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Names of God

The divine names used across sacred traditions — each name a window into how humanity has understood the transcendent.

Christianity

The God of the Bible is addressed by many names, each revealing a different aspect of His character and relationship with humanity.

Yahweh

I Am Who I Am — the self-existent, eternal God revealed to Moses

Elohim

God in fullness and majesty — the Creator of heaven and earth

El Shaddai

God Almighty — the all-sufficient, all-powerful provider

Adonai

Lord and Master — sovereign ruler over all creation

Jehovah

The Lord — the covenant-keeping God who is faithful to His promises

Islam

Allah has 99 Beautiful Names (al-Asma al-Husna), each describing an attribute of the one God. Here are a few of the most significant.

Allah

The God — the one and only deity, encompassing all divine attributes

Ar-Rahman

The Most Gracious — boundless mercy that encompasses all creation

Al-Malik

The King — the sovereign ruler and owner of all that exists

Al-Quddus

The Most Holy — pure, perfect, and free from all imperfection

Hinduism

Hinduism perceives the divine as both one and many — a single ultimate reality (Brahman) manifesting through countless forms and names.

Brahman

The ultimate, formless reality — the infinite ground of all being

Vishnu

The Preserver — sustainer of cosmic order who incarnates to restore dharma

Shiva

The Transformer — destroyer of ignorance and lord of meditation

Krishna

The All-Attractive — avatar of Vishnu, speaker of the Bhagavad Gita

Buddhism

Buddhism does not center on a creator god. Instead, it focuses on the nature of mind and reality. The Buddha is not worshipped as a deity but revered as a teacher who awakened to the truth of existence. Some Mahayana traditions honor celestial Bodhisattvas and Buddha-figures, but these represent qualities of enlightenment rather than creator gods.