Given name & surname
Ezer
“one who offers help”
Ezer is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who offers help.”
Original Hebrewעזר
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who offers help.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb asar (אצר), “to store.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. 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 Ezer appears in Genesis 36:21.
- Genesis 36:21
- 1 Chronicles 4:4
From biblical name research
Ezer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 39 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #8,462 for boys · #13,751 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,462 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 130 as a first name in 2020; 148 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.
Ezer’s family of names
Ezer has a related form in Ezzie. Ezer has a related form in Eizar. Ezer has a related form in Eizer.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ezer
- Ezer WeizmanIsraeli politician, 7th president of Israel (1993–2000)1924–2005
- Azar GatIsraeli historian (1959-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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