Given name
Jabez
“sorrowful”·“one who is delivered in pain”
Jabez is used as a given name. Interpretations include “sorrowful” (Hebrew) and “one who is delivered in pain” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewיעבץ
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “sorrowful” (Hebrew) and “one who is delivered in pain” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
The name has a place in biblical naming traditions.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jabez appears in Genesis 3:16, 1 Chronicles 2:55.
- Genesis 3:16
- 1 Chronicles 2:55
From biblical name research
Jabez through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,134
- 1,134 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 102 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,481 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,481 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 102 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 978 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.
Jabez’s family of names
In English usage, Jabez has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jabes. Jabez has a related form in Jabes. Jabez has a related form in Jabesh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jabez
- Jabez L. M. CurryAmerican politician (1825-1903)
- Jabez W. HuntingtonAmerican politician 1788-1847
- Jabez Young JacksonAmerican politician1790–1900
- Jabez OlssenNew Zealand film editorborn 1975
- Jabez G. SutherlandAmerican politician (1825-1902)
- J. Curry StreetAmerican physicist1906–1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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