Given name & surname
Jebb
“a friend of God”
Jebb is a variant of Jebediah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a friend of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jebb is a variant of Jebediah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a friend of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jebb 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 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jebb through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 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 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 172 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jebb
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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