Heber

Where Heber comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer). The town in Arizona is named after either Heber C. Kimball or Heber J. Grant, both Mormon leaders.
— Wiktionary's entry for Heber
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1856
    Heber J. Grant born
    President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #781 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1891
    Peak, #497
    13 babies named Heber — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #942.
  5. 1983
    Heber Oliveira born
    Brazilian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew].
  • A male given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Heber J. Grant · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1856–1945
  • Heber Oliveira · Brazilian association football player, born 1983
  • Heber Manning Wells · American governor of Utah, 1859–1938
  • Heber García · Venezuelan footballer, born 1997
  • Heber Viera · Uruguayan athletics competitor, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.