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I think it has to do with the language Hebrew names are translated into. In English, the "-ah" ending is kept (Sarah, Leah, Rebekah, Deborah), but in most other European languages it is omitted - for instance, in Portuguese we have Sara, Lia, Rebeca, and Débora.

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Since the majority of Old Testament names are rarely used in Europe, the English transliteration of the names tends to be more common.

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claude, hadeline ("hadley"), honor, isemay, primrose, thomasina
benedict, everard, gratian, seeley, remy, roald, zebedee ("zed")