Abednego

Where Abednego comes from

From Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹא, itself derived from a reconstructed Aramaic name meaning likely "servant of Nabu" or "servant of Nergal".
— Wiktionary's entry for Abednego
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 2001
    First appearance
    #10,556 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #8,154
    9 babies named Abednego — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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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.