Given name
Ezri
“help”·“one who is helpful”·“a helper”
Ezri is a variant of Ezra. Interpretations include “help” (Hebrew), “one who is helpful” (Hebrew), and “a helper” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewעזרי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ezri is a variant of Ezra. Interpretations include “help” (Hebrew), “one who is helpful” (Hebrew), and “a helper” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ezri is a variant of Ezra. An origin associated with Ezra is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew verb azar (עזר), “to help or support, and possibly.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ezri is a variant of Ezra. The history of Ezra gives this family its wider story. Ezra appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ezri appears in 1 Chronicles 27:26.
From biblical name research
Ezri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,289
- 227 boys · 1,062 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 70
- #3,142 for girls · #5,091 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 20% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 51 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,142 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 19 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 816 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ezri
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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