God

:This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism. See deity, gods or goddesses for details on polytheistic usages. See Names of God for terms used in other languages or specific faiths. See God (disambiguation) for non-religious abbreviations.

Names of God

The noun God is the proper English name used for the deity of monotheistic faiths. Different names for God exist within different religious traditions.

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• Allah—Islam/Arabic. This is not actually the name of God but simply a word "God" translated in Arabic. The word refers to gods of all monotheistic religions. See also the Ninety-nine names of Allah
• Cao ?ài is the name of God in Caodaism.
• Jehovah is a name often used in Christianity (it is often used as a transliteration of Yahwah.
• Yahweh Hebrew: 'YHVH' (????) and Elohim are some of the names used for God in the Christian Bible
• See The name of God in Judaism for Jewish names of God. (Note: when written or typed as a proper noun, some observant Jews will use the form "G-d" to prevent the written name of God from becoming desecrated later on. Some Orthodox Jews consider this unnecessary because English is not the Holy Language.)
• The Holy Trinity (meaning the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit/"Holy Ghost"). Denotes God in almost all mainstream Christianity.
• Scientologists believe that God is an alien guiding our evolution from inside a giant volcano and that Hir name is Xenu.
• Most Hindus worship the personal form of God or Saguna Brahman, or Hindu trinity, as Vishnu, Shiva, or directly as Brahman through the Gayatri mantra. A common prayer for Hindus is the Vishnu sahasranama, which is a hymn describing the one thousand names of God.
• Ayyavazhi asserts Ekam,(The Ultimate Oneness) as supreme one and Ayya Vaikundar the Incarnation of Ekam. There are also several seperate lesser gods who were all later unified into Vaikundar.
• Sikhs worship God with the name Waheguru.
• Anu the supreme God in Sumerian mythology.
• Discordians are under the silly a sumption that God is a girl and her name is Eris.
• Jah is the name of God in the Rastafari movement.
• God is called Igzi'abihier (lit. "Lord of the Universe") in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
• Some churches (United Church of Canada, Religious Science) are using "the One" alongside "God" as a more gender-neutral way of referring to God (See also Oneness).
• The Maasai name for "God" is Ngai, which occurs in the volcano name Ol Doinyo Lengai ("the mountain of God").
• The Mi'kmaq name for "God" is Niskam.
• In Surat Shabda Yoga, names used for God include Anami Purush (nameless power) and Radha Soami (lord of the soul).
• Official SubGenius liturgy defines "(Gg)od" as a malevolent Space Frankfurter.