Zebediah

Where Zebediah comes from

Variant of Zebadiah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zebediah
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #3,857 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #2,777
    16 babies named Zebediah — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,940.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes

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