On the other hand, I suspect that I was named after my father's secret gay lover....but maybe not. He did have an old friend named "Arnie" that none of us ever met.

I named mine Lilith cause my folks are to dumb to google lol and I only liked the storm goddess aspect of it more than the rest of the nonsense-

My name is Ian from the Scottish form of John, which is a Christian meaning of Gift from God or somesuch nonsense. I'm not keen on it's association with John the Baptist etc. I think I actually prefer that it leans towards the Celtic rather than Anglicized form. I wouldn't name any of my kids after that pesky Judaeo-Xtian malarkey. Bleh!

I named my daughter after Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was a God so I guess I would.

Part sound, part meaning. Leaning towards meaning. Anything but a Christian name.

Along those lines, I think it's really interesting that the name Jesús is very common in Spanish- speaking countries, but, at least to my knowledge, is almost never given to children by English speakers (at least not by christians). I've even know or known of at least three women named Jesús-- not Maria de Jesús, which is common enough -- just Jesús.
A look at any list of arrests and detentions shows that it certainly doesn't keep people out of trouble.
Another interesting point is that "It is estimated that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad." [Wikipedia] It is also one of the most popular baby names in regions of growing muslim communities in Western countries.

I am named after a scientist Lord Kelvin. One of the last great 19th century thinkers. He had over 200 papers puplished before he was 21. Did work on superconductivity (hence the SI unit) and helped design the 1st trans-atlantic phone cable. How many other scientist names would make good 1st names? Ohm perhaps? Watt maybe? Newton for sure. Wouldnt it be great if our kindergarden classes were full of Dawkinss, Darwins, Rutherfords and Curies. Cricks, Mendels and Pastures?

Lol I was just thinking about this the other day. I never liked religious names. Actually I just hate them! Naming someone after someone in a religious text doesn’t mean they’ll be any closer to a saint than your ordinary person with an ordinary name. Or “worldly” name as the religious people would say. Being named after someone like a scientist would be badass, though!

We sometimes forget that, just because the name of a character, (who may or may not have ever existed) was made famous by that work of fiction known as the Bible, doesn't necessarily make that name 'religious.'

Nope. My son's name is about as religious as it gets, but I don't care. I named him after a musician and an antitheist author. Despite his name, he's plenty atheist.

Ironically, many of the names in the Bible have underlying meanings, so are often more likely literary constructs to convey a meaning than a particular person. For Example: Jesus Christ Means Savior Messiah. Judas: Means literally the Jews. So Ironically the Messiah was Betrayed by the Jews....

When I named my kids I was looking for classical name, and also a practicing Xian. I have Sarah, Michelle, and Rebecca. I still like the names despite their religous links.