Given name & surname
Jabes
“sorrowful”·“one who is delivered in pain”
Jabes is a variant of Jabez. Interpretations include “sorrowful” (Hebrew) and “one who is delivered in pain” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jabes is a variant of Jabez. Interpretations include “sorrowful” (Hebrew) and “one who is delivered in pain” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jabes is a variant of Jabez. An origin associated with Jabez is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jabes is a variant of Jabez. The history of Jabez gives this family its wider story. Jabez has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jabes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 210
- 210 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,232 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,232 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 206 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jabes’s family of names
Jabes has a related form in Jabez. In Spanish usage, Jabes has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jabez.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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