Boy · Hebrew
Gideon
Say it: GID-ee-un
Meaning
Hebrew Gid'on, usually read as 'hewer, one who cuts down'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Puritan name, revived in the 21st century.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 17,011 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 1,600 boys
- 1,009 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 | Gédéon |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Gedeón |
| Italian | Gedeone |
| Portuguese | Gideão |
| German | Gideon |
| Polish | Gedeon |
| Hebrew | Gid'on |
| Hebrew | Gidon |
Famous bearers
- Gideon, judge of Israel
- Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
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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
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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