The baby name Jedaiah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced jeh-DAY-uh.
Jedaiah is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Jedaiah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced jeh-DAY-uh.
Jedaiah is Hebrew in Origin.
Jedaiah is a Hebrew theophoric name (Yĕda‘yāh), built from yada‘, “to know,” and the divine element -yah, yielding the meaning “Yahweh knows” or “known by the Lord.” It belongs to a biblical naming pattern that links human identity with God’s attributes and awareness.
In the Hebrew Bible, several figures bear the name: a priestly division in David’s time (1 Chronicles 24:7), a returnee family “of the house of Jeshua” after the exile (Nehemiah 7:39), and a helper in Jerusalem’s wall repairs (Nehemiah 3:10), underscoring its priestly and communal associations. The name entered English via early Bible translations and saw sporadic use among Puritans, yet it remains rare today. Variants and transliterations include Jeda’iah, Yedaiah, Yedaya/Yedayah, and the German Jedaja; Spanish and Portuguese forms appear as Jedaías. Related but distinct is Jedidiah/Jedediah (“beloved of the Lord”), which shares the -iah ending but derives from a different Hebrew root.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #877 | 16 | 7,044 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
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