Given name & surname
Gaza
“having great strength”
Gaza is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “having great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 58 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 10 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 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 485 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.
Gaza’s family of names
Gaza has a related form in Gazah. Gaza has a related form in Gazza. Gaza has a related form in Gazzah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 18
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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