Zeke

Where Zeke comes from

The dictionaries list Zeke as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Ezekiel, also used as a formal given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1931
    Zeke Bratkowski born
    American football player
  3. 1989
    Zeke Spruill born
    American baseball player
  4. 2022
    Peak, #610
    459 babies named Zeke — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Ezekiel, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Zeke Bratkowski · American football player, 1931–2019
  • Zeke Spruill · American baseball player, born 1989
  • Zeke Zarchy · American jazz trumpeter, 1915–2009
  • Zeke Marshall · American basketball player, born 1990
  • Zeke Upshaw · American basketball player, 1991–2018

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.