Zebedee

Where Zebedee comes from

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεβεδαῖος (Zebedaîos), from Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (Zəḇaḏyâ), from זַבְדִּי (zab̲dî, “my gift”). Doublet of Zebadiah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zebedee
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1907
    Debut at its peak, #1,094
    #1,094 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1908
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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.