a modern author unwittingly used Greek and Latin sounding syllables to lend an air of antiquity to a fabricated name.

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Benjamin: Person - From Bible

Name: Benjamin
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

known as King Benjamin, Nephite prophet and king (ca120 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The name Benjamin exists in the old testament.

Genesis 35:19 It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin;

Rev. Benjamin Stockton was the Presbyterian minister during the 1824-5 Palmyra revival. He had personal dealings with the Smith family including offending Joseph Smith Sr. at Alvin Smith's funeral. It is thought that his sermons were like that of the Book of Mormon's Benjamin.

Source: The book inside the mind of Joseph Smith

Boaz: Place - From Bible

Name: Boaz
How It Is Used: Place
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite retreat and battle ground

Possible Name Origin

The name Boaz exists in the old testament.

Ruth 2:2 Now Naomi had a relative on her husbands side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

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Bountiful: City, Land - From Dictionary

Name: Bountiful
How It Is Used: City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

City of Bountiful, Major Nephite city in the northeastern quadrant.

Land of Bountiful, Area in southern Arabia, near sea.

Land of Bountiful, Nephite territory north of Zarahemla

Possible Name Origin

The word Bountiful exists in the dictionary.

adjective; liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, orbounties; munificent; generous.; abundant; ample: a bountiful supply.

Cezoram: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Cezoram
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

"son of Omni, Nephite record keeper (Not to be confused by the similar sounding Book of Mormon name Seezoram)"

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Cezoram

Chemish: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Chemish
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite record keeper

Possible Name Origin

The word Chemim exists in the book View of the Hebrews Page 90

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Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Chemmish. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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City by the Sea: City - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: City by the Sea
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite city on the west coast

Possible Name Origin

Cohor: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Cohor
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Noah.

Also an early Jaredite king, son of Corihor, son of Kib, and brother to Noah. He joined his brother Noah, with "all his brethren and many of the people" to establish a rival kingdom to Shules (Ether 7:15). There are no further references, but he seems to have been influential, for his brother Noah later names a son after him (Ether 7:20) and the name is passed down to the end of the Jaredite lineage (Ether 13:17).

Also a late Jaredite

Possible Name Origin

The name Cohor appears in the new testament in the form of the word cohort.

Mark 15:16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

The definition of cohort is as follows:

Noun. an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion.
a group of people banded together or treated as a group.

Com: Person - From Geography

Name: Com
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king, son of Coriantum

late Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the name Comoro Islands. See Cumorah, Mormon, or Moroni.

Comnor: Hill - Origin Unknown

Name: Comnor
How It Is Used: Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Hill near Valley of Shur

Possible Name Origin

This name shows up in a few books but it isn't very common.

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Corianton: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Corianton
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Alma

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon word Coriantor

Coriantor: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Coriantor
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king, son of Emer

middle Jaredite, son of Amnigaddah

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon word Coriantor

Coriantumr: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Coriantumr
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite, son of Omer

Jaredite king, last Jaredite survivor

Nephite apostate, commander of Lamanite forces

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon word Corianton and Coriantor

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Coriantum-br Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Corihor: "Person, Land and Valley" - Derivative of another Name

Name: Corihor
How It Is Used: "Person, Land and Valley"
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Kib, early Jaredite
late Jaredite
Land and Valley:Military Campground of the Army of Shared

Note:Corihor should not be confused with Korihor

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon word Corianton and Coriantor

Corom: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Corom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

middle Jaredite king, son of Levi

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the name Comoro Islands. See Cumorah, Mormon, or Moroni.

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Coron (page 305). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Cumeni: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Cumeni
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite city fought for by Helaman

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon word Cumorah

Cumenihah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Cumenihah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon word Cumeni

cumom: Animal - Derivative of another Name

Name: cumom
How It Is Used: Animal
Book of Mormon Usage

cumom

The word cumom is used in the book of mormon for an unknown animal.

Ether 9:19 - And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon name Corom

mainstream paleontologists believe that mastodons and mammoths became extinct by 4000 BCE which was well before the Jaredites time period.

Early Mormon apostle Orson Pratt might have identified cureloms as mammoths, though the context is unclear as to whether he is talking about Cureloms and Mammoths or Cureloms as Mammoths. If he means cureloms and mammoths separately, then he is not specifically saying that mammoths existed on the American continent at that time, seeing as all the animals are meant as hypothetical examples of what the Jaredites might have brought in their barges.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curelom_and_cumom

Cumorah: Hill - From Geography

Name: Cumorah
How It Is Used: Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Meeting place for battle, record depository

Possible Name Origin

"Cumorah and Moroni are possibly from the Comoro Islands, where the capital is Moroni, off the coast of E. Africa.See any atlas

A copy of the original Book of Mormon manuscript, called the printers manuscript, written in 1829-1830, reveals three different spellings for this place-name. In Mormon 6:2, Camorah appears once; In Mormon 6:5, 11, Comorah is twice seen; and in Mormon 6:2, 4, 6; 8:2, Cumorah is found six times. In the first published edition of the 1830 Book of Mormon, all nine references are spelled Camorah.

Source:http://mormonthink.com/grant11.htm

Captain Kidd was executed for crimes he committed in Comoro in 1701. There were dime novels written regarding his exploits and available to Joseph Smith jr. It is assumed by critics that Cumorah is a respelling of the word Comoro.

Source:https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V36N04_37.pdf

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, spoke about a battle with one side having 300 soldiers were only one of those soldiers survived the battle. The battle was at a river called Cremera(page 214). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/214

Some critics believe that Joseph Smith jr. would have had access to maps with the names on it. Other critics believe that Joseph Smith would have had access to the Captain Kidd dime novels

Source:http://mormonthink.com/grant11.htm

Cumorah also pronounced very similar to Gomorrah for the bible.

curelom: Animal - Origin Unknown

Name: curelom
How It Is Used: Animal
Book of Mormon Usage

curelom

The word curelom is used in the book of mormon for an unknown animal.

Ether 9:19 - And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curelom_and_cumom

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Curium (page 219). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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David: Land - From Bible

Name: David
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite land on the West Coast

Possible Name Origin

The name David exists in the old testament.

1 Samuel 17:17 Now Jesse said to his son David, Take this ephah[d] of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

Deseret: Honey Bee - From Dictionary

Name: Deseret
How It Is Used: Honey Bee
Book of Mormon Usage

Ether 2:3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind.

