Entry № 1481 · Hebrew origin

Bilhah Bilhah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BIL-hah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Faltering, timid"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "faltering, timid".

Bilhah (בִּלְהָה) is the Hebrew name of Rachel's handmaid in the Book of Genesis.

Bilhah is widely used in religious Jewish families.

Rachel's handmaid. Mother of Dan and Naphtali.

The name in its native script.

בִּלְהָה
Transliteration
Bilhāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɪl.hə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bilhah stands.

Bilhah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bilhahs before her.

Real people
Bilhah
Common in religious Jewish families.
In fiction
Bilhah
Rachel's handmaid in Genesis.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Bilhah.

The number behind Bilhah.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bilhah reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.