Jedediah


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
20 famous people named Jedediah found on Wikipedia.
2946 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 2580-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 541-th in year 1979

Meanings

Jedediah (Hebrew: יְדִידְיָה‎) or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidyah, meaning "friend of God". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah was the "blessing" name given by God, through the prophet Nathan, in infancy to Solomon, King David's second son by Bathsheba.


Beloved of the Lord, friend of the Lord, beloved of Jehovah.

Famous People: 20 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Jedediah Bila 1979 American writer
2 Jedediah Smith 1799 American explorer
3 Jedediah Purdy 1974 American legal scholar
4 Jedediah M. Grant 1816 American Mormon leader
5 Jedediah Strutt 1726 English hosier and cotton spinner
6 Jedediah Foster 1726
7 Jedediah Hotchkiss 1828 Confederate Army officer
8 Jedediah Buxton 1707 British mental calculator
9 Jedediah Huntington 1743 American general and civil servant
10 Jedediah Berry 1977 American writer
11 Jedediah Hyde Baxter 1837 16th Surgeon General of the United States Army
12 Jedediah Cleishbotham
13 Jed Dupree 1979 Fencer
14 Jedediah Peck 1748 American politician
15 Jedediah K. Smith 1770 American politician
16 Jedediah Slason Carvell 1832 Canadian Member of Parliament
17 Jedediah Sanger
18 Jedediah Morgan 1774 American politician
19 Jedediah Vincent Huntington 1815 American writer
20 Jedediah Herrick 1780 American militia general