Given name
Jedidiah
“one who is loved by God”
Jedidiah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is loved by God.”
Original Hebrewידידיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is loved by God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
The name has a place in biblical naming traditions.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jedidiah appears in 2 Samuel 12:25.
From biblical name research
Jedidiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,361
- 9,316 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 362 babies
- 2025
- 279
- #876 for boys · #15,937 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 274 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 876 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 362 in 2017. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (30). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,100 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.
Jedidiah’s family of names
In English usage, Jedidiah has a diminutive in Jed. In English usage, Jedidiah has a related form in Jedediah. Jedidiah has a related form in Jed.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jeddiminutive · English
- Jedediahvariant · English
- Jeddvariant
- Jedadiavariant
- Jedadiahvariant
- Jeddidiahlikely variant
- Jedediyahvariant
- Jedediyavariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 14
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jedidiah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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92% boys · 8% girls
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90% boys · 10% girls
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>99% boys
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