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Obadiah
Say it: oh-buh-DY-uh
Meaning
Hebrew Ovadyah, 'servant of YHWH'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A typical Puritan name of 17th-century England and New England.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,941 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 16,900 boys
- 101 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
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Obediah
| French | Abdias |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Abdías |
| Italian | Abdia |
| German | Obadja |
| Hebrew | Ovadia |
| Hebrew | Ovadyah |
Famous bearers
- Obadiah, prophet of the Book of Obadiah
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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
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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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.