Given name

Obadja

“servant of the Lord”

Obadja is a masculine given name. It is used in Dutch.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Obadja goes back to a word meaning “servant of the Lord.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Obadja’s family of names

In German usage, Obadja has a conventional equivalent in ABDIAS. In German usage, Obadja has a conventional equivalent in the English form Obadiah. In German usage, Obadja has a related form in Obadiah.

Walk Obadja’s family in the name graph

ObadjaObadiahOvadjaAbdiasObadiasAbdijaObadiaАвдийAbdijášObadíasAbdiášAbdiae

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Around the world

Obadja has relatives in 16 languages.

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11 related names in 16 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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