The Bible surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,700 people carried this name — #7,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,562 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bible surname

A surname originating as a matronymic.

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Isabel.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bible» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Bible in American newspapers,
1903.

Newspaper page from Times-promoter carrying the name Bible
Times-promoter 1903-11-06
Newspaper page from The Canton Times carrying the name Bible
The Canton Times 1903-11-13
Newspaper page from The Progress-advertiser carrying the name Bible
The Progress-advertiser 1903-12-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Bible in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

5,773 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bible. The most, 1,138, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,746
Victoria 1,672
South Australia 1,212
Queensland 378
Western Australia 350
Tasmania 315
ACT (Canberra) 23

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bible.

Who carried it

People named Bible,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dana X. Bible
    Dana X. Bible 1891–1980 · baseball manager
  • Alan Bible
    Alan Bible 1909–1988 · lawyer
  • Edward Henry T. Bible 1873–1956 · naturalist
  • Roy Henderson Bible 1926–2010 · chemist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bible,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States317 records

317 records of the Bible name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 60
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Delbert Bible

    Born 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; brewery worker from Mc Lennan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Carver Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Bible

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the Chancellor from Liverpool, aged 25; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Brian Neil Bible

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1967, died 1997; buried at Valley View Cemetery, Warsaw, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 317 records for Bible in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia33 records

33 records of the Bible name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 21
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Arthur Bible

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Merlin, aged 19; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John L. Bible

    Gentleman of Kew, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Bible

    Of West Maitland, New South Wales; died 1917.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Bible in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Bible name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Howard Bible

    Buried in 1971 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jack Henry Bible

    Died 1943 in Point Edward, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Francis Bible

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Bible in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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