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Pronunciation | /ˈɛzrə/ |
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Gender | Unisex |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Name day | July 13 |
Origin | |
Word/name | Ancient Hebrew prophet Ezra |
Meaning | Help,Helpful and Helper |
Other names | |
See also | Ezra (prophet), Esdras (Greek-Latin variant) |
Popularity | see popular names |
Ezra (עזרא in Hebrew) is a unisex forename, or Jewish surname of Hebrew origin, which means "help" or "helper" in the Hebrew language. The name originated from the Biblical prophet Ezra who authored the Book of Ezra (a book of the Bible). The name is a probable abbreviation of the name Azaryahu which means “God helps.” The name alternatively has the Greek-Latin form Esdras which was used for the prophet Ezra which comes from the Greek word (Ἔσδρας). The masculine name has seen recent popularity growth in recent years, from 2000-2018 it has gone from 431st to the 59th in popularity only dropping in 2002 to 438th from 427th according to the United States social security statistics.
The name gained major use in England in the 17th century and is still used in the world today being most prevalent in the country of Kenya. 118,252 in the world bear this name making Ezra is the 8,733rd most common name in the world in 2014.
Given name
- Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American biblical scholar
- Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter
- Ezra Attiya (1885–1970), Rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem
- Ezra Baker (born c. 1765), American politician
- Ezra Bartlett (1861–1942), English cricketer
- Ezra T. Benson (1811–1869), American religious leader
- Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), American politician and religious leader
- Charles Ezra Beury (1879–1953), American academic administrator
- Ezra Booth (1792–1873), American religious leader
- Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924), American academic administrator
- Ezra A. Burrell (1867–?), American politician
- Ezra Butler (1763–1838), American politician
- Ezra Butler (American football) (born 1984), American footballer born in South Africa
- Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), American politician
- Ezra A. Carman (1834–1909), American military officer
- Ezra Chitando, Zimbabwean academic
- Ezra Churchill (1806–1874), Canadian industrialist
- Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813–1896), American politician
- Ezra Cleveland (born 1998), American football player
- Ezra Cline (1907–1984), American bluegrass bassist
- Ezra Danolds Cole (1902–1992), American philatelist
- Ezra Convis (died 1838), American politician
- Ezra Cornell (1807–1874), American businessman, co-founder of Cornell University
- Ezra C. Dalby (1869–1934), American academic administrator
- Ezra Darby (1768–1808), American politician
- Ezra Dean (1795–1872), American politician
- Ezra Butler Eddy (1827–1906), Canadian businessman and political figure
- Ezra Fitch (1865–1930), American businessman, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
- Ezra Bartlett French (1810–1880), American politician
- Ezra Furman (born 1986), American musician and songwriter
- Ezra C. Gross (1787–1829), American politician
- Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), American anarchist
- Ezra Johnson (born 1955), American football player
- Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983), American author
- Ezra Kendall (1861–1910), American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author
- Ezra Otis Kendall (1818–1899), American professor, astronomer and mathematician
- Ezra Kire (born 1975), American musician
- Ezra Klein (born 1984), American blogger and journalist
- Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician
- Ezra Levant (born 1972), Canadian writer
- Ezra Meeker (1830–1928), American pioneer
- Ezra Miller (born 1992), American actor
- Ezra Nawi (born 1952), Israeli peace activist
- Ezra T. Newman (1929–2021), American physicist, known for his many contributions to general relativity theory
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American poet
- Ezra Schochet, rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles
- Ezra Solomon (1920–2002), American economist
- Ezra Stiles (1727–1795), American educator, president of Yale University
- Ezra C. Stiles (1891–1974), American landscape architect
- Ezra Clark Stillman (1907–1995), American linguist
- Ezra Stoller (1915–2004), American photographer
- Ezra Stone (1917–1994), American actor
- Ezra Sutton (1849–1907), American baseball player
- Ezra B. Taylor (1823–1912), American politician
- Ezra Vogel (born 1930), American scholar of East Asia
- Ezra Weisz (born 1971), American voice actor
- Ezra J. William, Indonesian socialite
Surname
- David Ezra (born 1947), American judge
- Edward Isaac Ezra (1883–1921), Shanghai Hotelier
- N.E.B. Ezra (1883–1936), founder of the Shanghai Zionist Association and Israel's Messenger
- Gideon Ezra (1937–2012), Israeli politician
- Hen Ezra (born 1989), Israeli footballer
- Michael Ezra (born 1973), Ugandan philanthropist
- Members of the ibn Ezra, family of Spanish Jews
References
- "American Nameday Calendar of First Names - Male Names E". www.americannamedaycalendar.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- "See which royal, heroic names top most popular baby names of 2015 list". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "Ezra | Hebrew religious leader". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- "EZRA THE SCRIBE - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "Esdras Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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