About the name Zebediah
Zebediah is a boy name with Hebrew roots, meaning “gift of God, God has bestowed”. It is related to Zebadiah, which is where the meaning comes from.
It has a unique feel. In 2025, Zebediah ranked #5392 for boys in the US, with 18 babies given the name. Its peak year since 1940 was 2007. Since 2000, 100% of US babies named Zebediah were boys.
Etymology
A variant of Zebadiah, which comes from Hebrew, meaning “gift of God, God has bestowed”.
Name meaning adapted from Wiktionary (“Zebediah”, “Zebadiah”) by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- US rank 2025
- #5392
- In 2015
- #7061
- Babies in 2025
- 18
Popularity of Zebediah, 1940–2025
Latest SSA data: 2025.
Popularity data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby names (public domain; names given to at least 5 babies of one sex per year).
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Names similar to Zebediah
- Zebadiah“gift of God, God has bestowed”
- Zedekiah“God is righteous”
- Jedediah“beloved of Yahweh”
- Obadiah“servant of Yahweh”
- Zacharias“Yahweh has remembered”
- Zakariya“Yahweh has remembered”
- Zecharia“the Lord has remembered”
- Bartholomew“son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”
- Ebenezer“stone of help”
- Elkanah“God has created”
Name meanings marked or linked “Wiktionary” are adapted from Wiktionary by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; each name page links its source entry.