Ebed as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ebed

What is the meaning of the name Ebed ?

The baby name Ebed is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EH-bed (ˈɛbɛd),EE-bed (ˈiːbɛd).

Ebed is Hebrew in Origin.

Ebed is a masculine given name from biblical Hebrew ʿeved (עֶבֶד), meaning “servant” or “bondservant,” from the Semitic root ʿ-b-d “to serve, worship.” In the Hebrew Bible it appears independently: Ebed is the father of Gaal in the narrative of Judges 9, and a man named Ebed son of Jonathan returns from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:6). The same noun forms part of compounds such as Ebed-melech, “servant of the king,” the Ethiopian official who aids Jeremiah.

In later Jewish and Christian usage the name has been rare, surfacing mainly among families seeking concise, theologically resonant names signaling humility and devotion. Variants and related forms include Ebed/Eved (transliteration), and the cognate Obed/Oved (“serving, worshipper”), often associated in English. Across Semitic languages, Arabic ʿAbd (“servant”) parallels the meaning and survives most commonly in theophoric names (e.g., Abdallah). Connotation: service, faithfulness, readiness to serve God.