The word deseret exists in the egyptian language although it is spelled dsrt and prounced "desheret". The book of mormon says the word is translated as "Honey Bee". The eqyptian translation for the word "dsrt" is "red crown".

Source: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Deseret
Source: http://www.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/tobeeor.htm

This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are:

•Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5)
•Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13)
•Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21)
•Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38)
•Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3)
•Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8)

Possible Name Origin

The word deseret is a latin word meaning "abandon". It is found in a lot of books.

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Desolation: City, Land - From Dictionary

Name: Desolation
How It Is Used: City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

City of Desolation, Northern Nephite City

Land of Desolation, North of the land Bountiful

Possible Name Origin

The word desolation can be found in the dictionary

noun: a state of complete emptiness or destruction.

Emer: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Emer
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king and son of Omer.

Possible Name Origin

The name E'Mor is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book.

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This name is found in lots of pre-1830 books.

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The name Emer is a girl's name is of Irish and Gaelic origin. Anglicized form of traditional names Eimer or Émer. In Irish legend, Emer was a woman blessed with six gifts or virtues: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.

Source http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Emer#fXMlBVJzppFr6m3T.99

Emron: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Emron
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite soldier

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Esrom

Enos: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Enos
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Jacob, Nephite prophet and record keeper

Possible Name Origin

The name Enos can be found in the old testament

Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Ænos (page 19). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Ephraim: Hill - From Bible

Name: Ephraim
How It Is Used: Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Hill in the Northern Region

Possible Name Origin

The name Ephraim can be found in the old testament

Genisis 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'

Esrom: Person - From Bible

Name: Esrom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite and son of Omer.

Possible Name Origin

The name Esrom can be found in the new testament

Matthew 1:3.And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

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Ethem: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ethem
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

later Jaredite king and son of Ahah.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the bible name Ether

Ether: Person - From Bible

Name: Ether
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite prophet and record keeper

Possible Name Origin

The word Ether can be found in the old testament

Joshua 15:42 Libnah and Ether and Ashan

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Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Æther (page 292 ). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Ezias: Person - From Bible

Name: Ezias
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

prophet referenced in Helaman 8:20

Possible Name Origin

1Esdr.8 [2] The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezias, the son of Meremoth, the son of Zaraias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.

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Gad: City - From Bible

Name: Gad
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

The name Gad can be found in the old testament

Genesis 30:11 Then Leah said, ""How fortunate!"" So she named him Gad

Gadiandi: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gadiandi
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad

Gadianton: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Gadianton
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

chief of Gadianton robbers(ca50 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Gaditanum (page 305). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Gadianton robbers: Group of People - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Gadianton robbers
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

an outlaw group

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Gaditanum (page 305). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Gadiom-nah: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gadiom-nah
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad

Gazelem: - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Book of Mormon Usage

Only appears in Alma 37:23 and is in regards to a servant of God.

And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light...

Possible Name Origin

This servant is supposed to look at a stone... you could almost say the servant was supposed to "gaze" into the stone. thus Gaze-lem.

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Gazel (page 314). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Gid: Person, City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gid
How It Is Used: Person, City
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite military officer (ca63 BC)

City invaded by Lamanites and used as a prison camp to detain Nephites

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the Book of Mormon name Gad

Giddianhi: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Giddianhi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

chief of Gadianton robbers (caAD 16-21)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon

Giddonah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Giddonah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Amulek's father

high priest in Gideon (ca75 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon

Gideon: Person - From Bible

Name: Gideon
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite patriot (ca145-91 BC)

Suburb of Zarahemla, location of battle, preaching, and other events

Land and Valley. East of river Sidon

Possible Name Origin

The name Gideon can be found in the old testament

Judges 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Gidgiddonah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gidgiddonah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

deceased Nephite commander (caAD 385)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon

Gidgiddoni: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gidgiddoni
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 16)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Gideon

Gilead: Person - From Bible

Name: Gilead
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite military commander

Possible Name Origin

The name Gilead can be found in the bible

Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

Gilgah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gilgah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon and bible name Gilgal

Gilgal: Person, City, and Valley - From Bible

Name: Gilgal
How It Is Used: Person, City, and Valley
Book of Mormon Usage

Person Gilgal: deceased Nephite commander c. 385 A.D. at the battle of Cumorah.

City of Gilgal: City destroyed at the crucifixion

Valley of Gilgal:Jaredite battle region

Possible Name Origin

From the bible Joshua 4:19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.

Gimgimno: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Gimgimno
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

This is similar to the biblical name Gimzo

Hagoth: "Person, Group of People" - Derivative of another Name

Name: Hagoth
How It Is Used: "Person, Group of People"
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite shipbuilder (ca55 BC)

Hagoth's Shipbuilding Site

People of Hagoth. A number of ships were said to have gone into the sea westward.

This is sometimes linked in Mormon folklore with the Pacific islanders.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the bible name of Haggith.

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The similar name of Haggith is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book.

Click here to view the book

Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book

Hearthom: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Hearthom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

middle Jaredite king and son of Lib.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Helam

Helam: Person - From Bible

Name: Helam
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

convert from the people of Noah (ca147 BC). First of those baptized by Alma

Land inhabited by people of Alma

Possible Name Origin

The name Helam can be found in the old testament

2 Samuel 10:16 And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.

Helaman: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Helaman
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of King Benjamin(ca130 BC), brother of Mosiah IIand Helorum. Helaman is only mentioned in one verse.

eldest son of Alma, prophet and military commander (ca74-56 BC)

eldest son of Helaman - sixth Nephite chief judge

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Helam

Helem: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Helem
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

brother of Ammon

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Helam

Helorum: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Helorum
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of King Benjamin(ca130 BC), brother of Mosiah and Helaman. Helorum is mentioned in only one verse, but is addressed with his brothers by King Benjamin

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Helam

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Helorum (page 334). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

Click here to view the book

Hem: Person - From Dictionary

Name: Hem
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

brother of Ammon

Possible Name Origin

The word hem can be found in the dictionary

noun: the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing that has been turned under and sewn.

verb: turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth or clothing).

verb: surround and restrict the space or movement of.

Hermounts: Land - Origin Unknown

Name: Hermounts
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Wilderness on west and north

Possible Name Origin

This word could just be the combination of the word "Her" and the word "Mounts". When you do a book search for "hermounts" it brings back books that use "her mounts".

