Almodad as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Almodad

What is the meaning of the name Almodad ?

The baby name Almodad is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced al-MOH-dad.

Almodad is Hebrew in Origin.

Almodad is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin, appearing in Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20 among the sons of Joktan, descendants of Shem. In the Table of Nations it likely points to an ancestral clan in South Arabia, a region associated with several Joktanite names. The Hebrew form אלמודד (ʾAlmōdād) is commonly linked to the root mdd “to measure,” yielding interpretations such as “measure of God” or “God has measured,” though some scholars simply mark the meaning as uncertain or “immeasurable.”

The name has seen little independent usage in Jewish or Christian naming, surfacing only sporadically in early-modern Protestant circles that favored obscure scriptural names. Transliterations vary slightly across traditions - Hebrew ʾAlmodad, Greek Almodad (Αλμωδάδ), and Latin Almodad - yet modern languages typically preserve the same form. No established nicknames or feminine forms exist, reinforcing its austere, archaic character.

⚙ Almodad is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Almodad appears only 3 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.