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Zebulon
Say it: ZEB-yoo-lun
Meaning
Hebrew Zevulun, a son of Jacob; Genesis links it to a word meaning 'dwell' or 'honour'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A colonial American name, best known through Pike's Peak.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 2,036 babies given this name since 1891
- At its height in 1979, about 1 in 13,800 boys
- 25 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: Zebulun
| Hebrew | Zevulun |
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Famous bearers
- Zebulon Pike, American explorer
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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
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