Click here to view the bookks

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There are various locations in the US and middle eastern places called Mount Hermon.

Hermounts could be a combination of those two words.

Heshlon: Plains - Derivative of another Name

Name: Heshlon
How It Is Used: Plains
Book of Mormon Usage

Plains:Battleground of Coriantum and Shiz

Possible Name Origin

A derivitive of the bible name "Hethlon"

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The similar name of Hethlon is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book.

Click here to view the book

Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book

Heth: Person - From Dictionary

Name: Heth
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite and son of Com.

middle Jaredite and son of Hearthom.

Land in the Northern Region

Possible Name Origin

The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Himni: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Himni
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Mosiah² (ca100-74 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Pretty similar to the word "hymn" with a "i" stuck on the end.

Irreantum: Sea - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Irreantum
How It Is Used: Sea
Book of Mormon Usage

This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it.

The others are:

•Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5)
•Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13)
•Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21)
•Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38)
•Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3)
•Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8)

Possible Name Origin

Very similar to the name Teancum as well as to the name Ripliancum

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Erythraeum (page 284). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Isabel: Person - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: Isabel
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

harlot in land of Siron (ca73 BC)

Possible Name Origin

A common first name. Some people assocate the biblical name jazabel with it

Isaiah: Person - From Bible

Name: Isaiah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

The word Isaiah exists in the old testament

Isaiah 1: 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Ishmael: Person - From Bible

Name: Ishmael
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

an Ephraimite from Jerusalem (ca600 BC)

grandfather of Amulek

Portion of land of Nephi

Possible Name Origin

The word Ishmael exists in the old testament

Genesis 16:11 The angel of the LORD said to her further, ""Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

Ishmaelites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ishmaelites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

A genealogical term derived from the families of the sons of Ishmael who aligned themselves after the division in the colony of Lehi with Laman. Mark of Lamanite also upon Ishmaelites. Make up a subgroup of Lamanites in later references. Later after Christ's appearance, divide themselves from the Nephite (probably a term of belief, though perhaps a bloodline) and willfully reject gospel. (Alma 3:7, 47:35; 4 Nephi 1:38)

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Ishmael

Jacob: Person, City - From Bible

Name: Jacob
How It Is Used: Person, City
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Lehi, Nephite prophet and record keeper
Nephite apostate (ca64 BC)
Nephite apostate (caAD 30-33)
City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

The name Jacob exists in the old testament

Genesis 32:28 And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And he said: 'Jacob.'

Jacobites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Jacobites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers of Jacob(see Jacob 1:13; 4 Nephi 1:36)

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Jacob

Jacobugath: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Jacobugath
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City of followers of Jacob

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Jacob

Various towns and locations are called Jacobsburg. Some were incorporated before and some after 1830.

Jacom: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Jacom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Jared, early Jaredite

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Jacob

Jared: Person - From Bible

Name: Jared
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

founder of Jaredites

early Jaredite king

Brother of Jared.(also Mahonri Moriancumer), Jaredite prophet and most prominent person in the account given in the beginning (Chapters 1 - 6) of the Book of Ether.

Possible Name Origin

The name Jared exists in the old testament

Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

Jaredites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Jaredites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers of Jared

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Jared

Jarom: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Jarom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Enos, Nephite record keeper

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the word Jacob

Jashon: City, Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Jashon
How It Is Used: City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite retreat near Ammoron's record burial site

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical word Jason

Jeneum: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Jeneum
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385)

Possible Name Origin

Jeremiah: Person - From Bible

Name: Jeremiah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

The name Jeremiah exists in the old testament

Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Jershon: Land - From Bible

Name: Jershon
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Land on east by sea, south of land Bountiful

Possible Name Origin

The name Gershon exists in the Old Testament. Jershon and Gershon would be pronounced the same way.

Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Jerusalem: City, Land - From Geography

Name: Jerusalem
How It Is Used: City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite city and land in land of Nephi

Possible Name Origin

The name Jerusalem exists in the new and old testament

Luke 2:22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

Jonas: Person - From Bible

Name: Jonas
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Nephi, one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

The name Jonas exists in the new testament

Matthew 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

The PNJONAS may be the Greek form of the OT name Jonah, from the HEBREW yonah, "dove."

Source:https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/onoma/index.php/JONAS

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Jordan: Land - From Bible

Name: Jordan
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite retreat maintained by Mormon

Possible Name Origin

The name Jordan exists in the new testament

Luke 3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

Joseph: Person - From Bible

Name: Joseph
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Lehi (ca595 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The name Joseph exists in the old testament

Genesis 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Josephites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Josephites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers ofJoseph(see Jacob 1:13; 4 Nephi 1:36)

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Joseph

Josh: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Josh
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385)

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

A shortened form of Joshua

Joshua: Land - From Bible

Name: Joshua
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Land in borders west, by seashore

Possible Name Origin

The word Joshua exists in the old testament

Joshua 24:29 After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.

Judea: City - From Bible

Name: Judea
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite city

Possible Name Origin

The name Judea exists in the bible

Matthew 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magifrom the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

Kib: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Kib
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Kish

Kim: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Kim
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite king and son of Morianton.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Kish

Kimnor: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Kimnor
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Kish

King-men: Group of People - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: King-men
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Opponents of Captain Moroni.

Possible Name Origin

Click here to view pre-book of mormon books that used this term

Kish: Person - From Bible

Name: Kish
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite king and son of Corom.

Possible Name Origin

The name Kish can be found in the old testament

1 Chronicles 12:1 Now These are they 'll That came to David to Ziklag, while he was yet shut up Because of Saul the son of Kish, and they' ll were the mighty men Among the his helpers in war.

The name Kish can be found in the book "View of the Hebrews" on page pg 90

Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a

Kishkumen: "Person, City" - Derivative of another Name

Name: Kishkumen
How It Is Used: "Person, City"
Book of Mormon Usage

leader of robbers

Wicked city destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Kish

The Kiskiminetas River is a tributary of the Allegheny River, approximately 27 miles long, in Western Pennsylvania in the United States.

There is a town called Kiskiminetas Township located in Armstrong County in Pennsylvania. It was settled in 1773 and incorporated in 1831. Source:Kiskiminetas Township

Korihor: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Korihor
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

an antichrist (ca74 BC)

Note:Not to be confused with Corihor

Possible Name Origin

The is a somewhat similar name called Korah in the View of the hebrews on page 90.

Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a

Kumen: Person - From Geography

Name: Kumen
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

Kumen is the name of a river in russia.

Click here to view the book on this river

Kumen is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju in northeastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava statistical region.

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Kumenonhi: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Kumenonhi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Kumen

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Laban: Person - From Bible

Name: Laban
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Book of Mormon Usage

custodian of the brass plates (ca600 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The name Laban exists in the old testament

Genesis 24:29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.

Possible Name Origin

Lachoneus: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Lachoneus
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

eleventh known Nephite chief judge (caAD 1)

son of Lachoneus, twelfth known (and last) Nephite chief judge (caAD 29-30)

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Laconia (page 377). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

Click here to view the book LACHONEUS is the masculine form of the hypothetical Greek word *lakonios, ""Spartan, Laconian""; cf. the attested formslakonion(neuter) andlakonia(feminie). Further, the ""ch"" suggests that the ""k/c"" stop sound has undergone intervocalic spirantization (see Gesenius/Kautsch/Cowley,Grammar of the Biblical Hebrew).

Source:https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/onoma/index.php/LACHONEUS

Lamah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lamah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385)

Possible Name Origin

This name is similar to Laman.

Lamah is a Muslim name for girls meaning Brilliancy. This name is used all over the place.

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Laman: Person - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: Laman
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

eldest son of Lehi (ca600 BC)

Lamanite king (ca200 BC)

son of Laman (ca178 BC)

Nephite soldier

City destroyed at the crucifixion

River emptying into Red Sea

Possible Name Origin

Luman Walters (also went by the name of Laman Walter) worked with Joseph Smith.

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The name also exists in various books prior to the book of mormon as well.

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Lamanites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lamanites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers of Laman

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Laman

Lamoni: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lamoni
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite king converted by Ammon

Possible Name Origin

Perhaps it is a deriviate of the name Laman

Land of First Inheritance: Land - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: Land of First Inheritance
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Near the Lehites' original landing point

Possible Name Origin

Not really a name but more of a description.

Lehi: Person - From Bible

Name: Lehi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Hebrew prophet who led his followers to promised land in western hemisphere (c. 600 B.C.), father of Laman, Lemuel, Nephi, and Sam.
son of Zoram, possibly same as Lehi
Nephite military commander
son of Helaman, Nephite missionary
Land adjoining land of Morianton and containing city of Lehi
The entire land south

Possible Name Origin

Judges 15:9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.
Judges 15:14 As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands.
Judges 15:19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi.
Lehigh, Pa Settled In 1730 and was formed in 1812.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania

Lehi-Nephi: City, Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lehi-Nephi
How It Is Used: City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

City of and Land: Also called land of Nephi, of which it is a part

Possible Name Origin

A combination of the biblical names Nephi and Lehi

Lehites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lehites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants of Lehi, including both the Lamanites and Nephites.

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Lehi

Lehonti: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lehonti
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite officer (ca72 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Lehi

Lemuel: Person, City, Valley - From Bible

Name: Lemuel
How It Is Used: Person, City, Valley
Book of Mormon Usage

second son of Lehi

City:Lamanite city

Valley:Lehite campsite near borders of Red Sea

Possible Name Origin

The name Lemuel exists in the old testament

Proverbs 31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

Lemuel Durfee, Sr.was the owner of the Smith farm where they lived as tenant farmers after 1825.

Source: The book inside the mind of joseph smith

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_in_the_19th_century

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Family_Farm

Source: https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,610984

Lemuelites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lemuelites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers ofLemuel

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Lemuel

Levi: Person - From Bible

Name: Levi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

middle Jaredite king and son of Kim.

Possible Name Origin

The name Levi exists in the old testament

Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Liahona: Item (Compass) - Origin Unknown

Name: Liahona
How It Is Used: Item (Compass)
Book of Mormon Usage

Compass used by Lehi's family to find the way to the America's. The word Liahona is only used once in the Book of Mormon.

Directional device given to Lehi by the Lord, ca. 600 BC. It is described as a ball (1 Nephi 16:10), called a director (Mosiah 1:16) and a compass (1 Nephi 18:12), and only later in Alma 37:38 is the transliteration LIAHONA given.

This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are:

•Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5)
•Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13)
•Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21)
•Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38)
•Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3)
•Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8)

Possible Name Origin

In the book View of the Hebrews on page 90 there are two names listed next to each which are: Liani and Lihene. The name Liahona could be a combination of those two names put together.

Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a

Lib: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Lib
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

middle Jaredite king and son of Kish.

late Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Kib and Kim

Limhah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Limhah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Limhi

Limher: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Limher
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite soldier (ca87 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Limhi

Limhi: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Limhi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Noah, third Nephite king in land of Lehi-Nephi (ca121 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Lehi

Luram: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Luram
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite soldier, one of three "choice men" (Moroni 9) slain in battle c. 375 A.D.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Huram

Mahah: Person - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: Mahah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Jared

Possible Name Origin

This name is found in lots of books. Click here to view the books

Manti: "Person, City, Hill, Land" - Origin Unknown

Name: Manti
How It Is Used: "Person, City, Hill, Land"
Book of Mormon Usage

Person:Nephite soldier (ca87 BC)

City:Chief city in land of Manti

Hill:Near city of Zarahemla

Land:Most southerly land of Nephites

Possible Name Origin

Manti (dumpling), dumplings in Turkish or Central Asian cuisine

In italian this word means coat or mantles

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Mathoni: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Mathoni
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Mattan

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Mathonihah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Mathonihah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

This is similar to the book of mormon name Mathoni

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Melek: Land - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Melek
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite land west of Sidon

Possible Name Origin

This is similar to the biblical name Melech.

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Melek. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ

Middoni: "Land, Prison" - Derivative of another Name

Name: Middoni
How It Is Used: "Land, Prison"
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite land

location of Lamanite prison

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Midian

Midian: Land - From Bible

Name: Midian
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Land:Lamanite land east of Lehi-Nephi

Possible Name Origin

The name Midian exists in the old testament.

Genesis 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Land of Midian is a place in Pennsylvania
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Minon: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Minon
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite land on west bank of river Sidon

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Midian

Mocum: City - Origin Unknown

Name: Mocum
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

The name is found in a few books. One book says that this is another name for Mokeem.

