Given name & surname
Hebron
“born of the community; a good friend”
Hebron is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “born of the community; a good friend.”
Original Hebrewחברון
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “born of the community; a good friend.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Possibly from Latin Hebron#Latin, from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), from Ancient Greek Χεβρών.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Hebron appears in Genesis 23:2, Numbers 13:22, Joshua 14:12 and 6 other passages.
- Genesis 23:2
- Numbers 13:22
- Joshua 14:12
- Joshua 14:14
- Joshua 21:11
- 2 Samuel 2:1
- Numbers 3:27
- 1 Chronicles 26:23
- 1 Chronicles 26:30
From biblical name research
Hebron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 77 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,056 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,056 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020; 1,415 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.
Hebron’s family of names
Hebron has a related form in Hebrona. Hebron has a related form in Hebronah. Hebron has a related form in Hebrone.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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