Given name & surname
Kedar
“a powerful man”
Kedar is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Original Hebrewקדר
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. 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 Kedar appears in Genesis 25:13.
From biblical name research
Kedar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 558
- 558 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,597 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,597 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,058 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kedar’s family of names
Kedar has a related form in Kadir. Kedar has a related form in Kader. Kedar has a related form in Kadar.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kedar
- Kedar Williams-StirlingEnglish actorborn 1994
- Kedar GhimireNepalese comedian and actorborn 1975
- Kedar PandeyIndian politician1913–1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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