Given name
Hodaiah
“one who praises God”
Hodaiah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who praises God.”
Original Hebrewהודויה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who praises God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yada (ידה), “to praise.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Hodaiah appears in 1 Chronicles 3:24.
From biblical name research
Hodaiah’s family of names
Hodaiah has a related form in Hoda. Hodaiah has a related form in Hodaviah. Hodaiah has a related form in Hodiah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 22
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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