Given name
Hazaiah
“God will decide”
Hazaiah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “God will decide.”
Original Hebrewחזיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God will decide.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb haza (חזה), “to see or have [a] vision.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. 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 Hazaiah appears in Nehemiah 11:5.
From biblical name research
Hazaiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 161
- 161 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,213 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,213 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hazaiah’s family of names
Hazaiah has a related form in Hazaia. Hazaiah has a related form in Hazia. Hazaiah has a related form in Haziah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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