Given name
Habakkuk
“one who embraces others”
Habakkuk is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who embraces others.”
Original Hebrewחבקוק
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who embraces others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq), from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu, “garden herb”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. 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 Habakkuk appears in Habakkuk 1:1.
From biblical name research
Habakkuk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 9 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 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Habakkuk’s family of names
Habakkuk has a related form in Habacuc. In English usage, Habakkuk has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Habacuc. Habakkuk has a related form in Habacuc.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Habakkuk has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
9 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Авакумequivalent
- Абакумequivalent
- 哈巴谷Chinese
- HabacuquePortuguese
- ԱմբակումArmenian
- ΑβακούμGreek
- AbacucItalian
- АввакумRussian
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See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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