Given name & surname
Zadok
“just”·“righteous”·“one who is righteous; just”
Zadok is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “just”, “righteous”, and “one who is righteous; just” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewצדוק
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “just”, “righteous”, and “one who is righteous; just” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb sadeq (צדק), “to be just.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. 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 Zadok appears in 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 15:24-36, 1 Kings 1:39 and 5 other passages.
- 2 Samuel 8:17
- 2 Samuel 15:24-36
- 1 Kings 1:39
- Ezekiel 48:11
- 2 Kings 15:32
- 1 Chronicles 6:12
- Matthew 1:14
- 1 Kings 1:26
From biblical name research
Zadok through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 536
- 536 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,853 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,853 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 409 as a first name in 2020; 140 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.
Zadok’s family of names
In English usage, Zadok has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form SADOK. Zadok has a related form in Zadoc. Zadok has a related form in Zadock.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zadoqvariant
- Zaedockvariant
- Zaedocvariant
- Zaedokvariant
- Zaidocvariant
- Zaidockvariant
- Zaidokvariant
- Zaydocvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zadok
- Zadok YohannaNigerian association football player (born 2007)
- Duki DrorIsraeli film directorborn 1963
- Rabbi Zadokscholar and rabbi1 BC–100
- Zadok Ben-DavidIsraeli sculptor (born 1949)
- Zadok CaseyAmerican politician (1796–1862)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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