Given name
Jebadiah
“a friend of God”
Jebadiah is a variant of Jebediah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a friend of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jebadiah is a variant of Jebediah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a friend of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jebadiah is a variant of Jebediah. An origin associated with Jebediah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jebadiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 181
- 181 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 14 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 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 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.
Jebadiah’s family of names
Jebadiah has a related form in Jebediah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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