Given name
Ahzai
“my possession”·“Yah has grasped”
Ahzai is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאחזי
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ahzai is thought to mean “my possession” or “Yah has grasped.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Ahzai is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
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How it developed
Possibly 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 2023. 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 Ahzai appears in Nehemiah 11:13.
From biblical name research
Ahzai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 19 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,750 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,750 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ahzai’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.
Similar names
If you love Ahzai, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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88% boys · 12% girls
Azarel
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>99% boys
Kallai
“sparky” · “frivolous”
>99% boys
Asriel
“God has filled with joy”
>99% boys
Elioenai
“unto Yah are my eyes” · “Yah the God of my eyes”
>99% boys
Jorai
“rainy” · “whom Yah teaches”
>99% boys
Abiner
“my father is a lamp” · “father of light”
>99% boys
Akan
“but perhaps twist”
>99% boys