Zebulon

Where Zebulon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Zebulon.

  • Hebrew
Zebulon through the years
  1. 1779
    Zebulon Pike born
    American military officer, explorer, and writer
  2. 1830
    Zebulon Baird Vance born
    Confederate military officer in the American Civil War
  3. 1891
    First appearance
    #841 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1979
    Peak, #775
    125 babies named Zebulon, the most in any year.
  5. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,375.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Zebulon Pike · American military officer, explorer, and writer, 1779–1813
  • Zebulon Baird Vance · Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, 1830–1894
  • Zebulon Weaver · American politician, 1872–1948
  • Zebulon R. Shipherd · American politician, 1768–1841
  • Zebulon Aiton Lash · Canadian lawyer, civil servant and businessman, 1846–1920

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.