Given name
Keturah
“incense”
Keturah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “incense.”
Original Hebrewקטורה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “incense.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Keturah appears in Genesis 25:1-2, Genesis 17:17.
- Genesis 25:1-2
- Genesis 17:17
From biblical name research
Keturah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,541
- 0 boys · 3,541 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #4,819 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,819 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 96 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,820 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.
Keturah’s family of names
Keturah has a related form in Ketura.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Keturah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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