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Morianton: Person, City, Land - Origin Unknown

Name: Morianton
How It Is Used: Person, City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite king and son of Riplakish.

founder of the Nephite city of Morianton, Nephite traitor and ruler of the people of Morianton, instigator of the Lehi-Morianton border dispute.

City and Land:Area settled by Morianton

Land:Nephite Area

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Marmarion (page 460 ). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Mormon: Person, Forest, Land, Waters - Origin Unknown

Name: Mormon
How It Is Used: Person, Forest, Land, Waters
Book of Mormon Usage

father of Moroni
abridger of the Nephite record, military commander, historian, record keeper.
Forest: Near waters of Mormon
Place: Region near city of Lehi-Nephi
Waters: Baptismal waters for over 200 Nephites

Possible Name Origin

Click here to view a book on Simia Mormon. Also called a Tufted Ape

Click here to view another book about the Tufted Ape/Baboon. Also called a Simia Mormon

Mormon is also a last name. Click here to view the last names

There is a hill in scotland called "Mormond hill" that has a famous while horse on the side of it. In the 1821 farmer's magazine they refer to the hill as "Mormon" hill.

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Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Memnon (page 63). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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The words""mormo""and""Mormon"" are found in Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1974, p. 1169:

mormo, n. a bugbear; false terror. [Obs.]

The plural version is Mormones Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormo Mormon, n. [Gr. mormon, a bugbear.]

1. the puffins, a genus of sea birds characterized by a short, thick beak.

2. [m-] the mandrill

The designation of ""Mormon"" for the puffin and mandrill seems to stem from their markings that give the appearance of having on a mask (white circles around the eyes).

References have the name being used as early as 1815. Perhaps earlier. https://books.google.com/books?id=tok-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=Mormon+Fratercula&source=bl&ots=4j2qZR2OgF&sig=tqA9PDgsCVMDSqHWTGz81B1bPt8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKh8zV17_bAhXPFTQIHSFrB84Q6AEIZDAP#v=onepage&q=Mormon%20Fratercula&f=false See National Audubon Society,Mormon Puffin

Sources:

http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F44_G1c.html

http://www.audubon.org/bird/boa/F44_G1a.html

http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F44_G1b.html

See Natural History Museum,Simia Mormon

The word Mormo is a greek word that means bearbug. It comes from some famous greek texts. originally people said the word mormon was a variation of that. Similar to a vampire in concept.

http://lifeafter.org/meaning-word-mormon/

Joseph Smith said the word mormon was a combination of the english word "More" with the egyptian word "Mon" which he said meant good. It doesn't mean good. The egyptian arabic word for good is jayyid.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF

https://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/the-etymology-of-the-word-mormon/

Moron: Person, Land - From Dictionary

Name: Moron
How It Is Used: Person, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

late Jaredite king who reigned during a time of great wickedness and turmoil, and was himself wicked. He lost half his kingdom for many years in a rebellion and, after regaining his kingdom, was completely overthrown and lived out his life in captivity. He was the grandfather of the prophet Ether.

Land:North of the great land of Desolation

Possible Name Origin

Moron (psychology), disused term for a person with a mental age between 8 and 12, and a common insult for a person considered stupid (or just a generic insult)

Moron (ancient city), mentioned by the Greek geographer Strabo

Morón, Buenos Aires, a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón, Argentina

Morón Partido, a district in Buenos Aires Province

Morón, Cuba, a city in the middle of Cuba

Moron, Grand'Anse, a municipality of Haiti

Mörön (city), a town in Mongolia

Mörön, Khentii, a district of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia

Morong, Bataan, a municipality in the Philippines formerly known as Moron

Morón, Venezuela, a town in northern Venezuela

Moron, later renamed Taft, California, a city

Moron (mountain), in the Jura Mountains

Lac de Moron, a lake on the border between France and Switzerland

Moroni: Person, Camp, City, Land - From Geography

Name: Moroni
How It Is Used: Person, Camp, City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

known as Captain Moroni, Nephite military commander (ca 99-56 BC)

son of Mormon, Nephite prophet

Moroni's Camp, Nephite Military Post

City of and Land of Moroni, In southeast of Nephite lands

Possible Name Origin

Cumorah and Moroni both exist in Comoro Islands, where the capital is Moroni, off the coast of E. Africa.See any atlas

There is also a fascinating write up on the Captain Kidd and the word Mormon/Moroni. Some sources in the article below claim that Joseph Smith Sr. and Joseph Smith Jr. were involved in digging for Captain Kidds Treasures.

Source: https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V36N04_37.pdf

Some critics believe that Joseph Smith jr. would have had access to maps with the names on it.

Source: http://mormonthink.com/grant11.htm

Apologists argue that according to their research most maps in that time period didn't have those names on them.

Source:http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Plagiarism_accusations/Comoros_Islands_and_Moroni There is a famous italian painter who lived in 1579 who had the last name of Moroni. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Moroni

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Morini (page 313,503). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Moronihah: Person, City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Moronihah
How It Is Used: Person, City
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Moroni, Nephite general (ca60 BC)

Nephite general who perished at the battle of Cumorah, along with his ten-thousand (ca385 AD)

Iniquitous Nephite city

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Moroni

Mosiah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Mosiah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite prophet and king, father of King Benjamin

son of King Benjamin, Nephite prophet and king (ca154-91 BC)

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name "Messiah"

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Mosiah as a boy's name is a variant of Moses(Hebrew), and the meaning of Mosiah is "saviour".

Source http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Mosiah#BKKp9H5RjRXDHjJY.99

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Often times Mosiah is pronounced with a 'z' rather then with a 's'. For example, it would be pronounced as Moziah. If it was pronounced as it is spelled it would be pronounced very similar to the word Messiah.

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Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Mosa (page 504). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Mulek: Person, City - From Bible

Name: Mulek
How It Is Used: Person, City
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Jewish king Zedekiah

Nephite city south of Bountiful

Possible Name Origin

The name Mulek exists in the old testament

2 Kings 23:11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

Mulekites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Mulekites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Not referenced directly in the Book of Mormon, but a widely used term in LDS theology as a reference to the descendants of Mulek(see Mosiah 25:2; Helaman 6:10)

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the word Mulek

Muloki: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Muloki
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite missionary

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Mulek

neas: Plant - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Book of Mormon Usage

... with seeds of corn, and of wheat, and of barley, and with neas, and with sheum, and with seeds of all manner of fruits; and we did begin to multiply and prosper in the land.

