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Ezra
Say it: EZ-ruh
Meaning
Hebrew Ezra, 'help'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Puritan name, common in 19th-century America and very popular again since the 2010s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 68,697 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 253 boys
- 7,128 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Esdras |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Esdras |
| Italian | Esdra |
| Portuguese | Esdras |
| German | Esra |
| Polish | Ezdrasz |
| Hebrew | Ezra |
Famous bearers
- Ezra, scribe of the Book of Ezra
- Ezra Pound, American poet
- Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.