Given name
Jaazaniah
“Yah harkens”
Jaazaniah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיאזניה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jaazaniah means “Yah harkens.”
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Where it comes from
Jaazaniah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb azen (אזן), “to balance or listen to.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. 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 Jaazaniah appears in Jeremiah 40:8.
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Jaazaniah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 5 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 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 girls is 5 in 2017. 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.
Jaazaniah’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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