Given name
Zeruiah
“balsam of Yah”
Zeruiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewצרויה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Zeruiah is thought to mean “balsam of Yah.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Zeruiah is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew noun sari (צרי), “balsam, and possibly.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. 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 Zeruiah appears in 1 Samuel 26:6.
From biblical name research
Zeruiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 88
- 0 boys · 88 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,484 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,484 among girls’ 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.
Zeruiah’s family of names
See also 16
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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Adaiah
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