Icabod as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Icabod

What is the meaning of the name Icabod ?

The baby name Icabod is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IK-uh-bod (IPA: /ˈɪkəˌbɒd/).

Icabod is Hebrew in Origin.

Icabod is an Anglicized form of the Biblical Hebrew name Ichabod, from i- (“not/alas” or “where?”) + kavod (“glory, honor”). The name is interpreted as “no glory,” “inglorious,” or, by extension, “the glory has departed” (1 Samuel 4:21), echoing the lament when the Ark was taken. While the Bible’s spelling is Ichabod, Icabod functions as a recognized variant in English.

In English, the traditional spelling is Ichabod; Icabod is a later variant found in North America from the 18th century onward. The name appeared among Puritans and colonial New England families, then faded. Recognition today owes much to Washington Irving’s schoolmaster Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820), which lends a quaint, slightly macabre aura. Rare in modern registers across the Anglosphere, it has occasional revivalist appeal. Nicknames include Coby and Ike; feminine or elaborated forms are virtually unknown. Cognates in other languages are uncommon, though the Biblical form passes unchanged in many translations.

⚙ Icabod is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 3 times, across 3 countries.