Given name
Jebidiah
“a friend of God”
Jebidiah is a variant of Jebediah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a friend of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jebidiah is a variant of Jebediah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a friend of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jebidiah 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 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jebidiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 112 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 151 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.
Jebidiah’s family of names
Jebidiah has a related form in Jebediah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.