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Nea (page 516). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Nehor: Person, Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Nehor
How It Is Used: Person, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

"Nephite apostate, religious theorist (ca91 BC)

Battleground for Corihor and Shiz"

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name of Nahor

Nephi: Person, City, Land - From Bible

Name: Nephi
How It Is Used: Person, City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Lehi
son of Helaman - seventh Nephite chief judge
son of Nephi, known as Nephi the Disciple
son of Nephi
City established by Nephi, later occupied by Lamanites, Zeniffites
Land established by Nephi, later occupied by Lamanites, Zeniffites

Possible Name Origin

The name Nephi exists in the Old Testament. It is found in 2 Maccabess which was written in 124 BC which was 500 years after Lehi left Jerusalem

2 Maccabees 1:36 And Neemias called this thing Naphthar, which is as much as to say, a cleansing: but many men call it Nephi.

Nephihah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Nephihah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Second Nephite chief judge (ca83-67 BC). He succeeded Alma the Younger when Alma had surrendered the judgment seat to him to devote more time to missionary work. His son Pahoran inherited the judgment seat from him after his death
City:Nephite refuge captured and lost by the Lamanites
Plains:Near the city of Nephihah

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Nephi

Nephite Refuge: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Nephite Refuge
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Location for Nephite centralization

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Nephi

Nephites: Group of People - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Nephites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants and followers of Nephi

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Nepherites. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://archive.org/details/1827classicaldic00lempuoft/page/n3

Neum: Person - From Dictionary

Name: Neum
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Hebrew prophet quoted by Nephi

Possible Name Origin

A music notation found in the dictionary from the 14th centruy. Click here to view the dictionary

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Quite a few books contain this word. Click here to view the books

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Neumis the only coastal town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

Nimrah: Person - From Bible

Name: Nimrah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Akish, Jaredite

Possible Name Origin

The name Nimrah exists in the old testament

Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Noah: Person, City, Land - From Bible

Name: Noah
How It Is Used: Person, City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Corhihor, early Jaredite king

son of Zeniff, Nephite king

City and Land:In land of Zarahemla, near Ammonihah. It was here, in 72 BC by the Nephite calendar, that the Lamanites, under the command of Lamanite king Amalickiah, attacked the Nephites. No Nephites died, but over a thousand Lamanites died, including all their chief captains.

Possible Name Origin

The name Noah exists in the old testament

Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.'

Ogath: Place -

Name: Ogath
How It Is Used: Place
Book of Mormon Usage

Place near hill Ramah

Possible Name Origin

This name is basic enough that it may have just been created by joseph smith.

This name is found in a few books in different languages. Click here to view those books

Omer: Person - From Bible

Name: Omer
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king and son of Shule.

Possible Name Origin

This name exists in the old testament

Exodus 16:36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

Omner: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Omner
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Mosiah

Nephite city by seashore on east borders

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon names Omer and Omni

Omni: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Omni
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Jarom, Nephite record keeper

Possible Name Origin

omni

all : in all ways, places, etc. : without limits

Latin, from omnis Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Omnis (page 557). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Onidah: Land, Hill -

Name: Onidah
How It Is Used: Land, Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Gathering place for dissatisfied Lamanites

Hill:In land of Antionum

Possible Name Origin

Onidah, Onihah, and Orihah are all pretty much the same name with minor differences.

Oneida Indians of Ontario (name means "people of the stone")

Onihah: City -

Name: Onihah
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City destroyed at the crucifixion

Possible Name Origin

Onidah, Onihah, and Orihah are all pretty much the same name with minor differences.

Orihah: Person -

Name: Orihah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

first Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

Onidah, Onihah, and Orihah are all pretty much the same name with minor differences.

Paanchi: Person - From Geography

Name: Paanchi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

"son of Pahoran¹, Nephite rebel (ca52 BC)"

Possible Name Origin

Paanchi (meaning "the Living One"), also given as Piankhi, Piankhy, and Piyi, (r. 747 BC-716 BC) was an ancient ruler of the kingdom of Nubia.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia

Pachus: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Pachus
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Pahoran fifth Nephite chief judge (ca52 BC), brother of Pahoran, the son of Pahoran, and a contender for the judgement-seat over the people of Nephi. After the death of his brother Pahoran, Pacumeni acquired the judgement-seat, but he didn't keep it long; for the land was being invaded by Lamanites, and Coriantumr, a large and mighty man and descendant of Zarahemla and dissenter from the Nephites, caught Pacumeni in his attempt to run away, and killed him at the city walls. Helaman, son of Helaman, succeeded him as chief judge.

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Paphus, Paphos, Paphis. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ

Pagag: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Pagag
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of brother of Jared

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the english word pagan

Pahoran: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Pahoran
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Nephihah, third Nephite chief judge (ca68 BC)

son of Pahoran, fourth Nephite chief judge, killed by Kishkumen (ca52 BC)

Possible Name Origin

This name is found in a few non-english books. Click here to view those books

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Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Pavorane (page 220). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Ramah: City, Hill - From Bible

Name: Ramah
How It Is Used: City, Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Hill: Jaredite name for Hill Cumorah

City:Assyriancity destroyed by divine decree

Possible Name Origin

The name Ramah exists in the old testament

2 Chronicles 22:6 So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Rameumptom: Tower - Origin Unknown

Name: Rameumptom
How It Is Used: Tower
Book of Mormon Usage

a high tower or stand from which the Zoramites gave a pre-determined prayer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameumptom

This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are:

•Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5)
•Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13)
•Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21)
•Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38)
•Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3)
•Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8)

Possible Name Origin

Riplah: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Riplah
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

East of river Sidon, near land of Manti

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Rizpah

Riplakish: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Riplakish
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite king and son of Shez

Possible Name Origin

Similar to a combination of the book of mormon names Riplah and Kish

Ripliancum: Waters - Derivative of another Name

Name: Ripliancum
How It Is Used: Waters
Book of Mormon Usage

Waters: Aquatic Region in the Land Northward

This is one of the few words in the Book of Mormon that has its own translation for it. The others are:

Used the word "Irreantum" to refer to "many waters" (1 Ne. 17:5)
Used the word "Rabbanah" to refer to "powerful or great king" (Alma 18:13)
Used the word "Rameumptom" to refer to "the holy stand" (Alma 31:21)
Used the word "Liahona" to mean "a compass" (Alma 37:38)
Used the word "deseret" in reference to "a honey bee" (Ether 2:3)
Used the word "Ripliancum" to mean "large, or to exceed all" (Ether 15:8)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to a combination of the Book of Mormon name Riplah and Teancum

