Given name
Jeconiah
“Yah establishes”·“the Lord will establish”
Jeconiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיהויכין
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jeconiah means “Yah establishes” or “the Lord will establish.”
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Where it comes from
Jeconiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb kun (כון), “to be set up, fixed or established.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jeconiah appears in 2 Kings 24:8.
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Jeconiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 7 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 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeconiah’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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