Given name
Ezekias
“Yah strengthens”
Ezekias is a given name from Ancient Greek.
Original Hebrewחזקיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ezekias means “Yah strengthens.”
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Where it comes from
Ezekias is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hazaq (חזק), “to be strong.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. 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 Ezekias appears in Zephaniah 1:1, 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 18:2 and 6 other passages.
- Zephaniah 1:1
- 2 Kings 16:20
- 2 Kings 18:2
- 2 Chronicles 32:31
- 2 Kings 20:17
- Matthew 7:6
- 2 Kings 20:18
- Matthew 1:9
- Matthew 1:10
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Ezekias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 50 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,091 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,091 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.
Ezekias’s family of names
In English usage, Ezekias has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ezechiasz. In English usage, Ezekias has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Езекия.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ezekias
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Elohim
“but probably powers or forces”
>99% boys
Azarel
“God has helped”
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Amaziah
“Yah is strong” · “strength of Yah”
90% boys · 10% girls
Akan
“but perhaps twist”
>99% boys
Esrom
“enclosure” · “cluster”
>99% boys