Sam: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Sam
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

third son of Lehi (ca600 BC)

Possible Name Origin

A shortened version of the biblical name Samuel

Samuel: Person - From Bible

Name: Samuel
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite prophet (ca6 BC)

Possible Name Origin

The name Samuel exists in the old testament

1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

Sariah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Sariah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

wife of Lehi (ca600 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Sarah

Seantum: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Seantum
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

member of Gadianton band (ca23 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Sebus: Waters - Origin Unknown

Name: Sebus
How It Is Used: Waters
Book of Mormon Usage

Waters:Watering place in land of Ishmael

Possible Name Origin

Seezoram: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Seezoram
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

member of Gadianton band, tenth known Nephite chief judge (ca26 BC), eventually succeeded by Lachoneus. How and when he began his reign as chief judge is not known; his first appearance in the Book of Mormonis when Nephi, son of Helaman, prophesied his murder by the hand of his brother, Seantum. To give the wicked Nephites a sign that he, Nephi, was a prophet, he prophesied this murder to his people.

Note: Seezoram should not be confused with Cezoram, another Nephite chief judge who was assassinated earlier.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to a combination of the book of mormon names Seth and Zoram

Seth: Person - From Bible

Name: Seth
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Shiblon, Jaredite

Possible Name Origin

The name Seth exists in the old testament

Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.'

Shared: Person - From Dictionary

Name: Shared
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite military leader

Possible Name Origin

The word shared exists in the dictionary

verb: have a portion of (something) with another or others.

Shazer: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shazer
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Lehite rest stop in Arabia

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the word razer

Shem: Person, City, Land - From Bible

Name: Shem
How It Is Used: Person, City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 385)
City of and Land: Nephite land north of Antum and Jashon

Possible Name Origin

The name Shem exists in the old testament

Genesis 10:21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born

Shemlon: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shemlon
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Land:Region bordering on land of Lehi-Nephi

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shem

Shemnon: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shemnon
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shem

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Sherem: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Sherem
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

an antichrist (cafifth century BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shem

Sherrizah: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Sherrizah
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite stronghold conquered by Lamanites

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Sherezer

Shez: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Shez
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king and son of Heth.

son of Shez

Possible Name Origin

This is such a basic name it could even be just made up. It could even be just adding a z on the word "she's"

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This name is found in a ton of pre 1830 books with a lot of those books being in other languages. Click here to view all the books

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The similar name of Che'zib is found in the 1808 "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names" book.

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Click here to view a list of book of mormon names found in this book

Shiblom: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shiblom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

late Jaredite king and son of Com.

Nephite commander (caAD 385)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shilom

Shiblon: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shiblon
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

son of Alma, Nephite missionary & record-keeper

Shiblonis also the name of a silver Nephite weight, equal to half a senine of gold, or senum of silver. It, therefore, bought half a measure of barley in the Nephite world

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shilom

Shilom: City, Land - A Common Name or Phrase

Name: Shilom
How It Is Used: City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

City and Land: Small region next to land of Lehi-Nephi

Possible Name Origin

The name Shilom can be found in the book view of the hebrews on page 90.

Source: http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1825.htm#pg067a

sh(i)-lom\ as a girl's name is a variant ofShalom(Hebrew), and the meaning of Shilom is "peace".

Source:http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Shilom#ZQcpSQdtZSrdkBsY.99

Shiloh, New Jersey. Founded in 1705,incorporatedin 1929.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh,_New_Jersey

Shiloh Valley Township, St. Clair County, Illinois. Is is unknown when this town was established. It may have been after the book of Mormon was translated.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_Valley_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois

Shim: Hill - From Dictionary

Name: Shim
How It Is Used: Hill
Book of Mormon Usage

Hill in the land Northward

Possible Name Origin

the word shim is found in the dictionary

A shim is a thin and often tapered or wedged piece of material, used to fill small gaps or spaces between objects.

Shimnilom: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shimnilom
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City in the Land of Nephi

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shim

Shiz: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shiz
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Jaredite military leader

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shim

Shublons: Unit of Measurement - Derivative of another Name

Name: Shublons
How It Is Used: Unit of Measurement
Book of Mormon Usage

Eighth An Antion of gold was equal to three Shublons

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Shilom

Shule: Person - From Dictionary

Name: Shule
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

early Jaredite king

Possible Name Origin

This is a british word for shovel.

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Click here to view books before the book of mormon that used the word

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Shule County, county in Xinjiang China

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shule_County

Shurr: Valley - From Bible

Name: Shurr
How It Is Used: Valley
Book of Mormon Usage

Valley of:Coriantumr's base camp

Possible Name Origin

The word Shur exists in the Bible. Note: the bible spelling does not have the additional r that the book of mormon spellin has.

Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Sidom: Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Sidom
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Land of:City near Ammonihah where Zeezrom, Alma and Amulek retreat

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical word Sodom

Sidon or Saïda is the third-largest city in Lebanon.

Sidon: Land - From Bible

Name: Sidon
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Major river, called the Sidon river, flowing through the land of Zarahemla.

Possible Name Origin

Gen.10 [15] And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Sidon. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Sinim: Land - From Bible

Name: Sinim
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Distant land, possibly China

Possible Name Origin

The name Sinim exists in the old testament

Isaiah 49:12: "Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim."

Siron: City - Derivative of another Name

Name: Siron
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

City near Antionum where Corianton meets Isabel

Possible Name Origin

The name Siron is very similar to the dictionary word siren. The definition of the word siren is "A woman regarded as seductive and beautiful" which is how Isabel is described in the Book of Mormon.

Siron is also a french last name. The immigration records show that people with that last name came to New York in 1764.

Source: http://www.houseofnames.com/siron-family-crest

Stripling Warriors: Group of People - From Dictionary

Name: Stripling Warriors
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

They are portrayed in the book of mormon as extremely valiant and loyal young warriors; reportedly, all were wounded in battle yet survived.

Possible Name Origin

The word stripling can be found in the dictionary Stripling: An adolescent youth.

