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Jedediah
Say it: jed-uh-DY-uh
Meaning
Hebrew 'beloved of Yahweh', a name given to King Solomon.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used mainly in colonial and Federal America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 3,040 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1979, about 1 in 6,900 boys
- 49 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jedidiah
| Hebrew | Yedidyah |
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Famous bearers
- Jedediah Smith, American frontier explorer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- 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.