Given name
Ahaziah
“Yah has grasped”
Ahaziah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאחזיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ahaziah means “Yah has grasped.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Ahaziah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb ahaz (אחז), “to seize or grasp.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ahaziah appears in 2 Kings 8:26.
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Ahaziah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ahaziah’s family of names
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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Azzan
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>99% boys
Amzi
“strong” · “my strength”
>99% boys
Amoz
“strong”
>99% boys
Ahijah
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>99% boys
Abinadab
“the father is generous” · “my father is noble”
>99% boys