Jedidiah

Where Jedidiah comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew יְדִידְיָה (“beloved of Yahweh”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Jedidiah
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1761
    Jedidiah Morse born
    American geographer and clergyman
  2. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,907 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1979
    Peak, #625
    187 babies named Jedidiah — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1989
    Jedidiah Goodacre born
    Canadian actor
In the dictionary
  • A rare male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Jedidiah Goodacre · Canadian actor, born 1989
  • Jedidiah Morse · American geographer and clergyman, 1761–1826
  • Jedidiah Norzi · Italian rabbi, 1560–1626

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.