Given name
Joktan
“he will be small”
Joktan is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewיקטן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Joktan means “he will be small.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Joktan appears in Genesis 10:25.
From biblical name research
Joktan’s family of names
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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