Tarshish: City - From Bible

Name: Tarshish
How It Is Used: City
Book of Mormon Usage

Possibly the city Tarsus

Possible Name Origin

The name Tarshish exists in the old testament

Genesis 10:4 The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim

Tartessos or Tartessus was a harbor city and surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula(in modern Andalusia,Spain)

Teancum: "Person, City" - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Teancum
How It Is Used: "Person, City"
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite military leader (ca 67-60 BC)

City: By seashore near city of Desolation

Possible Name Origin

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Teanum. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ

Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh

Tecumseh, Michigan (Founded sometime between 1824 to 1826)

Tecumseh, Ontario (Named in 1912 after the Native American)

In the book The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain published in 1812 it describes a cheif warrior called Tecumseh in chapter 27 and 28.

Source: http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/

Teomner: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Teomner
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite military officer (ca63 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Timothy: Person - From Bible

Name: Timothy
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

brother of Nephi, one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Possible Name Origin

The name Timothy exists in the new testament

1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith:

The PNTIMOTHY derives from the Greek timotheos, "honoring God" or "honored by God."

Source: https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/onoma/index.php/TIMOTHY

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Tubaloth: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Tubaloth
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite king (ca51 BC), son of Ammoron, the previous king. He appointed Coriantumr, a mighty man and Nephite dissenter, to lead his armies.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical names Tubal and Tubal-cain

Zarahemla: Person, City, Land - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zarahemla
How It Is Used: Person, City, Land
Book of Mormon Usage

descendant of Mulek, leader of Mulek's colony
City:Major capital of Nephites from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 200
Land:A general reference to the area near the city of Zarahemla

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical names Zorobabel and Zerubbabel

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name zamora (page 883). Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

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Zebulun: Land - From Bible

Name: Zebulun
How It Is Used: Land
Book of Mormon Usage

Israelite Territory

Possible Name Origin

The name Zebulun exists in the old testament

Joshua 19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid.

Zedekiah: Person - From Bible

Name: Zedekiah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

one of twelve Nephite disciples (caAD 34)

Note: This name had various spellings in the original manuscript. Zedeciah and Zedekeah

Possible Name Origin

The name Zedekiah exists in the old testament

2 Kings 25:2 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Quote from Dan Vogel

"On the following day, a great multitude gathers to hear the twelve disciples, who are now named as Nephi and his brother Timothy and son Jonas, Mathoni (=Matthew?) and his brother Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon (=Simon?), Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah (19:4). Interestingly, Jesus’ apostles in Palestine included two sets of brothers; one pair, Simon Peter and Andrew, were the sons of Jonas, a name that appears twice in Smith’s list (Mark 1:16; John 21:16). Smith’s list contains two variations of the same name: Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/ Kumenonhi. Four of the names—Nephi, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zedekiah—may indicate that Smith was beginning to think again about the lost beginning part of the Book of Mormon. While the appearance of Old Testament names might be expected, the use of Greek names, Timothy and Jonas, has caused concern among skeptics and thoughtful apologists, the latter concluding that the Greek influence in Jerusalem must have predated Lehi. It remains unexplained why one does not encounter any Greek names in the text until 600 years after Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem. A more reasonable explanation is that, in narrating events associated with Jesus’ birth and earthly ministry, Smith drew upon Greek names as a means of giving his text a New Testament flavor.

Another puzzling feature is that eight of the twelve names (Timothy, Jonas [twice], Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, and Shemnon) appear nowhere else in the Book of Mormon. Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and Isaiah never appear as Nephite names except here. Thus, one wonders if the list was made up spontaneously and if the rapid succession of derivative names Mathoni/Mathonihah and Kumen/Kumenonhi might suggest that the narrator’s creativity was being overworked."

From Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel, Chapter 20

Zeezrom: Person -

Name: Zeezrom
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite lawyer, Converted by Alma and Amulek, later Nephite missionary (ca82 BC)
Nephite city on southwest frontier

Note: This name had various spellings in the original manuscript. Zeezrum, Zeezru, Z

Possible Name Origin

There are not any books prior to 1830 showing this name. In addition, this name does not have a fixed spelling implying that it was a name verbally created by Joseph Smith that the scribes didn't know how to spell.

Zelph: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zelph
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

a Lamanite soldier at the Battle of Cumorah

Note: This name does not appear in the book of mormon but comes from a recorded statement made by Joseph Smith.

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Zenephi

Zemnarihah: Person - Origin Unknown

Name: Zemnarihah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

leader of Gadianton band (caAD 21)

Possible Name Origin

Zenephi: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zenephi
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite commander (caAD 375)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon word Nephi

Zeniff: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zeniff
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite king (ca200 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Zenock

Zenock: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zenock
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

prophet of Israel

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Zadok

Zenos: Person - From Charles Anthon 1804 Dictionary:

Name: Zenos
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

prophet of Israel

Possible Name Origin

New Testament Name

The name Zenos exists in the new testament

Titus 3:13 Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.

Common Name Name

Common 18 century name - Zenos Riggs is listed in the 1873 Hanover, New Jersey census. Zenos Gurley, Sr., was born in 1801 at Bridgewater, New York, and later joined Mormonism.

Charles Anthon Dictionary

Charles Anthon dictionary, published in 1804, included the name Zeno. Joseph Smith had interactions with Charles Anthon.

https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Classical_Dictionary.html?id=w-E_AAAAYAAJ

Zerahemnah: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zerahemnah
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Lamanite commander at Sidon battle (ca74 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Zerahiah

Zeram: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zeram
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

Nephite military officer (ca87 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the biblical name Zereth, Zeruiah, Zeri

Zoram: Person - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zoram
How It Is Used: Person
Book of Mormon Usage

servant of Laban (ca600 BC)

Nephite chief captain (ca81 BC)

Nephite apostate (ca74 BC)

Possible Name Origin

Similar to the book of mormon name Zeram

Similar to the biblical word Zorah

Zoramites: Group of People - Derivative of another Name

Name: Zoramites
How It Is Used: Group of People
Book of Mormon Usage

Descendants of Zoram. Though of Israel, their tribe distinction is not mentioned as it is with the descendants of Lehi. Counted among the Nephites, and the true believers after the religious/political division after Christ's appearance. (see Jacob 1:13; 4 Nephi 1:36)
Followers of the Apostate Zoram and of a different political group not to be confused with the previously mentioned Zoramites. (Alma chapters 30-31, 35, and 43; 3 Nephi 1:29)

Possible Name Origin

A derivative of the name Zoram