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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |