Given name
Jedadiah
“one who is loved by God”
Jedadiah is a variant of Jedidiah. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is loved by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jedadiah is a variant of Jedidiah. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is loved by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jedadiah is a variant of Jedidiah. An origin associated with Jedidiah 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. Jedadiah is a variant of Jedidiah. The history of Jedidiah gives this family its wider story. Jedidiah has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jedadiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 537
- 537 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 41 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 405 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.
Jedadiah’s family of names
Jedadiah has a related form in Jedidiah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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Jed
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