Given name
Ebbie
“as solid as a rock”·“stone of help”·“the stone of aid”
In English use, Ebbie is a diminutive of Eben. One Hebrew interpretation is “as solid as a rock.” Ebbie is a variant of Ebenezer. Interpretations include “stone of help” (Hebrew), “the stone of aid” (Hebrew), and “the rock of help” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ebbie is a diminutive of Eben. One Hebrew interpretation is “as solid as a rock.” Ebbie is a variant of Ebenezer. Interpretations include “stone of help” (Hebrew), “the stone of aid” (Hebrew), and “the rock of help” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Ebbie is a variant of Ebba. One English interpretation is “having the strength of the tide.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ebbie is a diminutive of Eben. An origin associated with Eben is Hebrew. Ebbie is a variant of Ebba. An origin associated with Ebba is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Ebbie is a diminutive of Ebenezer. In English usage, Ebbie is a diminutive of Eben.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ebbie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 663
- 317 boys · 346 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 23 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 girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ebbie’s family of names
In English usage, Ebbie is a diminutive of Ebenezer. In English usage, Ebbie has a related form in Abby. Ebbie has a related form in Ebenezer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ebbie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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