MEANING & HISTORY
What does Bilha mean?
The editorial entry explicitly identifies Bilha with Hebrew Bilhah, בִּלְהָה, and records its use in several Bible-language traditions. A scholarly discussion of biblical personal names cautions that the deeper etymology of Bilhah is unclear.
The secure name relationship should therefore be retained without replacing it with a confident bashful or fearful personality label.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Bilha in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
BILHACSV record 524 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Bilha in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Bilha
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Billy♂Affectionate form of Bill or William
- Sulha·Pashto word reading: peace or reconciliation
- Bianca♀White or fair-coloured
- Bido♂Familiar form of Bienvenido; welcome-name tradition
- Bikoy♂Victor familiar form; winner-name tradition
- Bimbo·As an Italian word: child, with an affectionate use
- Bing♂♀Personal nickname with a documented Bingville association
- Bipoy♂Blend of Vincent Paul with an affectionate ending
What rhymes with Bilha?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Bilha further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name — Bilha (opens in a new tab)
Exact Hebrew Bilhah relationship, script and biblical language traditions.
- Biblical Personal Names and the Arabic Language (opens in a new tab)
Indexed scholarly discussion explicitly calls Bilhah’s etymology unclear.