Ovadyahu as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ovadyahu

What is the meaning of the name Ovadyahu ?

The baby name Ovadyahu is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced oh-vahd-YAH-hoo (IPA: /oʊvɑdˈjɑhu/).

Ovadyahu is Hebrew in Origin.

From Biblical Hebrew עֹבַדְיָהוּ (Ovadyahu), the name combines ‘ovéd “servant, worshipper” with Yahu, the theophoric element of the Tetragrammaton, yielding the meaning “servant of YHWH” or “worshipper of the Lord.” The shorter form Ovadyah/Ovadiah drops the final -u but preserves the sense; related spellings in modern Hebrew include Ovadia and Ovadya.

In the Tanakh, Obadiah appears as both a prophet - the title of the shortest book of the Hebrew Bible - and several other figures, giving the name longstanding religious resonance. Through Greek and Latin (Abdias), it entered Christian usage, producing English Obadiah and the Slavic Avdiy/Avdey. Jewish communities, especially Sephardi and Mizrahi, have used Ovadia as a given name and surname; a notable bearer is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Contemporary variants and transliterations include Ovadyahu, Ovadyah, Ovadiah, Ovadia, English Obadiah, and Greek/Latin Abdias.

⚙ Nothing for Ovadyahu shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.