Given name & surname
Ebenezer
“stone of help”·“the stone of aid”·“the rock of help”
Ebenezer is used as a given name and a surname. 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
Interpretations include “stone of help” (Hebrew), “the stone of aid” (Hebrew), and “the rock of help” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ebenezer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,249
- 1,216 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 52
- #2,544 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 52 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,544 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 55 in 2017. In 2025, California and Ohio shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,244 as a first name in 2020; 298 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ebenezer’s family of names
In English usage, Ebenezer has a diminutive in Ebbie. Ebenezer has a related form in Ebby. Ebenezer has a related form in Ebbie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ebbiediminutive · English
- Ebbyvariant
- Ebbivariant
- Ebbeevariant
- Ebbeavariant
- Ebbeyvariant
- Ebenzervariant
- Evenezervariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Ezrashares a root
- Azariahshares a root
- Azrielshares a root
- Ezrahshares a root
- Ezrishares a root
- Azarelshares a root
- Zelahsee also
- Azzurshares a root
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People named Ebenezer
- Ebenezer HowardBritish writer, founder of the garden city movement (1850–1928)
- Ebenezer Cobb MorleyEnglish sportsman (1831-1924)
- Ebenezer AssifuahGhanaian footballerborn 1993
- Ebenezer OforiGhanaian footballerborn 1995
- Ebenezer ProutEnglish musical theorist, writer, teacher and composer1835–1909
- Ebenezer ElliottBritish poet (1781-1849)
- Ebenezer ObeyNigerian jùjú musicianborn 1942
- Ebenezer R. HoarAmerican lawyer, judge, and politician (1816-1895)
- Ebenezer EmmonsAmerican geologist (1799-1863)
Characters named Ebenezer: Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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