Given name
Habacuc
“embrace”
Habacuc is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “embrace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “embrace.”
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 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Habacuc through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 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.
Habacuc’s family of names
Habacuc has a related form in Habakkuk. In Latin usage, Habacuc has a conventional equivalent in the English form Habakkuk. Habacuc has a related form in Habakkuk.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Habacuc has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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