Given name
Yahweh
“refers to God”
Yahweh is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “refers to God.”
Original Hebrewיהוה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “refers to God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hawa (הוה).
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yahweh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 126 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,196 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +171%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,196 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yahweh’s family of names
Yahweh has a related form in Yahveh. Yahweh has a related form in Yaveh. Yahweh has a related form in Yaweh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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