Given name
Jahaziah
“The Lord's vision”
Jahaziah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord's vision.”
Original Hebrewיחזיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord's vision.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb haza (חזה), “to see or have [a] vision.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. 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 Jahaziah appears in Ezra 10:15.
From biblical name research
Jahaziah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 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 boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jahaziah’s family of names
Jahaziah has a related form in Jahaziel. Jahaziah has a related form in Jahazea. Jahaziah has a related form in Jahazeah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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