Given name
Ehud
“pleasant, sympathetic”·“one who loves and is loved”
Ehud is used as a given name. Interpretations include “pleasant, sympathetic” (Hebrew) and “one who loves and is loved” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewאהוד
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “pleasant, sympathetic” (Hebrew) and “one who loves and is loved” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yada (ידה), “to praise.”
From biblical name research
The story
The name has a place in biblical naming traditions.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ehud appears in 1 Chronicles 7:6, 1 Chronicles 7:6-12, Judges 3:15-30 and 2 other passages.
- 1 Chronicles 7:6
- 1 Chronicles 7:6-12
- Judges 3:15-30
- Judges 3:30
- Judges 3:21
- 1 Chronicles 8:6-7
- Numbers 26:40
- 2 Samuel 23:9
- 1 Chronicles 8:3
- 2 Samuel 23:28
From biblical name research
Ehud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 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 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 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.
Ehud’s family of names
See also 24
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Judeshares a root
- Judahshares a root
- Judithshares a root
- Judeashares a root
- Judasshares a root
- Eliudshares a root
- Jedaiahshares a root
- Vaniahshares a root
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- Ohadshares a root
- Abiudshares a root
- Hodaiahshares a root
- Yaudishares a root
- Tidalshares a root
- Theudasshares a root
- Jewshares a root
- Jehudijahshares a root
- Jehudishares a root
- Jeduthunshares a root
- Jaddaishares a root
- Ishhodshares a root
- Hodiahshares a root
- Hodaviahshares a root
- Hodshares a root
- Abihudshares a root
People named Ehud
- Ehud OlmertPrime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009born 1945
- Ehud Barak10th Prime Minister of Israelborn 1942
- Ehud ManorIsraeli songwriter (1941–2005)
- Ehud NetzerIsraeli archaeologist (1934–2010)
- Ehud AvrielIsraeli politician (1917-1980)
- Ehud HrushovskiIsraeli mathematicianborn 1959
- Ehud BanaiIsraeli singerborn 1953
- Ehud ShapiroIsraeli computer scientistborn 1955
- Ehud GazitIsraeli biochemistborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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