Given name
Zedekiah
“The Lord is just”
Zedekiah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is just.”
Original Hebrewצדקיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is just.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. 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 Zedekiah appears in 2 Kings 24:17, 1 Kings 22:11.
- 2 Kings 24:17
- 1 Kings 22:11
From biblical name research
Zedekiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 725
- 725 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,043 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,043 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 456 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.
Zedekiah’s family of names
In English usage, Zedekiah has a diminutive in Zed. Zedekiah has a related form in Zedakia. Zedekiah has a related form in Zed.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zedekiah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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