Given name
Ezechiel
“God strengthens”·“strengthened by God”
Ezechiel is a variant of Ezekiel. Interpretations include “God strengthens” (Hebrew) and “strengthened by God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ezechiel is a variant of Ezekiel. Interpretations include “God strengthens” (Hebrew) and “strengthened by God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ezechiel is a variant of Ezekiel. An origin associated with Ezekiel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ezechiel is a variant of Ezekiel. The history of Ezekiel gives this family its wider story. Ezekiel has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ezechiel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 193
- 193 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,165 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,165 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 274 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.
Ezechiel’s family of names
In German usage, Ezechiel has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ezequiel. Ezechiel has a related form in Ezekiel. In Slovak usage, Ezechiel has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ezekiel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ezechiel has relatives in 14 languages.
12 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ezechiel
- Ezechiel N'DouasselChadian footballerborn 1988
- Yechezkel Landau18th century European rabbi & halachic authority1713–1793
- Ezechiel BanzuziDutch association football playerborn 2005
- Ezekiel, Freiherr von SpanheimSwiss diplomat1629–1710
- E. G. D. CohenDutch-American physicist (1923–2017)
- Ezechiel SaadArgentine writerborn 1943
- Ezechiel de DeckerDutch surveyor and teacher of mathematics (1603–1643)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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