Keturah

Where Keturah comes from

From Hebrew קְטוּרָה (Qəṭūrā, “Keturah”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Keturah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #1,338 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #1,337
    93 babies named Keturah — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,779.
In the dictionary
  • A female 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.