Gideon

Where Gideon comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").
— Wiktionary's entry for Gideon
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1790
    Gideon Mantell born
    British scientist and obstetrician
  2. 1880
    Gideon Sundback born
    Swedish-American inventor
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 2017
    Peak, #304
    1,161 babies named Gideon — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
Namesakes
  • Gideon Sundback · Swedish-American inventor, 1880–1954
  • Gideon Mantell · British scientist and obstetrician, 1790–1852
  • Gideon Sa'ar · Israeli politician, born 1966
  • Gideon Mensah · association football player, born 1998

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.