Given name
Jedidah
“one who is greatly loved”
Jedidah is a variant of Jedida. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Original Hebrewידידה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jedidah is a variant of Jedida. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jedidah is a variant of Jedida. An origin associated with Jedida is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yadad (ידד), “to love.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jedidah appears in 2 Kings 22:1.
From biblical name research
Jedidah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 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 girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 233 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.
Jedidah’s family of names
Jedidah has a related form in Jedida.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 14
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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