Given name · Hebrew
עובדיה
“servant, worshipper”·“Jah”
עובדיה (Ovadyá) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Meaning & origin
What it means
עובדיה is built from elements meaning “servant, worshipper” and “Jah”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Hebrew עוֹבֵד (“servant, worshipper”) + יָהּ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
עובדיה’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, עובדיה has a later derivative in Obadiah. In Hebrew usage, עובדיה has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor. In Hebrew usage, עובדיה has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Авдий.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
עובדיה has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named עובדיה
- Obadiahbiblical prophet associated with the Book of Obadiah586 BC–500 BC
- Obi ToppinAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Obie TrotterAmerican basketball playerborn 1984
- Obadiah of BertinoroItalian rabbi (c.1450–1509)1445–1500
- Obadiah ben Jacob SfornoItalian philosopher and rabbi1470–1549
- Obadiah GardnerAmerican politician (1852–1938)
- Obadiah JohnsonNigerian doctor1849–1920
- Obadiah GermanAmerican politician (1766-1842)
- Ovadia HedayaIsraeli rabbi (1889–1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love עובדיה, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.